New KCNA Director
Yonhap reports that Kim Pyong-ho is the new Director-General of Korean Central News Agency. Mr. Kim replaces Kim Ki-ryong who had been KCNA’s chief for at least ten years. Kim Ki-ryong was identified in early […]
KJI Steps Out with the MPS
Over the weekend, Kim Jong-il attended a concert hosted the Ministry of Public Security. This was the inaugural performance of the MPS’s Song and Dance Ensemble, and it seemed to impress General-Secretary Kim who “great […]
KPA Journal Volume 1. Issue 2
Joseph Bermudez who is an analyst for Jane’s Intelligence Review, author of The Armed Forces of North Korea (I.B. Tauris, 2001) and the world’s foremost expert in English on the KPA, has published the second […]
South of the Border
Yet again, the presence of an active Department Director at the KWP International Department in the person of Kim Yong-il is making itself known. The DPRK has appointed a new Ambassador to Mexico. The DPRK […]
Kyong-hui: There ain't a cadre that comes close to you
A report yesterday in Yonhap about the ROK Ministry of Unification’s revised leadership charts and a report last week in Choson Ilbo seem to have generated increased interest in Kim Kyong-hui. Below are this blog’s […]
Succession, Stomp by Stomp
Kim Jong-il’s birthday celebrations continue in the DPRK, but seem to be winding down with belated greetings and celebrations being reports by the North Korean press. Over the weekend on the pretext of the Lunar […]
Jong-nam Hardly a Sidebranch
Choson Ilbo, citing two anonymous sources, reports that Kim Jong-nam (KJI’s oldest son) did not attend a family birthday celebration on Tuesday (16 February) : North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s eldest son Jong-nam has reportedly […]
New Kangwon Provincial KWP Chief Secretary
Paek Kye-ryong is the new Chief Secretary of the Kangwon KWP Provincial Committee. His appointment was found in several North Korean media reports this month which referred to him as “chief secretary of the Kangwon […]
NK Official Requests to Defect in Russia
Kyodo News reports that a DPRK official currently being detained in Russia has requested to defect to the Russian Federation or another unnamed country. Kyodo reports: The 40-year-old man, who illegally entered the Russian Far […]
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