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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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First Ballistic Missile Test of 2017 Held
Graphic showing the path of a DPRK ballistic missile launched on the morning of February 12, 2017 from Panghyo’n Airbase in Kuso’ng, North P’yo’ngan Province... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Land and Environment Meeting Held
Pak Pong Ju attends a meeting about land and environmental protection. To his right is Vice Premier Jon Kwang Ho. (Photo: KCNA) DPRK state media reported on... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KPA Anniversary Commemorated
View of the platform at the MPAF of a February 7, 2017 meeting of senior KPA officials marking the historical anniversary of North Korea’s armed forces. Read more
Posted on 08 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Kangdong Precision Machine Plant
Kim Jong Un is briefed about production at the Kangdong Precision Machine Plant in the suburbs of Pyongyang in a photo which appeared top-center on the front... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Triplicate: PPJ On-Site Visits
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju visits Kumso’ng Tractor Factory (Photo: KCNA). DPRK state media reported on February 2 (Thursday) that State Affairs Commission Vice... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Has the State Security Boss Been Dismissed?
General Kim Won Hong performs a song during an April 2012 concert to mark International Women’s Day (Photo: NK Leadership Watch file photo). Read more
Posted on 03 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits School for Orphans
Kim Jong Un smiles whilst posing for a commemorative photograph with students and teaching staff of the Pyongyang Orphans’ School in a photo which appeared top... Read more
Posted on 02 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Numero Tres Visits Ryomyong Street Construction
State Affairs Commission Vice Chairman and WPK Vice Chairman Choe Ryong Hae tours apartment housing construction on Ryomyong Street in Pyongyang (Photo: KCNA). Read more
Posted on 02 February 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Choe Ryong Hae Visits Taekwondo Hall Renovation
Choe Ryong Hae tours the construction of the Taekwondo Hall in Pyongyang which appeared bottom right of the second page of the January 24, 2016 edition of Rodon... Read more
Posted on 24 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Attends Kang Ki Sop’s Viewing
Kim Jong Un touches the face of the remains of Kang Ki Sop, head of North Korea’s civil aviation administration and alternate member of the WPK Central... Read more
Posted on 24 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Inspects KPA Unit #1314
Commemorative photo of Kim Jong Un with officers and service members of KPA Unit #1314 (Photo: Rodong Sinmun/KCNA). KJU’s last observed appearance was his... Read more
Posted on 24 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Inspects a KPA Unit #233 Company
Commemorative photo of Kim Jong Un with officers and service members of a company subordinate to KPA Unit #233 which appeared top-center on the front page of th... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
NYDA Reunification Joint Conference Held
Photo of the venue at the People’s Palace of Culture in Pyongyang where a joint conference on implementing New Day Speech tasks for reunification was held on... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
New Vice Premier Appointed to DPRK Cabinet
Jon Kwang Ho (tagged) attends an MLRS delivery ceremony during 2012 (Photo: North Korea Leadership Watch file photo) Jon Kwang Ho (Cho’n Kwang-ho) was... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Pak Pong Ju Visits Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex… Again
Pak Pong Ju [a], DPRK Vice Premier and State Planning Commission Chairman Ro Tu Chol [b] and Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex chief Kim Chung Gol [c] Pak Pong... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Choe Ryong Hae Meets Cuban Vice President
State Affairs Commission Vice Chairman and WPK Vice Chairman Choe Ryong Hae (left) meets with Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdés Mesa (right) on January 12,... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Workers’ Dorms Open at Kim Cho’ng-suk Silk Mill
WPK Light Industry Department Director An Jong Su addresses a January 12, 2017 reception marking the opening of living quarters for employees of the Kim Jong Su... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
“El Número Tres” Visits Nicaragua
State Affairs Commission Vice Chairman and WPK Vice Chairman Ch’oe Ryong-hae speaks to reporters after arriving in Managua, Nicaragua on January 9, 2017... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Fishery Station and Factory
Kim Jong Un tours the Ku’msanp’o Fishery Station in South Hwanghae Province in a photo which appeared top-center on the front page of the January 15, 2016... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KCNA Issues Commentary on US-DPRK-PRC Morass
The top of Mansudae Assembly Hall (Photo: NK Leadership Watch file photo). The Korean Central News Agency [KCNA] issued a commentary on US policy on North... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY
