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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 Visits Power Station and Chemical Factory
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju tours Pukch’ang Thermal Power Complex. Among those in attendance is DPRK Vice Premier and State Planning Commission Chairman Ro Tu... Read more
Posted on 05 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK, China Prosecutors’ Offices Sign Cooperation Memo
Hu Zejun, Deputy Procurator-General of China, poses for a commemorative photo with delegation of the DPRK Supreme Prosecutor’s Office on 28 October 2013... Read more
Posted on 05 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Masik Pass Ski Resort Construction
Kim Jong Un tours the construction of the Masik Pass Ski Resort in Kangwo’ng Province (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). DPRK state media reported on 2 November... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Shipyard and KPA Navy Cemetery
Kim Jong Un (C) tours a shipyard managed Chu So’ng-ho (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). DPRK state media reported on 1 November (Friday) that Kim Jong Un (Kim... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Premier Tours KPA Breeding Farm Construction
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju tours KPA Breeding Farm #621 (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). DPRK state media reported on 1 November (Friday) that Premier Pak Pong Ju toured... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Back-to-Back DPRK Delegations Visit the EU
DPRK Vice Foreign Minister Kung Sok Ung (R) shakes hands with Peter van Tuijl (L) in The Hague on 20 October 2013 (Photo: Global Partnership for the Prevention... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Mongolian President Departs the DPRK
Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj shakes hands with DPRK Minister of Foreign Trade Ri Ryong Nam prior to departing from Pyongyang airport on 31 October... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Observes and Guides KPA Company Commanders Shooting Competition
Kim Jong Un (C) speaks during a practical shooting competition of particpants in the 4th Meeting of KPA Company Commanders and Political Instructors. Read more
Posted on 30 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Banquet and Concert Given for Mongolian President
Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj and his wife watch a concert given in his honor by the elite Mansudae Art Troupe at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater o... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Mongolia, DPRK Sign Economic Agreements
Mongolian Minister of Industry and Agriculture Khaltmaa Battulga (L) shakes hands with DPRK Minister of Foreign Trade Ri Ryong Nam (R) after signing an... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Mongolian President Arrives in Pyongyang and Meets with Kim Yong Nam
Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj (L) shakes hands with SPA Presidium President Kim Yong Nam (R) after arrving at Pyongyang Airport on 28 October 2013... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KPA Holds Loyalty Rally After Company Commanders Meeting
VMar Choe Ryong Hae, Director of the KPA General Political Department , speaks at a rally of KPA officers and service members at Ku’msusan Palace of the Sun in... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Ri Chol Leads Prosecutors’ Office Delegation to China
Senior DPRK elite Ri Chol (Photos: KCTV screengrab, UN, Yonhap). Ri Chol (Ri Ch’o'l), a close aide to Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) and member of the DPRK’s... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Premier Visits Farm in South Hwanghae
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju (2nd L) visits the Jangsong Cooperative Farm in Ongjin County, South Hwanghae Province (Photo: KCNA). Read more
Posted on 27 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Mirim Riding Club Opened
VMar Choe Ryong Hae, Director of the KPA General Political Department, speaks at a ceremony opening the Mirim Riding Club in east Pyongyang on 25 October 2013... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Attends Concert and Photo-Op with KPA Meeting Participants
Kim Jong Un (4th L) poses for a commemorative photo in Pyongyang on 23 October 2013 with participants in the 4th Meeting of KPA Company Commanders and... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KIS Youth League Delegation Meets PRC Vice President
Jon Yong Nam (L), Chairman of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League Central Committee, shakes hands with Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao (R) at the Great... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Munsu Water Park Opens
View of opening ceremony opening the Munsu Water Park in east Pyongyang on 15 October 2013 (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). The Munsu Water Park, a water amusement park... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Attends Two Concerts
Kim Jong Un (C) and his wife Ri Sol Ju (L) applauds during a performance by Russia’s Orchestra of the 21st Century, given to mark the 65th anniversary of... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Premier Visits Farms in S. P’yo’ngan
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju (L) tours the Yoldusamch’o'n Farm in Sukch’o'n County, South P’yo’ngan Province (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). Read more
Posted on 16 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY
