Guidance Tours
156 Kim Jong-il Public Appearances in 2009 (So far. . .)
Yonhap reports that in 2009 Kim Jong-il has made 156 public appearances–which is to say guidance and inspection tours, meetings with foreign dignitaries and attending concerts. This information is based on a report from the […]
KJI Does Rason
KCNA reports that Kim Jong-il conducted a guidance tour of Rason. This is General-Secretary Kim’s first known guidance tour of the Rason area. Rason is a portmanteau of North Hamgyong’s Rajin City and Sonbong County, […]
The Money Never Runs Out Guidance Tour
(n.b. Kim Jong-il’s last public appearance was a visit to the Taedonggang Combined Fruit Farm in Pyongyang) Even if US Special Representative (and Dean of the Tufts Fletcher School) Stephen Bosworth requested a meeting with […]
What is Kim Jong-il's obsession with swimming?
Kim Jong-il ended this work week an inspection tour of the swimming complex at Kim Il-sung University. This marked the third time General-Secretary Kim has visited the KISU pool facilities which were completed (“newly built” […]
Guidance Train: Here, There and Everywhere
(n.b. Kim Jong-il’s last known appearance was at the Paekhwawon State Guest House for a meeting with PRC Defense Minister Gen. Liang Guanglie on 25 November) Kim Jong-il made a rather hasty retreat from Pyongyang […]
Kill that Flu, and Feed that Swine
Kim Jong-il is on the hunt for swine flu and other livestock-based diseases that find a way to pass from animals to humans. A Yonhap report noted that on his recent visit to a Pyongyang […]
MPS on Alert after DPRK Changes Currency
Daily NK reports that the DPRK “has revalued and replaced its national currency.” Northeast Asia Matters carries the complete English variant of the article, as well as the Korean version of the article. Northeast Asia […]
