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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 Threatens to “Shut Down” Kaesong Industrial Zone
Kaesong Industrial Complex (Kaesong Industrial Zone) (Photo: Google image) DPRK state media published a statement of the General Bureau for Central Guidance on... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Statement Published Declaring “North-State Relations Have Been Put in a State...
DPRK state media published a statement (tamhwa) on 30 March (Saturday) from “the government, political parties and organizations of the DPRK. Read more
Posted on 30 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Convenes Meeting and Orders Strategic Rockets “To Be on Stand-by”
Kim Jong Un (seated) reviews military operations plans during a meeting held after midnight on 29 March 2013 (Photo: KCNA) DPRK state media reported that Kim... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Attends National Meeting of KPA Information Officers and...
Kim Jong Un (2nd L, front row) attends a meeting of KPA information officers at the 25 April House of Culture in Pyongyang on 28 March 2013. Also seen in... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Cities on Fire? Phone Out of Order
(KCTV file screengrab) South Korean media reported on 27 March (Wednesday) that the DPRK severed an inter-Korea telephone line that according to Yonhap News... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Premier Tours Islet Defense Detachments
DPRK Cabinet Premier Choe Yong Rim (3rd L) tours the Mu Islet Hero Defense Detachment (Photo: Rodong Sinmun) DPRK state media reported on 27 March (Wednesday)... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Party Central Committee to Meet in “late March”
The KWP CC Political Bureau, as of January 2013 (Photos: KCNA, KCTV; graphic by Michael Madden/NK Leadership Watch graphic) DPRK state media reported on 27 Marc... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KPA Supreme Command Issues Statement
DPRK citizens watch a KCTV anchorwoman read a statement of the KPA Supreme Command on a jumbotron outside Pyongyang Central Railway Station on 26 March 2013... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Observes and Commands Live Fire Joint Exercises of KPA Large Combine...
Kim Jong Un observes live fire joint exercises by DPRK ground, naval and artillery forces on the country’s east coast on 25 March 2013 (Photo: Rodong Sinmun)... Read more
Posted on 25 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Inspects KPA Unit #1501, Visits Restaurant Ship Building and...
Kim Jong Un stands on a combat vehicle during an inspection of KPA Unit #1501 on 24 March 2013. Also in attendance is Gen. Kim Yong Chol (2nd L), Chief of the... Read more
Posted on 25 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Inspects Command Element of KPA SOF Unit and Guides Training...
Kim Jong Un poses for commemorative photograph with service members and officers of the command element of KPA Unit #1973 DPRK state media reported on 22 March... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Central Leadership Visits Light Industry Exhibition
Senior members of the central leadership tour an exhibition of light industry goods in Pyongyang. Among the officials in this image are: Choe Tae Bok (5th R),... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
SPA to Convene on 1 April 2013
The Mansudae Assembly Hall, seat of the Supreme People’s Assembly (Photo: Google image) DPRK state media reported on 21 March (Wednesday) that the 7th session... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Observes and Commands Flak Rocket and Drone Drill
Gen. Ri Pyong Chol (R), commander of the KPA Air and Anti-Air Forces, briefs Kim Jong Un (2nd R) about live fire anti-aircraft drills held on 20 March 2013... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Attends Photo Op with Participants in Light Industry Workers’...
Cover of the 20 March 2013 edition of the Korean Workers’ Party daily newspaper Rodong Sinmun Commemorative photograph of Kim Jong Un and members of the... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Speaks at Light Industry Workers’ National Meeting
Kim Jong Un (3rd L) sits on the platform (rostrum) during the national meeting of light industry workers in Pyongyang on 18 March 2013. Read more
Posted on 19 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
CMC Meetings Shown in DPRK Documentary on Kim Jong Un’s Military Activities
On 5 March DPRK state media released a documentary film which compiled film footage of Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) inspecting Korean People’s Army [KPA]... Read more
Posted on 18 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Premier Visits Sites in Kangwon Province
Choe Yong Rim visits the Sep’o Tableland project in Kangwo’n Province (Photo: KCNA) DPRK state media reported on 16 March (Saturday) that DPRK Cabinet Premier... Read more
Posted on 16 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Attends Live Fire Artillery Exercises in West Sea
Kim Jong Un (foreground, 4th R) observes live fire artillery exercises in the West (Yellow Sea). Also seen in attendance is Gen. Kim Yong Chol (L), Gen. Hyon... Read more
Posted on 14 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KJU Sends Congratulatory Note to Xi Jinping After Election as Chinese President
Kim Jong Un (2nd L) sent a message congratulating Xi Jinping (R) on his election as Chinese President on 14 March 2013. Xi is seen shaking hands with his... Read more
Posted on 14 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY