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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 Central Leadership and SPA Deputies Visit Mansu Hill
Supreme People’s Assembly Vice Chairs An Tong Chun and Ri Hye Jong carry a floral basket to the foot of the Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il statues on Mansu Hill... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KPA Holds Ceremony Marking Sun’s Day (KIS Birth Anniversary)
View of an April 11, 2017 military ceremony in front of Ku’msusan Memorial Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang marking the 105th birth anniversary of late DPRK... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KPA General Staff Issues Spox Statement Defending Military Exercises, Missile...
The KPA General Staff (Photo: NK Leadership Watch). The Korean People’s Army [KPA] General Staff issued a spokesman statement on April 10 (Monday) which noted... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Central Report Meeting Marks 24th Anniversary of KJI’s Election as NDC Chairman
View of participants at an April 8, 2017 central report meeting commemorating the 24th anniversary of Kim Jong Il’s election as chairman of the National... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Foreign Ministry Spox Issues Statement on Syria Strike
DPRK Foreign Ministry and DPRK government office buildings in central Pyongyang (Photo: NK Leadership Watch). On April 8 (Saturday) the DPRK Foreign Ministry... Read more
Posted on 09 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Pyongyang Mushroom Farm
Kim Jong Un smiles during a visit to the Pyongyang Mushroom Farm (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). KJU’s last observed appearance was his attendance at the KPA 2017 Tank... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Observes and Guides KPA 2017 Tank Competition
Kim Jong Un greets members of the 105th Tank Division following the KPA Tank Competition-2017 in a photo which appeared top-center on the front page of the Apri... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Pak Pong Ju Visits
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju views a truck manufactured at Su’ngri Automotive Complex in To’kch’o’n. Also in attendance (left) is Minister of Machine Building... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Ki Ryong (1940-2017)
Kim Ki Ryong Former Rodong Sinmun editor and Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Central Committee Member Kim Ki Ryong (Kim Ki-yong) died in Pyongyang on March 29... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KJU Visits Korean Revolution Museum
Kim Jong Un embraces Korean Revolution Museum Curator and 1st Revolutionary Generation member Hwang Sun Hui. Also tagged in attendance is WPK Vice Chairman for... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Choe Ryong Hae Visits Kumsong Tractor Factory
(Photo: Rodong Sinmun). DPRK state media reported on March 21 (Tuesday) that State Affairs Commission Vice Chairman and Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Vice... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Supervises Missile Drill
Kim Jong Un smiles after a missile drill on March 6, 2017 in North P’yo’ngan Province. Also in attendance are WPK Department Senior Deputy Director Ri Pyong... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Pyongyang Defense Command HQ
Kim Jong Un poses for a commemorative photo with command staff, service members and officers of the headquarters element of KPA Large Combined Unit #966 in a... Read more
Posted on 01 March 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Pak Pong Ju Visits S. Hamgyo’ng
Pak Pong Ju and Ri Jong Guk at the February 8 Vinalon Factory. Photo: Rodong Sinmun DPRK state media reported on February 26, 2017 (Sunday) State Affairs... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Walk (Tour) on Ryomyong Street
Pak Pong Ju (middle) touring the Ryomyong Street with Ri Mu Yong. Photo: KCNA DPRK state media reported that on February 20, 2017 (Monday) State Affairs... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Attends Merited State Choir Anniversary Concert
Kim Jong Un, senior DPRK officials and members of the State Merited Chorus (Merited State Choir) pose for commemorative photograph in the lobby of the People’s... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Korean Jurists Association Issues Statement on Jong Nam’s Demise
(KCNA/NK Leadership Watch file photo) The Korean Jurists’ Association issued the first observed statement from a DPRK institution on the death of Kim Jong Nam... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Ku’msusan on the Day of the Shining Star
Kim Jong Un and senior WPK and security officials enter Ku’msusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang on February 16, 2016, the Day of the Shining Star, or KJI’s... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Beach in October and 18 May 1991
Kim Jong Nam brandishing a gold pistol, with his maternal cousins, at a party celebrating Kim Jong Il’s birthday in 1979 A selected passage from a translation... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KJU Attends Ballistic Missile Test
[Photo: Rodong Sinmun]KJU’s last observed appearance was his visit to Kangdong Precision Machine Plant Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) observed and guided a test o... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY
