North Korea Leadership Watch

Research and Analysis on the DPRK Leadership

The Lonesome Death of Pak Nam-gi (?)

The Daily NK has another account of the reported execution of Pak Nam Gi: Park, the former Director of the Planning and Financial Department of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party, was denounced as […]

Mar, 24
KJU Allusion at Kim Il Ceremony?

KJU Allusion at Kim Il Ceremony?

JoongAng reports of another possible indication of the hereditary succession of Kim Jong-un [Chong-un/Jong-eun].  In remarks at a commemorative ceremony for the centenary birth of the late DPRK Vice President and Politburo Member Kim Il, […]

Mar, 22

SPA to Meet on 9 April

It’s Kim Yong-nam’s time to shine.  In a possible nod toward succession or simply to create the semblance that a game is afoot,  the second session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly will meet in […]

Mar, 22

Kim Wan-su Demoted, but Not Gone

Kim Wan-su was not entirely removed from DPRK public life and has retained his Vice Chair of the Supreme People’s Assembly.  He greeted Sergei Mironov, chairman of the upper house of Russia’s Parliament (the Federation […]

Nov, 25

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