Monthly Archives: March 2019
Kim Jong Un to hold meeting of company commanders and political guidance officers
A meeting for Korean People’s Army (KPA) company commanders and company political instructors in Pyongyang is scheduled to occur between late March and early...
North Korean official fired for accepting bribes for favorable soldier dispatches
An investigation into bribery is currently underway within South Pyongan Province’s Military Mobilization Department, which manages the province’s military enlistment, North Korean sources in...
North Korean workers living abroad drawn to foreign media
The North Korean authorities actively prevent overseas workers from accessing "external information” but some are using smartphones to connect to the internet to read...
Kim Jong Un explained US-DPRK summit strategy to party officials prior to Hanoi
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un explained to Party officials the plan he intended to propose to the US for “step-by-step, gradual” dismantlement of...
North Korean woman who earned fortune selling Taedonggang Beer arrested and assets confiscated
Pyongyang’s nouveau riche are in a state of tension after the North Korean authorities interrogated and then confiscated the assets of a woman in...
Smartphone app helps North Koreans avoid state surveillance
Amid efforts by the North Korean authorities to monitor and track North Korean residents to prevent them from accessing outside information, some residents are...
Photos from North Korean border belie state propaganda
The installation of surveillance cameras along the Sino-North Korean border appears to have reached completion, according to recent reports from Daily NK.
The Chinese have...
U.S.-DPRK dialogue: Where do we go from here?
On March 15, Choe Son Hui, North Korea’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, held a press conference and stated, “We have no intention to...
How to read the coverage of “complete denuclearization” in North Korea’s international media
North Korea released articles outlining its official stance on March 12 and 13 following its silence after the US-North Korea summit in Hanoi. On...
Kim Jong Un’s personal photographer fired for breaking photography rules
Kim Jong Un’s personal photographer who is tasked with taking videos and photos of the leader up close has been fired and kicked out...