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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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Kim Jong Un Attends Photo-op With FLW Veterans and
Kim Jong Un (seated, 4th L) poses for a commemorative photo with Fatherland Liberation War (Korean War) veterans and KPA commanders who participated in the 27... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Premier Visits Mushroom Production Sites and Pyongyang Metro
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju (2nd R) inspects products at a mushroom production site managed by the Korean People’s Army (Photo: KCNA). Read more
Posted on 02 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Attends Football Match and Archery Competition
Kim Jong Un and senior DPRK officials watch a football (soccer) match between the men’s Hwaebul and 25 April teams (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). Read more
Posted on 01 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Meets with Women Football Players
Kim Jong Un walks with women soccer players who won the East Asia Football Federation Cup (Photo: KCNA). DPRK state media reported on 31 July (Wednesday) that... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Premier Visits Cooperative Farms in S. P’yo’ngan
DPRK Cabinet Premier Pak Pong Ju (2nd R) talks with cooperative farm managers during a visit to a cooperative farm in South P’yo’ngan Province (Photo: KCNA). Read more
Posted on 31 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Attends Commemorative Photo Session with Overseas Korean...
Kim Jong Un and senior DPRK officials pose for a commemorative photograph with delegations of oversea Koreans who traveled to the country to attend 60th... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Defense Minister’s Meetings with Foreign Delegations
Minister of the People’s Armed Forces Col. Gen. Jang Jong Nam (4th R) poses for a commemorative photograph with a delegation of Chinese People’s Volunteers who... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits CPV Martyrs’ Cemetery in Hoech’ang and Songhung...
Kim Jong Un (1st row, C) visits the Chinese People’s Volunteers Martyrs’ Cemetery in Hoech’ang County, South P’yo’ngan Province on 29 July 2013 (Photo: Rodong... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Choe Ryong Hae Meets with VPA GPD Delegation
VMar Choe Ryong Hae (C) poses for a commemorative photograph with a delegation of the Vietnam People’s Army’s General Political Department in Pyongyang on 28... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
NDC-CMC Host 27 July Banquet at Moknan House
View of Moranbong Band performance at a 27 July 2013 banquet at Moknan House (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). Moknan House, the KWP Central Committee’s banquet hall and... Read more
Posted on 28 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Ku’msusan on 27 July
Kim Jong Un (C) visits Ku’msusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang on 27 July 2013 to pay his respects to his father, late leader Kim Jong Il, and his... Read more
Posted on 28 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Attends Celebratory Fireworks Display
Senior DPRK officials and invited foreign guests watch the fireworks display “We will always emerge victorious!” from an outdoor venue near the Victorious... Read more
Posted on 28 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Attends Opening of Renovated War Museum
Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) attended the opening ceremony for the renovation of the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War (Korean War) Museum in Pyongyang on... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
National Meeting Held to Commemorate Korean War
Kim Jong Un, senior DPRK officials and heads of foreign government delegations applaud during a national report meeting commemorating the 60th anniversary of th... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Meets with Foreign Delegations and Attends Arirang Performance
Kim Jong Un (R) shakes hands with Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao (L) during an event for foreign government and political party delegations in Pyongyang on... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Chinese Vice President Visits CPV Cemetery in Hoechang and Friendship Tower in...
Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao, along with a Chinese delegation, senior DPRK officials and DPRK citizens attend a wreath laying ceremony at the CPV Fallen... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
NDC Hosts Banquet for CPV Delegation
VMAR Kim Yong Chun, Vice Chairman of the DPRK National Defense Commission, Member of the Korean Workers’ Party Political Bureau and Director of the KWP Civil... Read more
Posted on 26 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Meets with Chinese Vice President
Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) met with Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao and a PRC delegation in Pyongyang on 25 July (Thursday). Read more
Posted on 25 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Chinese Vice President Arrives in Pyongyang
Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao (L) shakes hands with SPA Presidium Vice President Yang Hyong Sop (R) after arriving in Pyongyang on 25 July 2013 (Photo:... Read more
Posted on 25 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Attends Opening of Korean War Cemetery
Kim Jong Un (3rd R) attends a ceremony opening the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs’ Cemetery in Pyongyang on 25 July 2013. Also seen in attendance is his... Read more
Posted on 25 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY
