If I Were a Cadre and You Were a Lathe Machine Operator
DPRK media reported on 23 April that Kim Cho’ng-il made his first reported visit to the Najin Shipyard. Yonhap reports: Kim “provided field guidance to the Rajin Shipyard” in the … Continue reading
New FMD Outbreak
According to the DPRK government’s own reporting to international organizations, the country saw new cases of foot-and-mouth disease [FMD] in late Febraury and March. Yonhap reports: A new outbreak of … Continue reading
People’s Security Minister Meets VN Counterpart
Minister of People’s Security, Yi Myo’ng-su [Ri Myong Su], has discharged one of his first public acts since his appointment to the position at the SPA on 7 April. Yi … Continue reading
KIS Birthday
With a 40-minute magic show at May Day Stadium, the DPRK began the final countdown to April 2012 which will mark the 100th anniversary of Kim Il-so’ng’s birth and a … Continue reading
DPRK Premier Visits Yukyo’ng [Ryugyong] Hotel Site
DPRK Premier Ch’oe Yo’ng-nim visited the construction of the Yukyo’ng Hotel [Ryugyong Hotel]. DPRK press belatedly reported on 11 April [Monday] that Premier Ch’oe visited two locations in Pyongyang on … Continue reading
12th SPA’s 4th Session Elects New NDC Member, MPS
The 4th session (plenum) of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly [SPA] convened Thursday [7 April] at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang. Neither Kim Cho’ng-il nor Kim Cho’ng-u’n attended the … Continue reading
North Korea Leadership Watch 