Leadership
Information related to North Korea’s leadership and leadership structures
Experts agree: Japan’s ties with North Korea are going nowhere fast
DPRK watchers in Tokyo say abductee issue and US pressure remain hurdles to engagement as Chongryon continues to decline
February 1, 2024
Cuba’s new ambassador to North Korea takes up post in Pyongyang
Seoul’s unification ministry says DPRK is allowing diplomats from ‘anti-American’ countries to return to the country
February 1, 2024
Has Kim Jong Un really made a strategic decision to go to war? – Ep. 327
Robert Carlin and Siegfried Hecker discuss their viral article on North Korea’s war rhetoric and respond to skeptics
January 31, 2024
North Korea shutters embassy in Libya marking sixth closure in Africa
DPRK missions subject to spate of closures since last year which some experts say relates to lack of economic benefits
January 30, 2024
Arch nemesis: Kim Jong Un dismantled a monument — and his grandfather’s legacy
Reunification arch celebrated Kim’s predecessor, and its destruction shows North Korean leader won’t be bound by past
January 30, 2024
Kim Jong Un inspects nuclear-powered submarine project, cruise missile test
State media says new cruise missile launched from underwater but doesn't show submarine images
January 29, 2024
Kim Jong Un lays out 10-year plan to fix ‘backward’ economy at Politburo meeting
Two-day Politburo meeting follows Kim's announcement of new 'local development 20×10 policy' earlier this month
January 25, 2024
Covering North Korea and Kim Jong Un’s elite female entourage – Ep. 326
Journalist Chun Sujin discusses her experiences writing about the DPRK and her book on powerful women in the country
January 24, 2024
North Korea demolishes symbolic unification arch, satellite imagery suggests
Kim Jong Un ordered monument removed to ‘completely eliminate’ public’s idea of kinship with South Korea
January 23, 2024
North Korean Workers’ Party assembly chair Choe Thae Bok dead at 93
Kim Jong Un visited official’s funeral bier to pay respects to one of DPRK’s longest-tenured elites
January 23, 2024
