Leadership
Information related to North Korea’s leadership and leadership structures
Kim Jong Un may use Cessna aircraft
Small airfield near Kim compound raises question about Kim’s personal aircraft
Leader, Sun, Mentor, Guide: How North Korean leaders choose their titles
Great care is taken to give North Korea’s supreme leadership a sufficiently exalted set of monikers
Loyalty to N. Korean state declining by generation
Those who came of age during Arduous March have less faith in the regime’s benevolence
December: Military drills, political anniversaries; reviewing elite changes in 2014
Month of December, year of 2014 follow patterns of Kim consolidating power since becoming leader in 2011
We are family: Is Hwang Pyong So a Cholla chap?
North Korea’s OGD supremo may have family roots in South Korea
N. Korea makes more military leadership changes
Two officers assume new senior leadership roles, new air force commander elevated in rank
Analysis: Kim’s sister rumored to be married
Has Kim Yo Jong tied the knot? What do we know and why does it matter?
Kim’s New Year’s speech reveals economic priorities
Leader highlights light industry, seemingly eyes South Korea in search for sponsors
How happy are North Koreans? Specialists talk culture
Regime watchers talk public approval levels, the problems with encouraging defections
Three-year anniversary of Kim Jong Il’s death important milestone
Traditional mourning period handled differently by Kim Jong Un, but still meaningful for succession