Ri Pyong Chol rushes to Hyesan to deal with the “Hyesan Incident”
Ri Pyong Chol, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, has rushed to Hyesan, Yanggang Province, in the wake of a recent case of...
Choe Son Hui reworking N. Korea’s foreign policy strategy toward US
North Korea’s authorities are in the midst of rewriting their diplomatic strategy following Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden win in this month’s US presidential...
Choe Son Hui recently underwent three months forced labor
Daily NK has learned that Choe Son Hui, North Korea’s first vice minister of foreign affairs and a key figure in Pyongyang’s US policy,...
Assessing the rise of Ri Pyong Chol in North Korea’s military
A central figure in North Korea’s strategic weapons program, Ri Pyong Chol - who also serves as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission...
Central Committee investigation leads to punishment for S. Hamgyong Province officials
A Workers' Party Central Committee investigation has led to widespread punishment of party, government and judicial officials in South Hamgyong Province, Daily NK has...
N. Korea readies for major shakeup of party and government officials
Daily NK has learned that North Korea is planning to go forward with a major personnel "shakeup" in advance of the Eighth Party Congress,...
Kim Son Il appointed as deputy director of Reconnaissance General Bureau
North Korea’s leadership recently appointed Kim Son Il as the new deputy director of the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), which appears to have undergone...
Kim Yo Jong tightens party membership requirements nationwide
In what appears to be a move aimed at “steadying the foundations” of North Korea’s communist party before Party Foundation Day on Oct. 10,...
Head of Hyesan’s Ministry of State Security office steps down
The head of the Ministry of State Security (MSS) office in Hyesan recently stepped down, a source in Yanggang Province province reported earlier today.
"Even...
Kim Jae Ryong appointed head of new “Organization Administrative Department”
North Korea recently established a new Central Committee agency called the "Organization Administrative Department" (OAD) that handles surveillance and "party control" over the country's...
