Kim Jong Un (KJU; Kim Cho’ng-u’n) met Sergei Shoigu, Secretary of the Russian Security Council on 21 March (Friday). This was Shoigu’s third visit to the DPRK since July 2023 and his second within the […]
Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Committees in DPRK Cabinet Ministries [hereafter, Cabinet Ministry Party Committees] held enlarged plenary meetings last between 14 March (Tuesday) and 17 March (Friday). Expanded plenary sessions of the Ministry of […]
The Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Committee of the DPRK Cabinet (hereafter, the Cabinet Party Committee) held an expanded meeting on 15 March (Wednesday) as a follow-up to the last Central Committee plenum meeting. DPRK […]
The sixth session of the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly [SPA] was held at Mansudae Assembly Hall on April 11 (Wednesday). On the agenda were reports about the DPRK state budgets for 2017 and 2018, a […]
KJU’s last observed appearance was his meeting with a senior ROK delegation representing Moon Jae-in in the central party complex on March 5 Kim Jong Un [Kim Cho’ng-u’n] and his wife Ri Sol Ju [Ri […]
A variety of meetings and cultural events were held to mark the birth anniversary of the late DPRK leader Kim Jong Il (Kim Cho’ng-il), the Day of the Shining Star. The Union of Agricultural Workers […]
An expanded plenary meeting of the DPRK Cabinet was held on or around January 19, 2018. DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju [Pak Pong-chu], Cabinet Ministers and Commission Chairs attended the meeting. Also in attendance as observers […]