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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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DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju (L) Inspects Products of the Kan...
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju (L) inspects products of the Kanggye Wood Processing Factory in Kanggye, Chagang Province (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). Read more
Posted on 03 December 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Inspects KPA Air Force Unit #991 and Visits Samjiyo’n
Kim Jong Un with officers and service members of KPA Air and Anti-Air Force Unit #991 (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). DPRK state media reported on 30 November (Saturday... Read more
Posted on 01 December 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Detained US Citizen Statement Released
An 85 year old US citizen detained in the DPRK since 26 October 2013 speaks to a DPRK security officials(1), reviews his statement (2) and makes a separate... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
3rd Anniversary of Yo’np’yo’ng Island Artillery Incident
Lt. Gen. Ri Song Guk, commanding officer of the IV Army Corps, speaks at a 23 November 2013 meeting marking the 3rd anniversary of the artillery incident on... Read more
Posted on 25 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
US Citizen Detained in DPRK
An 85-year old US citizen has been detained in the DPRK since 26 October. DPRK officials confirmed the detention to officials of Sweden’s Embassy in... Read more
Posted on 25 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Special Economic Zones Announced
Jagang Provincial Manp’o Economic Development Zone and the Jagang Provincial Wiwo’n Industrial Development Zone (Photo: Google image). Read more
Posted on 25 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Attends 2nd National Security Personnel Meeting
Rostrum (platform) of the 2nd National Security Personnel Meeting at the 25 April House of Culture in Pyongyang (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). Kim Jong Un (1) at a... Read more
Posted on 20 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Is P’anmu’njom the New Stop for Foreign VIPS?
Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, accompanied by DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun, visits P’anmunjo’m on 29 October 2013 (Photo: Office of the... Read more
Posted on 20 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Construction of KJI Military Graduate School
Kim Jong Un tours the construction of the Kim Jong Il Military Graduate School in Pyongyang. Also seen in attendance appears to be VMar Kim Jong Gak (L), a... Read more
Posted on 19 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Sports Science Exhibition Opens
Minister of Physical Culture and Sports Ri Jong Mu (highlighted) tours the National Exhibition of Sports Science and Technology in Pyongyang on 19 November... Read more
Posted on 19 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Food Factory and Construction of Football Training Center
Kim Jong Un visits the construction of the Mangyongbong Sports Team’s football squad’s practice field (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). DPRK state media reported on 16... Read more
Posted on 17 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits 2 November Food Factory
Kim Jong Un tours the 2 November Factory, a food manufacturer under the KPA (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). DPRK state media reported on 12 November (Tuesday) that Kim... Read more
Posted on 13 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Premier Visits Saltworks
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju (3rd R) tours Kiwsong Saltern in South P’yo’ngan Province (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju tours Kwisong Saltern. Read more
Posted on 13 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Choe Ryong Hae Visits Construction of Textile Mill Dorms
VMar Choe Ryong Hae tours the construction of the workers’ dormitories at Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang Textile Mill (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). Read more
Posted on 12 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Attends Photo-Op with KPA Psywar Personnel
Kim Jong Un attends a photo-op with participants in the 4th Meeting of KPA officers and service members involved in “political work with the enemy” (Photo:... Read more
Posted on 12 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits MPAF Revolutionary Museum
Kim Jong Un (R) visits an exhibition about KPA commanders and their ties to the DPRK’s supreme leadership at the Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces... Read more
Posted on 09 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
State Security Claims SK Operative Bust
DPRK state media reported that a spokesman for the Ministry of State Security [MSS] claimed on 7 November (Thursday) it had apprehended ”an agent of the... Read more
Posted on 07 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Choe Ryong Hae Visits Masik Pass Ski Resort
VMar Choe Ryong Hae (3rd L) visits the construction of Masik Pass Ski Resort in Kangwo’n Province (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). DPRK state media reported on 7 Novembe... Read more
Posted on 07 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Jang Song Taek Meets with Japanese Sports Delegation
Jang Song T’aek (C) talks with Kanji (Antonio) Inoki (L), a member of the House of Councillors, and Kenshiro Matsunami (R), Chancellor of Nippon Sport Science... Read more
Posted on 06 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Former DPRK Courts’ Boss Kim Pyong Ryul Dies
Kim Pyong Ryul (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). Kim Pyong Ryul, a member of the Korean Workers’ Party [KWP] Central Committee and immediate past president of the DPRK... Read more
Posted on 06 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY
