State Security Department
Kim Jong Il Statue
One of the only known images of a bronze statue of Kim Jong Il has surfaced. Open Radio for North Korea published the photograph of the KJI statue, which appeared on the cover of the […]
To All the Cadres Who’ve Been Purged Before
(With many thanks to Joe for sending this) Chosun Ilbo, citing Radio Free Asia, reports that the Publication (Press) Censorship Bureau has ordered that images and writings of recently executed or disappeared Party and state […]
Jang-O Competition for Foreign Geetis
Two KJI confidantes and National Defense Commission Vice Chairmen, Jang Song Taek and Gen. O Kuk Ryol, are rumored to be competing to earn the most foreign investment for North Korea through their respective international […]
Kim Jong Un on Guidance Tour with KJI in Sinuiju?
On 19 June 2010 Korean Central Broadcasting Station reported that Kim Jong Il conducted a guidance tour of the Rakwon Machine Complex and visited a newly constructed football stadium. According to reports in the North […]
Jang Song Taek Biographical Sketch
“Her husband was a tall, slender, handsome man…as soon as they arrived, Kim Jong-il introduced us. ‘This is my younger sister, Kim Kyong-hui. This is Madame Choi. Say hello.’ Kyong-hui introduced herself first, then her […]
Personnel Shuffles in the first half of 2010
With the deaths of Ri Je Gang and KPA Artillery Commander Col. Gen. Ri Jong Bu, eleven (11) members of North Korea’s leadership have either passed away, been replaced or disappeared from public life in […]
KJI China Visit: The Canonical Version
Kim Ji-hyun writes in Korea Herald that Chinese officials have briefed their South Korean counterparts about KJI’s recently completed trip to China: “The Chinese side explained in sincerity the background of Chairman Kim’s visit, what […]
