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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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Defense Minister Meets with Military Delegations from Iran and Mozambique
Minister of the People’s Armed Forces, Col. Gen. Jang Jong Nam (C) poses for a commemorative photograph with an Iranian military delegation in Pyongyang on 25... Read more
Posted on 25 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Premier Tours Construction of Scientists’ Apartments
DPRK Cabinet Premier Pak Pong Ju (2nd L) tours the construction of apartments which upon completion will house DPRK scientists (Photo: KCNA). Read more
Posted on 25 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Senior DPRK Government and Party Officials Visit FLW Veterans’ Accomodations
Supreme People’s Assembly Presidium President Kim Yong Nam (2nd L) visits Korean War veterans at thei guest house in Pyongyang on 24 July 2013 (Photo: KCNA). Read more
Posted on 25 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Meets with Syrian Delegation
Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) met with Syrian Ba’ath Arab Socialist Party Assistant General-Secretary Abdullah al-Ahmar and other members of a Syrian delegation... Read more
Posted on 25 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KPA Holds Meeting to Commemorate 60th Anniversary of “Victory” in Korean War
DPRK state media reported on 24 July (Wednesday) that a meeting of Korean People’s Army [KPA] officers and service members took place in the plaza of the... Read more
Posted on 25 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
New Director of Party Finance and Accounting Department
Han Kwang Sang (standing behind KJU, L) has been appointed director of the KWP Finance and Accounting Department (Photo: NK Leadership Watch/Rodong Sinmun file... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Semiannual Rumor That Kim Kyong Hui Knocks at Death’s Door
Kim Kyong Hui (NK Leadership Watch file photos) ROK media outlet Chosun Ilbo is floating a rumor that core DPRK elite Kim Kyong Hui (Kim Kyo’ng-hu’i) is... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Premier Visits Farms in South Hwanghae Province
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju (2nd R) issues instructions during a tour of a cooperative farm in South Hwanghae Province (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). Read more
Posted on 22 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KJI Youngest Daughter Working as Events Manager for KJU?
Kim Yo Jong (L) attending her older brother Kim Jong Un’s visit to the KPA Equestrian company (currently known as the Mirim Riding Club) in November 2012. Read more
Posted on 22 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Il Statue Unveiled at People’s Security University Campus
A KPA honor guard marches past a statue of late DPRK leader Kim Jong Il during a dedication ceremony for the statue at the KJI University of People’s Security i... Read more
Posted on 21 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Premier Visits Construction Projects in Pyongyang
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju (3rd L) tours the construction of a children’s hospital and dental hospital (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). DPRK state media reported on 19 Jul... Read more
Posted on 21 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A New Party Economic Department?
A 15 April 2012 satellite image shows the Korean Workers’ Party Central Committee Office Complex #1 in central Pyongyang. RFA, according to anonymous sources,... Read more
Posted on 17 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Mushroom Farm
Kim Jong Un tours a mushroom farm constructed by farm #1116, subordinate to KPA Unit #534 (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). DPRK state media reported on 15 July (Monday)... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Cabinet Holds Second Plenum
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju (1) and DPRK Vice Premier and State Planning Commission Chairman Ro Tu Chol (2), seen touring a KPA livestock breeding facility in May... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits War Museum
Kim Jong Un talks to senior party and government officials accompanying him during a tour of the renovated Victorious Fatherland Liberation War (Korean War)... Read more
Posted on 11 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Premier Visits Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju (2nd R) is briefed about production at the briquette section of the Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex in Songnim, North Hwanghae... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Parts of Munsu Wading Pool Similar to Kim Family Compound
Kim Jong Un tours the construction of the Munsu Wading Pool in Pyongyang in May 2013 (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). The construction of the Munsu Wading Pool in... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Ku’msusan Palace
Kim Jong Un (6th L) visits the Ku’msusan Palace of the Sun with senior DPRK officials on 8 July 2013, the 19th anniversary of the death of his paternal... Read more
Posted on 08 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Premier Visits Industrial Complexes in Sunch’o'n
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju (3rd L) tours the Sunch’o'n Cement Complex in Sunch’o'n, South P’yo’ngan Province (Photo: KCNA). DPRK state media reported on 7 July... Read more
Posted on 07 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Choe Ryong Hae Visits PY Construction Projects
Director of the KPA General Political Department VMar Choe Ryong Hae (1) is briefed on the construction of the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in... Read more
Posted on 07 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY
