The Party Roundup: Preliminary Look at North Korea’s October 7 Central Committee Plenum
The 7th Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee held its second plenary meeting on October 7, 2017. Although the…
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The Presidium Shuffle: Personnel Changes Announced Within North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly
The fifth session of the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) convened on April 11, 2017. The annual (sometimes semi-annual) gathering…
Has Kim Won Hong Sung His Swan Song?
South Korea’s Ministry of Unification (MOU) recently announced that General Kim Won Hong was dismissed from his position as North…
Under New Management: Shifts in North Korea’s Foreign Ministry and Nuclear Communications
With rampant speculation about North Korea conducting another nuclear test in the near future, it is important to examine not…