Jang Song-thaek
Where was Jang Song-thaek?
(N.B.: some material in this posting is drawn from my forthcoming short biography on Jang Song-thaek The Juche Jump (Hey, Mr. Jang!) which will appear in print at the end of the month) The SK […]
Platform Order
The good people at Northeast Asia Matters: The Korean Peninsula have published a translation of Hanguk Ilbo‘s story on the MOU’s report on the platform seating order during the July memorial meeting commemorating the 15th […]
Turn this house into a home
NK Leadership Watch will refrain from posting about the DPRK’s economic activities, but the country operates under command ‘n’ control so, occasionally, its economy relates to the leadership or internal security. Housing in Pyongyang is […]
On the road again
En coda Naenara posted the KCNA account of Kim Jong-il’s guidance tour to the Migok Cooperative Farm on the outskirts of the city of Sariwon. It included the model family photo of former KPA officer […]
Wen, we meet again
Despite having Pyongyang (and perhaps China) watchers glued to the news, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to the DPRK did not produce anything in the way of major diplomatic breakthroughs. And why would it? […]
Neverending Tour
Right as I completed a post on Kim Jong-il’s guidance visits around Pyongyang for the week ending 3 October did I read Rodong Sinmun and see on the Korean Central News Agency that on Friday, […]
Guidance Spotcheck
The pinnacle of observing the North Korean leadership may likely come in Kim Jong-il’s public (or semi-public) appearances, especially Guidance Tours (also known as On the Spot Guidance, or if one is martially inclined, Field […]
