Ri Hi Yong [NHAM WPK PC]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Final Day of the Central Committee Plenum
The fourth and final day of the 7th plenary meeting of the 8th Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Central Committee was held at the conference hall of the Central Committee Office Building on 1 March […]
Political Bureau Meeting Held
The Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] 8th Central Committee Political Bureau held its 14th meeting in Pyongyang on 1 March (Wednesday). In attendance were Presidium, Members and alternate (candidate) members of the Political Bureau. Two […]
4th Plenum of the the WPK Central Committee Held
The fourth plenary session (plenum) of the 7th Term Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Central Committee [CC] was held in central Pyongyang on 10 April (Wednesday). Kim Jong Un chaired and directed the meeting. The […]
