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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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Kim Jong Un Attends Commemorative Photo-op with Women’s Union Congress...
Kim Jong Un poses for a commemorative photo with participants in the Women’s Union 6th Congress in front of Ku’msusan Memorial Palace of the Sun (Photo: Rodong... Read more
Posted on 22 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Party Leadership Open Residential Units in Flood-damaged N. Hamgyo’ng
WPK Vice Chairman for Intelligence and South Korean Affairs Kim Yong Chol (right) attends a house warming with the family of a Ministry of Railways employee... Read more
Posted on 22 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Foreign Ministry Issues Memo and Timeline on Nuclear Diplomacy (Haters, Back Off)
DPRK Foreign Ministry and DPRK government office buildings in central Pyongyang (Photo: NK Leadership Watch). The DPRK Foreign Ministry issued a memorandum on... Read more
Posted on 22 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Yong Nam Visits Tree Nursery
SPA Presidium President Kim Yo’ng-nam is briefed about sapling cultivation at a Forest Management Station Nursery in Chungsan County, South P’yo’ngan Province i... Read more
Posted on 22 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Pak Pong Ju Visits T’ongch’o’n Fishery Station
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju visiting Myohyangsan Medical Appliances Factory. (Photo: KCNA) DPRK state media reported on November 19, 2016 (Saturday) that vice... Read more
Posted on 20 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits August 25 Fishery Station
Kim Jong Un grins while touring the docks of the August 25 Fishery Station in an image seen top-center on the front page of the November 20, 2016 edition of... Read more
Posted on 20 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Observes and Commands Women’s MLRS Contest
Kim Jong Un grins whilst watching a women gunners’ MLRS firing contest in a photo which appeared top-center of the front page of the November 19, 2016 edition o... Read more
Posted on 20 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Women’s Union Holds 6th Congress
View of the platform and venue of the 6th Congress of the Socialist Women’s Union of Korea (f.k.a. Korean Democratic Women’s Union) at the People’s Palace of... Read more
Posted on 20 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KCNA President Attends OANA and News Agencies Congress in Baku
Korean Central News Agency [KCNA] President Kim Chang Gwang (tagged) poses for a photo with fellow news agency executive participating in the 16th OANA General... Read more
Posted on 20 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits KPA Fishery Stations
Kim Jong Un smiles during a visit to the May 27 Fishery Station of the KPA. Also in attendance, right, is 1st Vice Minister of the People’s Armed Forces Col.... Read more
Posted on 19 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Pyon Yong Rip (1929-2016)
Former Supreme People’s Assembly [SPA] Secretary-General Pyon Yong Rip (Pyo’n Yo’ng-rip) died at the age of 87 on November 13, 2016, in Pyongyang. Read more
Posted on 19 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Pak Pong Ju Visits Oxygen Separator Factory
Pak Pong Ju [a] is briefed about production at the Ragwo’n Oxygen Separator Factory at the Ragwo’n Machine Complex in Sinu’iju, North P’yo’ngan Province. Also... Read more
Posted on 15 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Visits Islets in KPA Southwestern Front
Kim Jong Un on his personal boat prior to his inspection of Kali and Jangjae Islets (Photo: Korean Central Television). KJU’s last observed appearance was his... Read more
Posted on 14 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Inspects Mahap Islet Coast Defense
Kim Jong Un smiles during an artillery exercise during his inspection of Mahap Islet in a photo which appeared top center on the cover of the November 11, 2016... Read more
Posted on 12 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KJU Inspects KPA Sub-unit
Kim Jong Un smiles whilst greeting KPA service members and officers of a sub-unit subordinate to KPA Unit #1344 in a photo which appeared top-center of the... Read more
Posted on 09 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Women’s Union Presents Artillery Pieces to KPA
Korean Democratic Women’s Union Central Committee Chair Kim Jong Sun hands over a presentation certificate to a Ministry of People’s Armed Forces official durin... Read more
Posted on 09 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
KJU Inspects SOF Battalion
Kim Jong Un waves during a field inspection of a special forces operations battalion under KPA Unit #525 in a photo which appeared top-center of the Noveber 4,... Read more
Posted on 04 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Mushroom Farm Opens, Ceremony Held
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju and senior officials tours the mushroom farm following (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). An inaugural ceremony was held to open a mushroom farm o... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kim Jong Un Attends GFTUK Photo-op
Commemorative photograph of Kim Jong Un with participants in the 7th Congress of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea in front of Ku’msusan Palace... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Pak Pong Ju Visits Farms in S. P’yo’ngan Province
DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju inspects a farm in Such’o’n County, South P’yo’ngan Province (Photo: Rodong Sinmun). DPRK state media reported on October 29... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY
