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KJU Meets Shoigu
Kim Jong Un (KJU; Kim Cho’ng-u’n) met Sergei Shoigu, Secretary of the Russian Security Council on 21 March (Friday). This was Shoigu’s third visit to the DPRK since July 2023 and his second within the […]
Premier Premiers
Newly appointed DPRK Premier Pak Thae Song (Pak T’ae-so’ng) took an oath during the 12th session of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly [SPA], held 22 and 23 January. Pak’s oath was a public act of […]
Plenary Personnel
North Korea made a series of personnel changes during the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) 11th plenary session, held December 23-December 27. Although some analyses make far too much of the correlation between personnel and […]
KJU Hosts Dinner for Navy Day (updated 30 August)
Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n; KJU) hosted a banquet with Korean People’s Army [KPA] Navy command and political command staff on 27 August (Saturday). The event appeared to have taken place on the premises of […]
Memorial Events Held to Mark Death of Marshal Hyon Chol Hae
DPRK elites marked the one-year anniversary of the death of KPA Marshal Hyon Chol Hae (Hyo’n Ch’o’l-hae) on 19 May (Friday). Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n; KJU) and Minister of National Defense Gen. Kang Sun […]
March Missile Mania Is Over (and let’s stop predicting #7)
Three events capped off Kim Jong Un’s (Kim Cho’ng-u’n; KJU) March Missile Mania, including his inspection of war heads at the Nuclear Weapons Institute [NWI]. From 25 to 27 March (Saturday through Monday), the DPRK […]
DPRK Cabinet Party Committee holds meeting
The Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Committee of the DPRK Cabinet (hereafter, the Cabinet Party Committee) held an expanded meeting on 15 March (Wednesday) as a follow-up to the last Central Committee plenum meeting. DPRK […]
