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Condolences
I would like to extend my condolences and sympathies to friends and folks stationed or previously stationed at Fort Hood in central Texas, the setting of a massacre on Thursday (5 November) afternoon. There is […]
Pyongyang Burlesque
According to a report from Yonhap News Agency, an illicit video of the Wanjaesan Light Music Ensemble’s dance troupe is making the rounds among North Korean citizens. What makes the video so illicit is the […]
Are we seeing the real KJI at last?
Don Kirk has a brief dispatch in the Christian Science Monitor that questions whether former US President Bill Clinton actually met with Kim Jong-il or his body double. I sincerely hope I am not wasting […]
Guidance From the North Country
(n.b. Kim Jong-il’s last appearance was around 22 October at a guidance tour of the 26 September and 22 October Pig Farms) Kim Jong-il and the guidance party did not take a break for the […]
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 […]
Kim Yang-gon to Beijing
UPDATE Korea Times reports further on Kim Yang-gon’s jaunt to Beijing. This is adding fodder that an Inter-Korean summit meeting may take place, as Mr. Kim met with at least one South Korean legislator during […]
KJI: Live and in Person
The English site for DailyNK features a summary of a series of blogposts written by Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV reporter Rose Luqiu Luwei, who accompanied Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on his recent trip to the […]
