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Personnel Shuffles in the first half of 2010
With the deaths of Ri Je Gang and KPA Artillery Commander Col. Gen. Ri Jong Bu, eleven (11) members of North Korea’s leadership have either passed away, been replaced or disappeared from public life in […]
New NK Diplorep to Iran
Yonhap reports that the DPRK has appointed Jo In Chol as its new ambassador to its close ally Iran. Jo In Chol was recently the country’s ambassador to Thailand and the Phillipines. SPA President Kim […]
Kim Jong Un's Princes' Education
Vanity Fair‘s website offers a short essay on Kim Jong Un’s alma mater. KJU’s few years studying in Switzerland have been the subject of previous media reports. This particular vignette is a weekly online column […]
Official Reaction on the Cheonan
The official reactions to the findings of the investigation into the sinking of the Cheonan continue. An executive summary of the official, international investigation can be read here. Yonhap provides a chronology of related events. […]
New NK Diplorep Arrives in Beijing
Sam Kim reports in for Yonhap on the arrival of Choe Pyong-gwan, the DPRK’s new ambassador to China. Mr. Choe is a former director of consular affairs at MOFA and a former ambassador to Laos. […]
New MOFA Vice Minister
Kim Song Gi, recently a diplo at the DPRK’s Beijing Embassy, is MOFA’s new vice minister. He was identified in his new position when he appeared at a welcoming event for the new Chinese Ambassador, […]
NK Ambassador To Switzerland Appointed
Ri Chol’s replacement as DPRK Ambassador to Switzerland has been appointed. So Se Phyong has been appointed as Ri’s replacement in Berne. Ambassador So was previously the country’s ambassador to Iran, appointed in November 2008. […]
