social control
Revaluation Reflux
In the latest installment of “For the Love of Money“ Choson Sinbo features several stories about the DPRK’s “currency exchange” which may be the closest thing Pyongyang watchers get to an official announcement. Choson Sinbo […]
Bozz Visit Preview of Coming Attractions
Kathleen Stephens, US Ambassador to ROK, told an ROK forum that US Special Envoy Stephen Bosworth will seek the DPRK’s return to the Six Party Talks and for the North Koreans to reaffirm the September […]
MPS on Alert after DPRK Changes Currency
Daily NK reports that the DPRK “has revalued and replaced its national currency.” Northeast Asia Matters carries the complete English variant of the article, as well as the Korean version of the article. Northeast Asia […]
Guidance Train (Bound for Glory)
(n.b. Kim Jong-il’s last appearance was at a music performance on 17 October) The field guidance train (“the People’s train, the train of love”) rolled along. Kim Jong-il made three guidance visits this week. Since […]
KN-02 Tests Not for an Outside Audience (Necessarily)
The DPRK knew that conducting tests on the KN-02 surface-to-surface missiles would attract external attention. Despite brushing off the tests as routine military exercises, South Korea is entirely justified in its concerns. The South Korean […]
Turn this house into a home
NK Leadership Watch will refrain from posting about the DPRK’s economic activities, but the country operates under command ‘n’ control so, occasionally, its economy relates to the leadership or internal security. Housing in Pyongyang is […]
