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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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Ninth Youth Congress Held
Kim Jong Un speaks to the 9th Youth Congress in Pyongyang on August 28, 2016 in an image which appeared top-center on the front page of the August 29, 2016... Read more
Posted on 29 August 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Senior Officials Celebrate Youth Day
A young musician plays a french horn during a Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League ceremony supplies donation ceremony in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on... Read more
Posted on 29 August 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Central Report Meeting Marks So’ngun Leadership
View of the leadership platform at the April 25 House of Culture, the venue for an August 24, 2016 meeting commemorating the anniversary of KJI’s so’ngun... Read more
Posted on 27 August 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Watches SLBM Test Launch
Kim Jong Un celebrates the SLBM launch in an image which appeared top-center on the front page of the August 25, 2016 edition of the WPK daily newspaper Rodong... Read more
Posted on 25 August 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Pak Pong Ju Visits Metal Industrial Field
Pak Pong Ju visiting the Puryo’ng Ferroalloy Plant in Puryo’ng County, North Hamgyo’ng. Photo: KCNA/Rodong Sinmun DPRK state media reported August 24... Read more
Posted on 25 August 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KCNA Issues Commentary on Diplo ROK Defection
The Korean Central News Agency disseminated a commentary on August 20 (Saturday) responding to the defection to the ROK of T’ae Yo’ng-ho [Thae Yong Ho], the... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Ambassador to Iran Meets with IRNA President
DPRK Ambassador to Iran Kang Sam Hyon meets with IRNA Managing Director Mohammed Khoddai in Tehran on August 17, 2016 (Photo: IRNA). Read more
Posted on 19 August 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Taedonggang Farms
Kim Jong Un’s last observed appearance was his visit to the Sunch’o’n Complex Complex. Kim Jong Un visits Taedonggang Combined Fruit Farm in Samso’k District,... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KPA P’anmunjo’m Mission Issues Anniversary Statement on Ax Incident
The beginning of the fight between UNC and KPA personnel on August 18, 1976, or the “P’anmunjo’m Axe Incident” (Photo: Second (Indianhead) Division... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Pak Pong Ju Visits the Kumsong Tractor Factory
Pak Pong Ju tours production process at the Kumsong Tractor Factory. Photo: KCNA DPRK state media reported on August 15 (Monday) that DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The National Peace Committee of Korea Issued a Statement About THAAD on August 13
Two THAAD interceptors and a Standard-Missile 3 Block IA missile were launched resulting in the intercept of two near-simultaneous medium-range ballistic missil... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Sunch’o’n Chemical Complex
Kim Jong Un (left) tours Sunch’o’n Chemical Complex. He is accompanied by Pak Pong Ju (center) and Ri Mu Yong (right) Photo: KCNA/Rodong Sinmun Kim Jong Un’s... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Central Report Meeting Marking 20th Anniversary of KJI Land Management...
View of the venue and platform at the People’s Palace of Culture in Pyongyang on August 10, 2016 for a central report meeting marking the 20th anniversary of th... Read more
Posted on 13 August 2016 POLITICS -
A Revolutionary Museum Opens at the Mansudae Art Studio
Kim Ki Nam (left) speaks at an August 10, 2016 ceremony opening The Revolutionary Museum at the Mansudae Art Studio in front of the Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits January 18 General Machine Factory
Kim Jong Un visits the January 18 General Machine Factory in a photo which appeared on the front page of the August 10, 2016 edition of the WPK daily newspaper... Read more
Posted on 11 August 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Observes and Guides Ballistic Missile Drill
Kim Jong Un smiles during a ballistic missile drill in a photo that appeared on cover of the July 20, 2016 edition of the WPK daily newspaper Rodong Sinmun. Read more
Posted on 20 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KPA P’anmunjo’m Mission Spox Says “US Should Go Home”
A North Korean Soldier looks in through the window of the T2 building as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates tour the... Read more
Posted on 20 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Attends Concert by KPA Officers’ Wives
Kim Jong Un greets the wives of KPA officers following their concert held as part of an art performance contest in a photo on the front page of the July 16, 201... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
U’nha Guidance Bureau Marks 40th Anniversary
WPK Light Industry Department Director An Jong Su reads a message at a July 14, 2016 meeting marking the 40th anniversary of the U’nha Guidance Bureau (Photo:... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Pyongyang IT Bureau Marks 30th Anniversary
WPK Vice Chairman Choe T’ae Bok reads out a message at a July 14, 2016 meeting marking the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the Pyongyang IT Bureau... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY
