State Security Department
SSD Deputy Director Went to China in November
Tokyo Shimbun reports that KPA Col. Gen. U Tong-chuk visited China in the middle of November. U Tong-chuk is the Senior Deputy Director of the State Security Department and was elected to the expanded National […]
Siege Mentality Tunnel of Love
So, while Pyongyang watchers wait around for the sixty or so hours for the Bosworth-Kang summit to conclude in a mushroom cloud of white or black smoke, a few stories are still emerging from and […]
Revaluation Reflux
In the latest installment of “For the Love of Money“ Choson Sinbo features several stories about the DPRK’s “currency exchange” which may be the closest thing Pyongyang watchers get to an official announcement. Choson Sinbo […]
Kim Jong-il's Mystery Train
Chosun Ilbo has a terrific story about the private train on which Kim Jong-il travels for his guidance tours and generally moves about the DPRK. General-Secretary Kim uses one set of locomotives, but there are […]
Where was Jang Song-thaek?
(N.B.: some material in this posting is drawn from my forthcoming short biography on Jang Song-thaek The Juche Jump (Hey, Mr. Jang!) which will appear in print at the end of the month) The SK […]
