North Korea Leadership Watch

Research and Analysis on the DPRK Leadership

KJI April 2010 Appearances

Kim Jong Il April 2010 Appearances Kim Jong Il was reported by KCNA to have made 15 public appearances in April 2010, of which eight (8) was his attendance at concerts, three (3) were inspections […]

May, 02

KJI Visits KPA Unit Involved in Hwang Plot

Kim So-hyun reports in the Korea Herald that Kim Jong Il inspected the KPA unit that directed the failed assassination plot on NK defector Hwang Jang Yop and is widely believed in South Korea to […]

Apr, 28
Is Hwang Plot Related to Succession?

Is Hwang Plot Related to Succession?

Two reports in the South Korean press suggest the recently foiled plot to assassinate high-level NK defector Hwang Jang Yop is related to the hereditary succession of Kim Jong Un.  Dong-a Ilbo interviewed what it […]

Apr, 23

NK Operatives Arrested in ROK for HJY Assassination Plot

Two men are being detained in Seoul Detention Center on charges of plotting to kill former KWP Secretary of Ideology, Hwang Jang Yop.  HJY is the highest ranking DPRK official defect from the country. According […]

Apr, 21
New MOFA Vice Minister

New MOFA Vice Minister

Kim Song Gi, recently a diplo at the DPRK’s Beijing Embassy, is MOFA’s new vice minister.  He was identified in his new position when he appeared at a welcoming event for the new Chinese Ambassador, […]

Apr, 11

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