North Korea Leadership Watch

Research and Analysis on the DPRK Leadership

Kim Jong Il Absent from 12th SPA 2nd Session (revised)

Kim Jong Il did not appear at the 2nd session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly. The 2nd Session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK was held at the Mansudae Assembly Hall […]

Apr, 09

Kim Kyong Hui Biography

A bit later than announced, but this is one version of biographical and career data I prepared on Kim Jong Il’s younger sister, Kim Kyong Hui.  Ms. Kim is a charter member of KJI’s inner […]

Apr, 07
Ministry of Public Security's Star Rises

Ministry of Public Security's Star Rises

The Ministry of Public Security‘s star is rising ahead of the 2nd session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly on 9 April (Friday).  Yonhap reports: Footage from the official Korean Central TV Broadcasting Station showed […]

Apr, 06

NK Ambassador To Switzerland Appointed

Ri Chol’s replacement as DPRK Ambassador to Switzerland has been appointed.  So Se Phyong has been appointed as Ri’s replacement in Berne.  Ambassador So was previously the country’s ambassador to Iran, appointed in November 2008. […]

Apr, 06
Week Two of KJI China Trip Watch

Week Two of KJI China Trip Watch

Won Se-hoon, head of the ROK’s NIS, has a new prediction about KJI going to China: Won Se-hoon, head of the National Intelligence Service, was quoted as telling the parliament’s intelligence committee that Kim could […]

Apr, 05
Week Two of KJI China Trip Watch

Week Two of KJI China Trip Watch

Won Se-hoon, head of the ROK’s NIS, has a new prediction about KJI going to China: Won Se-hoon, head of the National Intelligence Service, was quoted as telling the parliament’s intelligence committee that Kim could […]

Apr, 05

KJI Hosts Party for Chinese Ambassador and Women's Volleyball Team

Kim Jong-il hosted a dinner party in Pyongyang for the new Chinese Ambassador, the presumably partied-out Liu Hongcai, embassy staff and the Tianjin women’s volleyball team.    Two days of public events in Pyongyang finds […]

Apr, 04

KJI March 2010 Appearances

Kim Jong-il March 2010 Appearances [PDF] In March 2010 Kim Jong-il was reported to have made public appearances at thirteen (13) different locations.  This is one more visit than he made in February 2010(12), but […]

Apr, 01
Blue House Thinks KJI is Beijing-bound

Blue House Thinks KJI is Beijing-bound

Yonhap reports that Lee Administration officials are watching for Kim Jong-il to depart for China fairly soon. Another senior official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said that South Korea has “some intelligence, albeit […]

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