Guidance Train Coming Down the Line
(n.b. Kim Jong-il’s last known appearance was around 1 November at the Unhung Cooperative Farm in Thaechon County, North Pyongan Province) Continuing with his working for the weekend m.o., Kim Jong-il (or his body double […]
The Bozz's Post-Turkey Day Pyongyang Foray and POTUS to Asia
Yonhap cites an anonymous source that says US Special Envoy Stephen Bosworth will travel to the DPRK after the US Thanksgiving holiday, the week of 25-29 November. Ambassador Bosworth’s supposed arrival will be preceded by […]
Kim Jong-il's Mystery Train
Chosun Ilbo has a terrific story about the private train on which Kim Jong-il travels for his guidance tours and generally moves about the DPRK. General-Secretary Kim uses one set of locomotives, but there are […]
Kim Jong-il Doesn't Like TV Commercials, Either
En coda Northeast Asia Matters has posted some images and YouTube link of the banned TV commercials. Original Posting Cha Sung-su, Chair of the DPRK Radio and Television Broadcasting Committee, was recently sacked from his […]
New Minister of Land and Environmental Protection
In the third (3rd) DPRK Cabinet replacement to occur in two (2) calendar months, Minister of Land and Environment Protection Pak Song-nam has been relieved of his post. Mr. Pak was appointed as Minister in […]
Condolences
I would like to extend my condolences and sympathies to friends and folks stationed or previously stationed at Fort Hood in central Texas, the setting of a massacre on Thursday (5 November) afternoon. There is […]
The Bozz to Pyongyang (Part II)
US Special Envoy to the DPRK (and Tufts Fletcher School Dean) Stephen Bosworth said in remarks Thursday that he will visit the DPRK by the end of the year, possibly in his words “in a […]
News of old Kidnappings
The Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun has an interesting story that alleges Kim Jong-il had direct oversight over the abductions of Japanese nationals during the 1970’s and 1980’s. General-Secretary Kim previously denied that he ordered or […]
Guidance Train Coming up Around the Bend
(n.b. Kim Jong-il’s last known appearance was attendance at a concert of the KPA 33rd Art Festival around 26 October) Kim Jong-il seems to be making a habit of conducting guidance tours later in the […]
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