NDC Policy Department
Kim Jong Un Attends 4th Conference of KPA Artillery personnel
Kim Jong Un’s last observed appearance was his visit to KPA Tree Nursery #122 Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) addressed the proceedings of the fourth conference of Korean People’s Army [KPA] artillery personnel on December […]
NDC Policy Department Issues Statement Trashing ROK for Artillery Drill
The National Defense Commission [NDC] Policy Department issued a statement on November 24 (Tuesday) upbraiding the ROK military for holding live-fire artillery drills in the West (Yellow) Sea on November 23 (Monday) the fifth anniversary […]
New KPA Special Operations Forces Commander
Lt. Gen. Kim Yong Bok (Kim Yo’ng-pok) has been appointed commanding officer of the Korean People’s Army [KPA] XI Corps (or Storm Corps), the military’s primary special operations forces [SOF] unit. Lt. Gen. Kim was […]
NDC Statement Pronounces DPRK “Will Never Deal With” Lee Myung-bak
The National Defense Commission issued a statement announcing that “the DPRK will launch a nationwide offensive to put an end to the moves of the Lee group to escalate confrontation with the DPRK.” The NDC […]
Does KCI Have a Personal Reason for Not Meeting Carter?
Former US President Jimmy Carter visited and toured the DPRK, along a with part of a group of former world leaders called the Elders, during 26 to 28 April 2011. The group visited locales in […]
NDC/CMC Banquet
KCNA reported on 24 December 2010 that Kim Chong-il attended a banquet co-hosted by the National Defense Commission and Central Military Commission “on the occasion of the 19thanniversary” of his appointment as KPA Supreme Commander. […]
Building Fire at KIC
A fire was extinguished at a facility in the Kaesong Industrial Complex early Friday (24 December) morning. Yonhap reports: A fire broke out early Friday morning at a South Korean-run company in a joint industrial […]
