North Korea Leadership Watch

Research and Analysis on the DPRK Leadership

KJI Birthday Event Photos

KJI Birthday Event Photos

Below are some selected photos of events relating to Kim Jong-il’s Birthday.  I have compiled and categorized a batch of images from NK media from 10 February to 17 February 2010 into the appended file.  […]

Feb, 24
Succession, Stomp by Stomp

Succession, Stomp by Stomp

Kim Jong-il’s birthday celebrations continue in the DPRK, but seem to be winding down with belated greetings and celebrations being reports by the North Korean press.  Over the weekend on the pretext of the Lunar […]

Feb, 18

Truckin' with the Kim Il-sung Youth League

Late last week, selected members of the Kim Il-sung Youth League embarked on a national study tour commemorating Kim Il-sung’s long, strange trip from Pyongyang to Jilin in 1925.  Making a long story (literally, it’s […]

Jan, 24

Pyongyang Rose

One of the DPRK’s most famous faces was recently the subject of a Reuters story, a review of a Chosun Monthly piece on Ri Chun-hui.  Ms. Ri is the sixty-six (66) year-old chief anchor of […]

Nov, 21
Uncharacteristically Taciturn

Uncharacteristically Taciturn

With his arrival today in Seoul, US President Barack Obama’s “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” tour of East Asia is quickly drawing to a close.  The DPRK is expected to dominate any discussions President Obama […]

Nov, 18
Kim Jong-il Doesn't Like TV Commercials, Either

Kim Jong-il Doesn't Like TV Commercials, Either

En coda Northeast Asia Matters has posted some images and YouTube link of the banned TV commercials. Original Posting Cha Sung-su, Chair of the DPRK Radio and Television Broadcasting Committee, was recently sacked from his […]

Nov, 08

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