DPRK-China Relations
KJI Hosts Party for Chinese Ambassador and Women's Volleyball Team
Kim Jong-il hosted a dinner party in Pyongyang for the new Chinese Ambassador, the presumably partied-out Liu Hongcai, embassy staff and the Tianjin women’s volleyball team. Two days of public events in Pyongyang finds […]
Blue House Thinks KJI is Beijing-bound
Yonhap reports that Lee Administration officials are watching for Kim Jong-il to depart for China fairly soon. Another senior official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said that South Korea has “some intelligence, albeit […]
KJI Meets Chinese Ambassador
While Pyongyang watchers waited for Kim Jong-il to go to China, KJI brought China to him. The General-Secretary completed the recent parade of core leadership to greet the new PRC Ambassador to the DPRK. He […]
Have you seen your Suryongni’mui traveling in the shadow?
While the recovery mission and investigation of the tragic sinking of the ROK naval corvette Cheonan continues, Yonhap reports that ROK-based Pyongyang watchers are looking for indications that Kim Jong-il will travel to China this […]
Yonhap on KJI China Trip & Premier Kim Yong-il meets new PRC Ambassador
Yonhap has decided to get in on the KJI China trip action. Citing an anonymous source and consulting some VIP calendars, Yonhap reports that Kim Jong-il may visit China later this month. North Korean leader […]
NK May Rejoin 6PT in the Cruelest Month
JoongAng Daily citing an unnamed Beijing-based DPRK official reports that the DPRK will return to the Six Party Talks in early April: While recently meeting with a reporter, this official stated “North Korea having decided […]
Setting Up the Mosquito Nets in Rason & KJI China Trip
Choson Ilbo, citing an anonymous source, reports that former Minister of Foreign Trade Rim Kyong-man is now the leading official in Rason, the one responsible for drawing the mosquito net around the Special Administrative Region. […]
