Third Floor
KJU: 50-odd Days Later
The DPRK press reported on 20 November (Saturday) that Kim Jong Il and hereditary successor, Kim Jong Un, attended a commemorative photo session with members of the Korean People’s Internal Security Forces. Chosun Ilbo wrote […]
Office #39: Here Today, Censored Tomorrow
The PRC press seems to have treated Office #39 (Room 39; Third Floor) as the kind of front company 39 controls: here today, and gone tomorrow. KBS reported yesterday that The People’s Daily published an […]
Is KJI Bequeathing the Family Fortune to Jong Un?
According to Open Radio for North Korea and RFA, Kim Jong Il is currently in the process of transferring significant monies to his son and hereditary successor, Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n; Kim Jong Eun). […]
DPRK Offers Ginseng to CZ for Old Foreign Debt
The DPRK has offered the Czech Republic‘s Finance Ministry bulk shipments (several hundred metric tons) of ginseng as partial repayment of debts incurred by the DPRK to the old Czechoslovakia. The DPRK has offered the […]
ARF Defers to UNSC on Cheonan While the Battle of the Beancounters Begins
The ASEAN Regional Forum has drafted a statement that conveys “deep concerns” over the sinking of the Cheonan, and calls for the resumption of the Six Party Talks. The statement essentially defers to the UNSC […]
Let’s Play Two
US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and US Secretary of Defense, Dr. Robert Gates, have concluded a joint appearance in the ROK, which included the 2 + 2 meeting with their ROK counterparts, a […]
DPRK-Burma: New Old Friends
The Irrawaddy has published a comprehensive report about the relationship between the DPRK and Burma (Myanmar) which include weapons sales, and most especially, engineering and personnel support in tunnel construction. North Korean ties to Burma […]
