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Leadership

Information related to North Korea’s leadership and leadership structures

Regime survival is primary goal – Moon Chung-in interview part 2

Regime survival is primary goal – Moon Chung-in interview part 2

North Korea's nuclear program, diplomacy and domestic affairs are all driven by one goal - regime survival

Regime survival is primary goal – Moon Chung-in interview part 2
Subin Kim
Subin Kim May 30, 2013
Does it really make sense to engage North Korea?

Does it really make sense to engage North Korea?

Former UK Ambassador to North Korea lays out the case for engagement with North Korea

Does it really make sense to engage North Korea?
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll May 29, 2013
Located: State Academy of Science’s Turf Institute

Located: State Academy of Science’s Turf Institute

Visit to turf institute marks first economic visit by Kim Jong Un in months

Located: State Academy of Science’s Turf Institute
Curtis Melvin
Curtis Melvin May 21, 2013
NK Media Watch – May 6 to 12

NK Media Watch – May 6 to 12

Cooperative farms nationwide are planting, and industrial art exhibition ended, Pyongyang goes cycling and in international news, a U.S. aircraft crashes while brush fires ravage California.

NK Media Watch – May 6 to 12
Martyn Williams
Martyn Williams May 16, 2013
North Korea’s “do it yourself” Kim Jong Un idolization campaign

North Korea’s “do it yourself” Kim Jong Un idolization campaign

How North Korean propagandists were able to quickly unleash a Kim Jong Un veneration campaign

North Korea’s “do it yourself” Kim Jong Un idolization campaign
Curtis Melvin
Curtis Melvin May 15, 2013
ANALYSIS: A History of North Korean Military Purges

ANALYSIS: A History of North Korean Military Purges

The North Korean armed forces are in political retreat, pushed aside by the civilian bureaucracy

ANALYSIS: A History of North Korean Military Purges
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov May 14, 2013
Why a traffic warden was given North Korea’s highest accolade

Why a traffic warden was given North Korea’s highest accolade

Andrei Lankov looks at the context of traffic warden's "DPRK Hero" award and possible explanations

Why a traffic warden was given North Korea’s highest accolade
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov May 10, 2013
NK Media Watch: April 29 – May 5

NK Media Watch: April 29 – May 5

Martyn Williams reviews the last week of North Korean TV news

NK Media Watch: April 29 – May 5
Martyn Williams
Martyn Williams May 8, 2013
Data shows Kim Jong Un’s heavy military focus in Q1

Data shows Kim Jong Un’s heavy military focus in Q1

NK Leadership Tracker shows Kim Jong Un focused exclusively on military and Pyongyang prestige projects

Data shows Kim Jong Un’s heavy military focus in Q1
Luke Herman
Luke Herman May 8, 2013
North Korea’s drone and artillery test site, revealed

North Korea’s drone and artillery test site, revealed

Using satellite imagery, Curtis Melvin identifies huge artillery targets carved into sides of mountains

North Korea’s drone and artillery test site, revealed
Curtis Melvin
Curtis Melvin May 7, 2013