Leadership
Information related to North Korea’s leadership and leadership structures
Timeline: From a satellite launch explosion to a volley of trash balloons
NK Pro timeline charts the key events from May 1 to May 31, 2024
June 3, 2024
Kim Jong Un sends top officials to reeducation in push to enforce obedience
Even members of North Korea’s Politburo must attend classes at new party school to become ‘genuine revolutionaries’
June 3, 2024
At rock bottom: Moon Chung-in surveys the ruins of North Korea diplomacy
In interview, former presidential adviser raises alarm about risk of conflict, laments sidelining of peace advocates
May 31, 2024
Why plans to overhaul North Korean constitution are likely behind election delay
DPRK may aim to install new parliament by August to adopt changes affirming Kim Jong Un’s rejection of reunification
May 31, 2024
North Korea claims it launched 18 missiles at once in warning to South
Kim Jong Un says DPRK ready to launch preemptive strike while guiding major missile salvo involving 600mm MLRS
May 31, 2024
North Korea reveals identity of top official linked to recent missile advances
NK Pro analysis shows Kim Yong Hwan, new head of Academy of Defense Science, has been at DPRK leader’s side for years
May 31, 2024
Kim Jong Un vows to overcome failed satellite launch at military academy visit
North Korean leader says civilian sector to remain underfunded in order to ward off ‘provocations’ from South
May 29, 2024
North Korea to hold major party meeting after overhauling inter-Korean policy
Expert says plenum likely to consider constitutional revisions, while Politburo ‘almost certainly’ discussed Putin visit
May 27, 2024
China silent on North Korea’s satellite launch plans at Seoul trilateral summit
South Korean and Japanese leaders call for denuclearizing DPRK, as Chinese premier stresses need for ‘restraint’
May 27, 2024
Ask a North Korean: Does North Korea really carry out public executions?
A defector writes about witnessing someone sentenced to death and why the regime ‘kills the chicken to warn the monkey’
