North Korea Leadership Watch

Research and Analysis on the DPRK Leadership

The Man with the Baltic Stare

The two Koreas are tacitly coordinating to maintain stability in the north country while preparing for a superficial merger.  An illumined, thriving Pyongyang is a hotbed of thugs and Chinese security officials.  Meanwhile a boss […]

Aug, 28
Gomes Returning to US

Gomes Returning to US

Former US President Jimmy Carter secured the release of Aijalon Gomes during a two-day trip to Pyongyang.   KCNA announced one version of the interaction that facilitated Mr. Gomes’ return home: Jimmy Carter made an apology […]

Aug, 27

Torrential Rains Continue to Inundate DPRK

ROK military authorities have announced that 91 land mines have been found, washed in from the DPRK due to heavy flooding. Korean Central TV reported that heavy, torrential rain continues to inundate the DPRK.  The […]

Aug, 08

Kim Jong Il Statue

One of the only known images of a bronze statue of Kim Jong Il has surfaced.  Open Radio for North Korea published the photograph of the KJI statue, which appeared on the cover of the […]

Jul, 16

Kim Jong Un on Guidance Tour with KJI in Sinuiju?

On 19 June 2010 Korean Central Broadcasting Station reported that Kim Jong Il conducted a guidance tour of the Rakwon Machine Complex and visited a newly constructed football stadium.  According to reports in the North […]

Jun, 21

NK Media Coverage of SPA

KCNA , in an uncharacteristic move, published short biographic sketches on Mr. Jang, Mr Choe and the Vice Premiers appointed at yesterday’s SPA session.  Below you can find the image carried by the North Korean […]

Jun, 08

KJI Leaves China for NK

Kim Jong Il and his entourage, to paraphrase Bob Seger,  got out of Beijing.  KBS reports that “security tightened around Beijing Station and along railroads leading out of the Chinese capital.”  Citing an anonymous source, […]

May, 06

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