A Senior North Korean Banking Official Defects?
Last Friday’s headlines on North Korea were filled with the following news alert—“a senior North Korean banking official who managed…
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The Fall of Choe Ryong Hae
While speculation has swirled around the status of Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae for months, it is now certain that…
The DPRK Political Season: Two Post-Mortems
North Korea kicked off its political calendar with a pair of meetings on April 8 and April 9, 2014. Continuing…
Personnel Shifts in the SPA Election: Steady as She Goes
The election of the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly on March 9, 2014 did not reveal any major personnel or policy…