The North Korean Parliamentary Session and Budget Report for 2017
On April 11, 2017, the fifth session of the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) of the DPRK convened at the…
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Kim Jong Un’s Pyongyang Shuffle
Kim Jong Un’s efforts to consolidate power continue 15 months after formally assuming the supreme leadership of North Korea. Evidence…
The AP Plays Defense on North Korea
Paul Colford, director of media relations for the Associated Press (AP), has the unenviable task of publicizing the AP’s bureau…
Budget Blanks and Blues
Last time I wrote in these pages, in late April, “Party Time in Pyongyang,” I promised a Part II. This…