Jang Song-thaek
KJI April 2010 Appearances
Kim Jong Il April 2010 Appearances Kim Jong Il was reported by KCNA to have made 15 public appearances in April 2010, of which eight (8) was his attendance at concerts, three (3) were inspections […]
KJI Visits KPA Unit Involved in Hwang Plot
Kim So-hyun reports in the Korea Herald that Kim Jong Il inspected the KPA unit that directed the failed assassination plot on NK defector Hwang Jang Yop and is widely believed in South Korea to […]
KJI Attends Concerts with Internal Security Chiefs
Kim Jong Il sealed the recent changes to the country’s two principal internal security agencies by attending two (2) different concerts with the agencies’ respective managers. First, Ryo’ngdoja took in a performance of the Song […]
State Security Chief U Tong Chuk Promoted
National Defense Commission Member and Senior Deputy Director of the State Security Department, U Tong Chuk, was promoted to KPA General in this year’s military promotions list in honor of Kim Il Sung’s Birthday (15 […]
New Study on Office #39
The US Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute’s Letort Papers series (SSI and the Letort series produce fascinating and excellent scholarship) has published a comprehensive study on the activities of Office #39. In Criminal Sovereignty: […]
Kim Jong Il Absent from 12th SPA 2nd Session (revised)
Kim Jong Il did not appear at the 2nd session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly. The 2nd Session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK was held at the Mansudae Assembly Hall […]
Kim Jong Il Absent from 12th SPA 2nd Session (revised)
Kim Jong Il did not appear at the 2nd session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly. The 2nd Session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK was held at the Mansudae Assembly Hall […]
