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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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Pak Pong Ju Visits Namp’o and Wo’nsan Ports
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju tours a port Photo: KCNA DPRK state media reported on September 23, 2016 (Friday) that State Affairs Commission Vice Chairman and DPRK... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KJU Poses for a Photo with Participants in the Fifth Nuclear Test
Photo-op took place at Ku’msusan Memorial Palace of the Sun. Over 500 personnel were in attendance from the Nuclear Weapons Institute [NWI], the Second... Read more
Posted on 22 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KPA General Staff Issues Statement on Decapitation Chatter, B-1 Presence
KPA General Staff (Photo: NK Leadership Watch graphic). This appears to be the DPRK’s first observed response to the latest news media reporting about ROK... Read more
Posted on 22 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KJU Watches Rocket Engine Test
Kim Jong Un smiles after a rocket engine test in a photo that appeared on the top-center of the front page of the September 20, 2016 edition of the WPK daily... Read more
Posted on 20 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Pak Pong Ju Visits Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex
DPRK Premier and State Affairs Commission Vice Chairman Pak Pong Ju tours the Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). Read more
Posted on 20 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Yong Nam at NAM
Kim Yong Nam shakes hands with Cuban President Raul Castro on the sidelines of the NAM summit (Photo: Prensa Latina) Supreme People’s Assembly Presidium... Read more
Posted on 20 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Chuseok Floral Wreath Ceremonies
Officers of the South P’yo’ngan People’s Security Bureau pay their respects at a P’yo’ngso’ng cemetery on September 15, 2016 (Photo: Korean Central Television). Read more
Posted on 20 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Medical Oxygen Factory
Kim Jong Un tours the recently constructed medical oxygen factory in the Pyongyang suburbs in a photograph which appeared on the top-center of the front page... Read more
Posted on 17 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Pyongyang Holds Mass Celebration
View of the Grand People’s Study House and the parade review stand during a people-army solidarity rally celebrating the fifth nuclear weapons test on... Read more
Posted on 16 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Farm
Kim Jong Un Un tours Farm #1116 of KPA Unit #810 in this image on the top-center of the front page of the September 13, 2016 edition of the WPK daily organ... Read more
Posted on 13 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
WPK Issues Appeal Concerning Relief Work for Floods
A railway trackbed is repaired as part of flood relief work in North Hamgyo’ng Province (Photo: Korean Central Television). The Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK]... Read more
Posted on 13 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
“Did You Feel It?” Reports out of the DPRK
(Photo: Google image) The US Geological Survey received “Did You Feel It?” reports from the DPRK, PRC and Japan about the artificial earthquake caused by its... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Foreign Ministry Responds to President Obama
DPRK Foreign Ministry and DPRK government office buildings in central Pyongyang (Photo: NK Leadership Watch). On September 11, 2016 (Sunday), the DPRK... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Celebrates Foundation Day: The Sequel
Youth promenade commemorating Foundation Day in front of The Arch of Triumph on September 9, 2016 Photo: KCNA/Rodong Sinmun A variety of public ceremonies and... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Economic Planning Meeting Held
Cabinet ministers attend a national report meeting on September 5, 2016 Photo: KCTV A national meeting of those active in economic planning was held September 5... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Conducts Fifth Nuclear Test
P’unggye-ri Test Site Main Administration Area outside of Kilchu County, North Hmagyo’ng Province as seen on August 27, 2016 (Photo: Airbus Defense and... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Celebrates Foundation Day
View of the venue for the central report meeting marking the 68th anniversary of the foundation of the DPRK as seen in a photo in the top center of page 3 of th... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KJU Oversees Missile Drill
Kim Jong Un smiles during a mobile ballistic missile drill in a photo which appeared on the top-center of the front page of the September 6, 2016 edition of... Read more
Posted on 06 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Constitution Text Released Following 2016 Amdendments
photo credit: NK Leadership Watch/USKI/38 North DPRK state media has disseminated the amended and revised edition of its constitution. Read more
Posted on 04 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KJU Attends Photo Session with SLBM Personnel
Kim Jong Un’s last observed appearance was his attendance at a commemorative photo-op with participants in the 9th Youth Congress. Read more
Posted on 04 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY
