Kim Ok out of Kim Jong-il Secretariat, Out of his Home
JoongAng Daily has a highly fascinating report about Kim Ok. Ms. Kim was featured in my posting about the ladies around General-Secretary Kim. According to JAD‘s sources in ROK intelligence, Ms. Kim is no longer […]
Chinese Defense Minister in Pyongyang and More Guidance Outings
Kim Jong-il has continued his spate of weekend inspection and concert going activities, according to KCNA. This weekend he conducted an inspection of the Ministry of Public Security headquarters. In his last batch of appearances, […]
Pyongyang Rose
One of the DPRK’s most famous faces was recently the subject of a Reuters story, a review of a Chosun Monthly piece on Ri Chun-hui. Ms. Ri is the sixty-six (66) year-old chief anchor of […]
Guidance at the KPA Cattle Farm
Kim Jong-il has emerged from his recent hiatus and conducted a guidance tour of the KPA-run cattle farm Unit 580. I shall hold off doing a full posting until we see where the guidance train […]
Kim Jong-un Propaganda Moves in Mysterious Ways
DailyNK published two (2) English Language reports (see here and here) regarding the the Is he?/Isn’t he? status of rumored hereditary successor Kim Jong-un. DNK has actually been rather skeptical about the Kim Jong-un successor […]
Sino-DPRK Contacts, Kumgangsan Protest and the Green Revolution
We have had no word from the North Korean press about President Obama’s visit to the East Asia neighborhood, nor as the DPRK said anything of the sinking of a North Korean cargo ship that […]
More from the East
The trickle of news reports on US President Barack Obama’s two-day visit to Seoul continues. JoongAng Ilbo has a nice summary of the Obama-Lee meeting with includes a KCNA-esque run down of the members of […]
Sometimes, the silence can be like thunder
US President Barack Obama’s “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” is officially over, and aside from US Special Envoy Stephen Bosworth’s arrival in the DPRK around 8 December, an auspicious date as perhaps The Bozz might […]
Lost in Translation
The final reports from the East have yet to be prepared on the Obama-Lee summit in Seoul. But the Western media offers some interesting write-ups of the US-ROK meetings. The LA Times offers the best […]
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