North Korea Leadership Watch

Research and Analysis on the DPRK Leadership

Party Conference a Coronation?

Party Conference a Coronation?

The 3rd Party Conference (which may begin on 6 September) is one event that will facilitate the leadership system which will eventually replace Kim Jong Il at the power center.  It is not clear to […]

Aug, 11
Party Conference to Be Jong Un’s Quiet Succession?

Party Conference to Be Jong Un’s Quiet Succession?

The 3rd Party Conference (which may occur from 6 to 9 September) may be one event facilitating the hereditary succession system of Kim Jong Un (Kim Ch’ong-u’n; Kim Jong Eun).  Anonymous sources told Kyodo News […]

Aug, 09

DPRK World Cup Team Subjected to Public Criticism Session

The DPRK’s World Cup team, including head coach Kim Jong-hun, were reportedly subjected to a public criticism session, attended by 400 DPRK Party and government officials, People’s Athletes and students from the country’s sports colleges.  […]

Jul, 28

KJI News You can Reuse

On 19 July 2010 KCNA reported that Kim Jong Il attended a performance given by the art squads of the Pyongyang Textile Mill and the Kim Jong Suk Silk Mill.  NHK, citing Radio Press, reports […]

Jul, 23

September Party Conference Posters Appear

The KWP Publishing House has printed and released two (2) posters intended to promote the 3rd Party Conference (3rd Meeting of Party Representatives).  The Party Conference will be held in early September of this year, […]

Jul, 19

Scuttle Buttin’ Jong Un’s Shrine in Kangdong County

The latest Kim Jong Un [Jong-un; Chong-un; Jong Eun] rumor is that the Central Party has ordered the construction of a KJU-related historic site, or “shrine” in Kangdong County.  According to Lee Young-hwa, of Rescue […]

Jul, 17

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 […]

Jun, 04

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