VMAR Kim Il Chol Retires
NDC Member, KWP CMC and CC member, and Senior Vice Minister of the Ministry of People’s Armed Forces, Vice Marshal Kim Il Chol, is retiring. Yonhap’s Sam Kim reports on KCNA’s announcement, citing a KCNA […]
What has KJI done to his house? (One of them any way. . .)
Curtis Melvin notes that Google Earth has updated some of its Pyongyang imagery. Looking around the Central Party complex, it seems Kim Jong Il is having one of the two residences near his main office […]
NK Claims Nuclear Fusion Reaction
The DPRK is claims to have succeeded at a nuclear fusion reaction. The country’s announcement occurred less than a week after KJI’s return from China, a trip which included a vague commitment to return to […]
Jang's Role in KJI China Trip
Chosun Ilbo reports on the appearance of Jang Song Taek in China. Mr. Jang is KJI’s brother-in-law, a member of the National Defense Commission, director of the KWP Administration Department and, generally speaking anyway, the […]
Is there a strategic partnership between China, Iran and the DPRK
World Tribune reports on a new study conducted by Jane’s Group’s Dr. Christina Lin for the Israel-based GLORIA Center that follows recent interactions and exchanges between China, Iran and the DPRK. Dr. Lin contends that […]
ROK Wants NK to Pay the Price for Cheonan
Yonhap reported late last week that investigators found “traces of gunpowder” in the wreckage of the ROK naval corvette Cheonan. Choe Sang-hun reports in the IHT/NYT: Forensic experts investigating the wreckage of a South Korean […]
Was Kim Ok with KJI in Beijing?
Korea Times using a report from its sister publication Hankook Ilbo reports on the rumored sightings of Kim Ok, a woman identified as KJI’s administrative assistant and possibly his 4th or 5th wife. And here […]
KJI China Visit: The Canonical Version
Kim Ji-hyun writes in Korea Herald that Chinese officials have briefed their South Korean counterparts about KJI’s recently completed trip to China: “The Chinese side explained in sincerity the background of Chairman Kim’s visit, what […]
KJI Leaves China for NK
Kim Jong Il and his entourage, to paraphrase Bob Seger, got out of Beijing. KBS reports that “security tightened around Beijing Station and along railroads leading out of the Chinese capital.” Citing an anonymous source, […]
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