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NK Leadership Watch
http://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/
We offer information and analysis about the political culture of the DPRK (better known as North Korea) with an emphasis on the ruling Kim Family, external relations, development and security organizations. The site/blog utilizes a combination of print media (in English and in translation), official government and NGO reports, informed academic analysis, satellite mapping images and multimedia, as well as the author's original research and conversations with human sources currently residing or who have ties to the country and its leadership.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 883 )
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Kim Kyok Sik Meets Raul Castro and Cuban Defense Minister
Cuban President Raúl Castro (L) shakes hands with Gen. Kim Kyok Sik (R), Chief of the KPA General Staff, in Havana on 1 July 2013 (Photo: Prensa Latina). Gen. Read more
Posted on 02 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Premier Visits Power Plant, Farm and Appliances Factory
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju (2nd R) tours the Pyongyang Electrical Appliances Joint Venture Company (Photo: KCNA-Yonhap). DPRK state media reported on 1 July... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Gen. Kim Kyok Sik Visits Cuba
Chief of the KPA General Staff, Gen. Kim Kyok Sik (L), places a wreath at the grave of Cuban independence hero Antonio Maceo in Havana on 28 June 2013 (Prensa... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Premier Visits Factories and Farm in N. P’yo’ngan Province
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju examines products of the Ryangchaek Bearings Factory (Photo: KCNA). DPRK state media reported on 29 June (Saturday) that Cabinet Premie... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Jangjagang Machine Tools Plant and Delivers Speech
Kim Jong Un (2nd L) is briefed about some of the products of Jangjagang Machine Tools Plant in Kanggye, Chagang Province (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). Read more
Posted on 24 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Premier Visits Tanch’o'n and Komdok Mines
DPRK Cabinet Premier Pak Pong Ju (3rd L) visits an industrial site in Tanch’o'n, South Hamgyo’ng Province (Photo: KCNA-Yonhap). Read more
Posted on 24 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Kanggye Tractor Plant
Kim Jong Un (2nd R) tours the Kanggye General Machine Plant in Chagang Province (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). DPRK state media reported on 21 June (Friday) that Kim... Read more
Posted on 23 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Minister of Railways Attends OSJD Conference in Estonia
The DPRK delegation of the Ministry of Railways attends the opening session of the 41st Ministerial Meeting of the Organization for the Cooperation of Railways... Read more
Posted on 22 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Choe Ryong Hae Visits Mushroom Research Institute
VMar Choe Ryong Hae (3rd L), Director of the KPA General Political Department, visits the Mushroom Research Institute of the DPRK State Academy of Sciences... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits 18 January General Machine Plant and Inspects KPA Air Force...
Kim Jong Un tours a section of the 18 January General Machinery Plant (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). DPRK state media reported on 18 June (Tuesday) that Kim Jong Un... Read more
Posted on 19 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
National Meeting Commemorates 48th Anniversary of KJI Beginning Work at Party...
View of the platform (rostrum) of a national meeting commemorating the 49th anniversary of the start of late leader Kim Jong Il’s work at the Korean Workers’... Read more
Posted on 19 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Ministry of People’s Security and DPRK Media Hit Back at Mein Kampf...
Gifts office employees assist Kim Jong Un with a watch presentation ceremony held in Pyongyang in February 2013 (Photo: KCNA-Yonhap) DPRK state media published... Read more
Posted on 19 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Ch’angso’ng County
Kim Jong Un (R) tours the Ch’angso’ng Revolutionary Site in Ch’angso’ng County, North P’yo’ngan Province (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). Read more
Posted on 15 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Yong Nam Visits Pyongyang Essential Foodstuff Factory
DPRK head of state Kim Yong Nam and other senior officials tour the Pyongyang Essential Foodstuffs Factory (Photo: KCNA-Yonhap). Read more
Posted on 14 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Chinese Vice President Attends Anniversary Reception at DPRK Embassy in Beijing
DPRK Embassy in Beijing (Photo: Google image) DPRK state media reported that the DPRK Embassy in Beijing hosted a reception commemorating the 30th anniversary o... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Premier Visits Yanggakdo Stadium and Pyongyang Essential Foodstuffs Factory
DPRK Cabinet Premier Pak Pong Ju (3rd R) inspects a lawn mower during his visit to the renovation of Yanggakdo Stadium in Pyongyang. Read more
Posted on 14 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Premier Visits Coal Mines
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju (L), tours a coal mine (Photo: KCNA). DPRK state media reported on 11 June (Tuesday) that DPRK Cabinet Premier Pak Pong Ju visited the... Read more
Posted on 12 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Minister of People’s Security Reclaims 4th Star
Gen. Choe Pu Il, Minister of the People’s Security (Photo: Rodong Sinmun) DPRK state media reported that Choe Pu Il, Minister of the People’s Security, was... Read more
Posted on 12 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Avian Flu Outbreak Abated in DPRK
The Pyongyang Tudan Duck Farm in east Pyongyang, where an outbreak of avian flu was discovered in mid-April 2013 (Photos: Google image and KCNA/FLPH file... Read more
Posted on 11 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Yong Nam Visits Se’po Grazing Land Reclamation Project
SPA Presidium President Kim Yong Nam is briefed about the development of the Sep’o Tableland in Kangwo’n Province (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). Read more
Posted on 11 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY