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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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KJU Does Singapore (Poor Boys and Pilgrims with Families) Volume III
US President Donald J. Trump shakes hands with Kim Jong Un at their first interaction on Sentosa Isalnd, Singapore on June 12, 2018 (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). Read more
Posted on 13 June 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KJU Does Singapore (Three Days Without You, Thought I’d Forget) Volume I
Kim Jong Un shakes hands with DPRK Premier, State Affairs Commission Vice Chairman and WPK Political Bureau Presidium Member Pak Pong Ju at Pyongyang... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Personnel Adjustments at KPA General Political Bureau
KPA General Political Department Deputy Director for Organizational Affairs Col. Gen. Son Chol Ju (left) and KPA General Political Department Director Gen. Kim... Read more
Posted on 31 May 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KJU Holds Second Meeting with Moon
Kim Jong Un and Kim Yong Chol meet with South Korean President Moon Jae In on the north side of the DMZ on May 26, 2018 (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). Read more
Posted on 28 May 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KJU Visits Wo’nsan-Kalma Tourist Zone Construction
Kim Jong Un views the construction of the Wo’nsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone. Also in attendance are Vice Minister of the People’s Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Read more
Posted on 26 May 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits a Railway Construction Site in Kangwo’n
Kim Jong Un smiles at the end of a recently completed railway bridge in Kangwo’n Province (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). KJU’s last observed appearance was his... Read more
Posted on 25 May 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
P’unggye-ri Nuclear Test Site Demolished (In Some Places)
Members of the international media view of one of the portals into the P’unggye-ri Test Site in Kilchu County, North Hamgyo’ng on May 24, 2018 (Photo: KCNA). Read more
Posted on 25 May 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Kye Gwan Issues Statement on US-DPRK Summit
Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Kim Il Sung Square 1st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Kye Gwan (Kim Kye-kwan) issued a statement on May 24... Read more
Posted on 25 May 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Choe Son Hui Issues Statement on Forthcoming US-DPRK Summit
Choe Son Hui (left) talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 8, 2018 as Kim Jong Un and Kim Yo Jong look on (Photo: KCTV) DPRK Vice Minister of Foreign... Read more
Posted on 24 May 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Central Military Commission Meeting Held
Overview of an expanded meeting of the WPK Central Military Commission, held in Pyongyang on or around May 17, 2018 (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). Read more
Posted on 23 May 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Ri Sol Ju Attends Chinese Ballet Performance
Ri Sol Ju (3rd R) and Kim Yo Jong (L) watch Giselle, as performed by the National Ballet of China at the Mansudae Art Theater in Pyongyang on April 14, 2018... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KJU Gives Banquet for CPC Delegation
Kim Jong Un greets the head of the National Ballet of China in on April 14, 2018 (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). Kim Jong Un and Ri Sol Ju interact with Chinese... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KJU Meets with Song Tao
Kim Jong Un shakes hands with Song Tao in Pyongyang on April 14, 2018 (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). KJU’s last observed appearance was his attendance at a meeting of... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Ri Su Yong Meets Song Tao
Ri Su Yong and officials of the WPK International Affairs Department (right) meet with Song Tao and PRC officials in Pyongyang on April 14, 2018 (Photo: Rodong... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Yo Jong Meets with with CPC International Liaison Department Boss
Kim Yo Jong (left) meets with CPC International Liaison Department Director Song Tao in Pyongyang on April 13, 2018 (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). Read more
Posted on 14 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KPA High Command Hold Ceremony Pay Respects to KIS, KJI
A ceremony of Korean People’s Army officers and service members at Ku’msusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang on April 13, 2018 held to mark Sun’s Day and pledge... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
6th Session of the 13th SPA Held
View of the platform at Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang during the sixth session of the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly on April 11, 2018 (Photo: Rodong... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Central Report Meeting Marks KJU’s Appointment to Top Jobs
View of the venue and platform of an April 11, 2018 central report meeting commemorating Kim Jong Un’s assumption of leading party and state positions (Photo:... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Political Bureau Meeting Held
Kim Jong Un speaks during an April 9, 2018 meeting of the WPK Political Bureau (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). KJU’s last observed appearance was his attendance at a... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un and Ri Sol Ju Visit China
Kim Jong Un, Ri Sol Ju, Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan pose for a commemorative photograph in Beijing on March 26, 2018 (Photo: Xinhua News Service). Read more
Posted on 28 March 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY