Hacking at an Early Age
[This posting was mis-linked to another story; the Dong A-Ilbo link is in place with my apologies.] Donga A-Ilbo has a useful story about the formal education of DPRK computer hackers. There have been previous […]
Guidance Train (Bound for Glory)
(n.b. Kim Jong-il’s last appearance was at a music performance on 17 October) The field guidance train (“the People’s train, the train of love”) rolled along. Kim Jong-il made three guidance visits this week. Since […]
Morningstar General's Footsteps, Encore
UPDATE AFP (Agence France Prese) has additional information concerning Nam Sung-wook’s lecture about Kim Jong-un’s succession being muted. The AFP report goes on to say that Jang Song-thaek “has also been sidelined for the time […]
New North Hamgyong People's Committee Boss
The North Korean media indirectly reported Pak Su-gil’s replacement as Chair of the North Hamgyong Provincial People’s Committee. Mr. Pak was promoted to Minister of Finance and a Vice Premier of the DPRK Cabinet, following […]
Kim Yang-gon to Beijing
UPDATE Korea Times reports further on Kim Yang-gon’s jaunt to Beijing. This is adding fodder that an Inter-Korean summit meeting may take place, as Mr. Kim met with at least one South Korean legislator during […]
DPRK's Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Vienna
A Japanese web resource reports the return to Vienna of DPRK Ambassador to Austria, Kim Kwang-sop, following a three-month holiday. Ambassador Kim is currently the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Vienna: February 2010 will […]
Morningstar General's Footsteps
The reliable Tony Chang has an interesting (and anonymously sourced) story in Yonhap concerning the possible succession of Kim Jong-un. I am not holding my breath until, perhaps around the year 2012, when we hear […]
Bosworth-Kang Chinese Showdown
The Korea Herald reports today that Beijing has been proposed as the setting for a bi-lateral US-DPRK meeting which the US hopes facilitates the DPRK returning to the Six-Party Talks. According to the report, Special […]
Where was Jang Song-thaek?
(N.B.: some material in this posting is drawn from my forthcoming short biography on Jang Song-thaek The Juche Jump (Hey, Mr. Jang!) which will appear in print at the end of the month) The SK […]
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