Petitions and Appeals
DID Cracks Down on Cadres
The 5 February edition of Rodong Sinmun has two editorials encouraging upright behavior and decrying corruption and abuse of power among North Korean officials and cadres. The 30th meeting of the Workers’ Party of Korea […]
State media clarifies Ri Son Gwon Status
DPRK state media has identified Ri Son Gwon (Ri So’n-kwon) as a Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Central Committee Director. During a 9 January banquet hosted for the student performing arts troupe representing Ch’ongryo’n (Chosen […]
Political Bureau Meeting Held
A meeting of the Korean Workers’ Party [KWP] Political Bureau was held on 28 February (Friday). Attending the meeting were members and alternate (candidate) members of the Political Bureau, along with senior cadres of the […]
Hwang Pyong So Back after Four Month Public Absence
Hwang Pyong So [Hwang Pyo’ng-so’] has returned to an unknown position in the Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Central Committee. He was observed in the front row at a February 15 central report meeting marking […]
Choe Ryong Hae to OGD? [revised 13 JAN 2018]
Yonhap reports that Choe Ryong Hae [Ch’oe Ryong-hae] was appointed director of the Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Organization Guidance Department [OGD] (officially called the Organizational Leadership Department) during the October 2017 plenary meeting of […]
2nd Plenary Session of the 7th WPK Central Committee Held
The second plenary meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] was held on October 7 (Saturday). The last plenary meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the WPK was […]
Has the State Security Boss Been Dismissed?
ROK media, citing a sources “familiar with North Korean affairs,” alleges that General Kim Won Hong (Kim Wo’n-hong) was “dismissed” from his position, possibly during December 2016. According to Yonhap, “Kim might have been dismissed for […]
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