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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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Stamp Issued of Kim Jong Un Delivering New Year’s Day Address
A stamp of Kim Jong Un delivering the New Year’s Day Address on 1 January 2013, the first stamp issued in 70 years of a DPRK supreme leader delivering a New... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Supervises Artillery Exercises and Visits War Museum
Kim Jong Un reviews planning for a live fire tactical artillery exercise conducted by KPA Unit #526 (Photo: Rodong Sinmun) DPRK state media reported on 21... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Nuclear Test Personnel Visit Ku’msusan and Revolutionary Martyrs’ Cemetery...
Personnel who contributed to or participated in the 12 February 2013 nuclear test pay their respects at the Revolutionary Martyrs’ Cemetery in Pyongyang on 21... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Premier Visits Turf Institute, Textile Machine Factory and Cemetery...
DPRK Premier Choe Yong Rim (2nd R) is briefed about the construction of the KPA Cemetery of Fallen Fighters (Photo: KCNA) DPRK state media reported on 21... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Conducts First Inspection of Military Unit in 2013
Kim Jong Un poses for a commemorative photograph with members of KPA Unit #323 (Photo: Rodong Sinmun) DPRK state media reported on 20 February (Wednesday) that... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Nuclear Test Personnel Will Visit Pyongyang
An animation of a tunnel (L) a nuclear device (C) and a detonation (R) included in a short video released by Urminzokkiri, a DPRK state media outlet, on 17... Read more
Posted on 20 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Former DPRK Vice Premier Kim Rak Hui Dies
Kim Rak Hui(L), former DPRK Cabinet Vice Premier and former alternate of the KWP Political Bureau, recently deceased, talks with Kim Jong Il during a tour of... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Ku’msusan and Attends Statue Unveiling Ceremony at Mangyongda...
Kim Jong Un (C) pays his respects to statues of his father Kim Jong Il and his grandfather Kim Il Sung at Kumsusan in Pyongyang on 16 February 2013. Read more
Posted on 16 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KJU Attends Watch Presentation Ceremony
Overview of a ceremonny at the KWP Central Committee Conference Hall (L) at which gold wristwatches were presented as “state decorations” by Kim Jong Un (R) as... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KPA Promotions List Issued for Day of the Shining Star (KJI Birthday)
DPRK state media reported on 15 February (Friday) that Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n), in his capacity as Korean People’s Army [KPA] Supreme Commander, promoted... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kimjongilia Festival Opened
Kim Chang Do (L), Chairman of the Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia Committee delivers a spech at a ceremony opening the 17th Kimjongilia Festival in Pyongyang on 14... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Workers’ Orgs Hold Meetings For KJI Birthday
Performances (L) and participants (R) at a meeting held by the Korean Democratic Women’s Union at the Women’s Hall in central Pyongyang on 14 February 2013 to... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Annual Loyalty Meeting Held at Mt. Paektu for KJI Birthday
KPA service members (C) watch a fireworks display (L, R) held after a loyalty meeting near Kim Jong Il’s mythic birthplace on Mt. Read more
Posted on 14 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
USGS Receives Intensity (Did You Feel It?) Reports from Inside DPRK
USGS Intensity map released on 12 February 2013 (Photo: USGS) The United States Geological Survey [USGS] reported on 12 February (Tuesday) that it received... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
DPRK Conducts Third Nuclear Test
A United States Geological Survey poster showing the 12 February 2013 seismic event near the Punggye-ri nuclear test facility in North Hamgyo’ng Province (Photo... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Political Bureau Meeting
The KWP CC Political Bureau, as of January 2013 (Photo: NK Leadership Watch graphic) DPRK state media reported on 12 February (Tuesday) that the Korean... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Final Countdowns at P’unggye-ri Test Site? (Will but You Won’t)
Overview of area around the nuclear test area near Punggye-ri, Kilchu County, North Hamgyo’ng Province. The red lines denote the closure or roads to human and... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Students Hold Lunar New Year’s Concert
DPRK central leadership attend schoolchildren’s Lunar New Year’s concert at Mangyo’ngdae Schoolchildren’s Palace on 10 February 2013. Read more
Posted on 11 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
3 DPRK Doctors Killed in NE Nigeria
Potiskum, Yobe State, northeast Nigera where three DPRK nationals were killed early on 10 February 2013 (Photo: Google image) Three DPRK physicians were killed... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Choe Ryong Hae Inspects Construction of Wading Pool in Pyongyang
VMar Choe Ryong Hae (L) tours the construction of the Munsu Wading Pool in Pyongyang (Photo: Rodong Sinmun) DPRK state media reported on 9 February (Friday) tha... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY