Minister Hyun: Suspending Defamation, Ready for Inter-Korean Dialogue
Even though North Korea harshly denounced President Lee Myung Bak’s commemorative address on Korean Independence Movement Day, a Korean national holiday on March 1,...
Kim Jong Woon, KPA General
Apparently the Escort Bureau (Kim Jong Il’s personal bodyguard corps) is currently campaigning for Kim Jong Woon to be the successor, according to the...
Shinuiju Experiencing Cellphone Crackdown
As part of preparations for the upcoming delegates’ election to the Supreme People’s Assembly, Open Radio for North Korea (ORNK) reports in its weekly...
Media Matters: The Mankyungdae Family
The North Korean government daily Rodong Shinmun has embarked on a mission to link the three generations of the "Kim Hyung Jik-Il Sung-Jong Il...
CPRF Spitting Chips Again
According to the North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland (CPRF), “Whenever even a whit of our dignity is touched, invaders...
North Korea Reiterating Satellite Claim
With respect to international media’s reports of preparations for the launch of the “Taepodong-2,” widely presumed to be a long-range missile, North Korean authorities...
Arirang Atmospehere
We were off to Pyongyang for the Arirang Mass Games. Expectations were high, since we had all heard so much about the show before...
No More Hoarding Grain
Shenyang, China -- Hoarding grain, a major way for general farmers to substitute for the lack of public provisions, was barely possible during the...
South Korea Debates Jong Woon
With domestic and foreign media speculating that Kim Jong Woon (26) is to be Kim Jong Il’s successor, disputes and debates about the rumors...
Satellite/Missile Distinction Irrelevant
The U.S. State Department reminded North Korea and the international community on Tuesday that “UN Security Council Resolution 1718 prohibits the North from engaging...
