Tag: kim jong un
South Korea’s rushed embrace of Kim Jong Un’s ‘two-state theory’ is...
North Korea's Kim Jong Un first introduced the concept of two hostile states in late 2023, framing South Korea as the country's foremost enemy....
Pet shop in Pyongyang sparks anger and envy among North Korea’s...
North Koreans outside Pyongyang are reacting with resentment and disbelief after state media broadcast footage of Kim Jong Un and his daughter, Ju Ae,...
North Korea’s Ninth Party Congress: Key takeaways
Daily NK has released a report analyzing North Korea's Ninth Party Congress, examining what the congress reveals about the future direction of Kim Jong...
Pyongyang tells diplomats to drop denuclearization, push arms control instead
North Korea's government issued a strategic directive in late March ordering its foreign affairs and military officials to abandon denuclearization as a negotiating framework...
North Korea rejects 90% of local party documents in post-congress crackdown
North Korea has launched an unprecedented inspection campaign targeting party documents submitted by local Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) organizations following the Ninth Party...
North Korea mocks Seoul over drone apology. Time to reflect.
In a Kim Yo Jong South Korea statement issued April 6, the senior WPK official acknowledged President Lee Jae-myung's apology over a South Korean...
North Korea orders military loyalty lectures ahead of April 25 army...
North Korea's Korean People's Army General Political Bureau (GPB), the military's primary organ for political indoctrination, ordered a series of special lectures across the...
Is Kim Ju Ae really North Korea’s next leader?
Editor's note: This piece was originally published on Daily NK's Korean website in March 2024.
Kim Jong Un's youngest daughter, Kim Ju Ae, has now...
Beyond hereditary rule: The remaking of Kim Jong Un’s system
North Korea analysts have long viewed Kim Jong Un's government through a familiar lens: a third-generation hereditary dictatorship sustained by the same tools of...
North Korea triples border enforcement as Kim Jong Un ideology campaign...
A wave of mandatory study sessions centered on "Kim Jong Un Thought" has swept Ryanggang province following the Ninth Workers' Party of Korea (WPK)...
