Tag: kim jong il
Kim Jong Un’s ideology supplants founding doctrine after ninth party congress
North Korea's state media has stopped referencing "Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism," the ideological framework underpinning the Kim dynasty for decades, following the ninth congress of the Workers'...
North Korea’s long holiday weekend sparks consumer spending surge
North Koreans went on an unusual consumer spending spree over an extended holiday weekend in mid-February, when the conjunction of Kim Jong Il's birthday...
Timing is everything: North Korea’s winter soldiers feel lucky in February
North Korean soldiers undergoing the final month of the country's annual winter military exercises in February 2025 are expressing relief and excitement, saying they...
North Korean market prices surge after weeks of decline
North Korean market prices surged in mid-February 2025 after weeks of decline, as prolonged border restrictions have squeezed supplies of foreign currency and goods...
North Korea hands out Russian flour for Kim Jong Il’s birthday
North Korean authorities distributed wheat flour imported from Russia to government agencies, army units, mines and other state institutions in Hamhung, South Hamgyong province...
North Hamgyong city mobilizes neighbors to help families facing deadly cold
As residents of the northern highlands of North Hamgyong province suffer from firewood shortages amid freezing winter temperatures, the city of Hoeryong launched a...
North Korea forces forest rangers to seize firewood from freezing people
People gathering firewood in the hills along North Korea's northern border with China are dodging forest rangers who have intensified patrols to meet quotas...
Red neckties create classroom hierarchy as N. Korean parents bribe for...
Parents at some elementary schools in North Hamgyong province are unhappy about the selection of the first batch of students to join the Korean...
North Korea reinforces “two hostile states” narrative in police briefing
North Korea has doubled down on its "two hostile states narrative" in a recent lecture delivered to senior police officers.
"A message from Kim Jong...
Royal reality show: How Kim Jong Un is using his family...
North Korea is making an unusual media move by including family members and children of high-ranking officials at "Kim Jong Un's priority events" and...
