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Information related to North Korea’s leadership and leadership structures

Ask a North Korean: How did North Koreans react to Kim Jong Il’s death?

Ask a North Korean: How did North Koreans react to Kim Jong Il’s death?

While Kim Il Sung’s death triggered shock and sorrow, citizens could muster little more than crocodile tears for his son

Ask a North Korean: How did North Koreans react to Kim Jong Il’s death?
Rose December 17, 2025
Kim Jong Un visits father’s mausoleum to pay tribute on 14th death anniversary

Kim Jong Un visits father’s mausoleum to pay tribute on 14th death anniversary

State media reports North Korean leader prayed for Kim Jong Il’s ‘immortality,’ carrying forward his father’s policies

Kim Jong Un visits father’s mausoleum to pay tribute on 14th death anniversary
Shreyas Reddy
Shreyas Reddy December 17, 2025
Seoul’s unification, foreign ministries clash over who takes lead on North Korea

Seoul’s unification, foreign ministries clash over who takes lead on North Korea

Wi Sung-lac says South Korea will aim to speak with ‘one voice’ after unification ministry excluded from talks with US

Seoul’s unification, foreign ministries clash over who takes lead on North Korea
Jooheon Kim
Jooheon Kim December 16, 2025
A North Korean’s murder in St. Petersburg, and a homecoming for DPRK troops
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A North Korean’s murder in St. Petersburg, and a homecoming for DPRK troops

NK News’ Anton Sokolin discusses an arrest in a 2003 cold case and Kim Jong Un’s condolences for Russian envoy’s death

A North Korean’s murder in St. Petersburg, and a homecoming for DPRK troops
Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin | Jacco Zwetsloot | NK News December 16, 2025
Kim Jong Un and family tour new factories, leisure complex in Pyongyang suburb

Kim Jong Un and family tour new factories, leisure complex in Pyongyang suburb

Opening comes as North Korea has increasingly prioritized Kangdong over other areas under regional development push

Kim Jong Un and family tour new factories, leisure complex in Pyongyang suburb
Shreyas Reddy
Shreyas Reddy December 16, 2025
South Korea passes law allowing police to stop leafleting toward North Korea

South Korea passes law allowing police to stop leafleting toward North Korea

Seoul praises law cracking down on sending Bibles and leaflets by balloon as step toward restoring inter-Korean ties

South Korea passes law allowing police to stop leafleting toward North Korea
Jooheon Kim
Jooheon Kim December 16, 2025
South Korea’s Yoon goaded North to justify martial law, prosecutors say

South Korea’s Yoon goaded North to justify martial law, prosecutors say

Six-month probe says ex-ROK president coordinated covert moves to spark crisis, but plan failed as Pyongyang held back

South Korea’s Yoon goaded North to justify martial law, prosecutors say
Joon Ha Park
Joon Ha Park December 15, 2025
How rival political parties once challenged North Korea’s communist power

How rival political parties once challenged North Korea’s communist power

Christians and conservatives vied for power with leftists after independence, a history the Worker’s Party now ignores

How rival political parties once challenged North Korea’s communist power
Martin Weiser
Martin Weiser December 15, 2025
Russia expects North Korean troops to return to Kursk in spring: Governor

Russia expects North Korean troops to return to Kursk in spring: Governor

Gov. Alexander Khinshtein called KPA engineers’ help ‘invaluable’ in rebuilding the region

Russia expects North Korean troops to return to Kursk in spring: Governor
Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin December 15, 2025
North Korean deminers return from Russia, praised by Kim Jong Un

North Korean deminers return from Russia, praised by Kim Jong Un

In a speech, the North Korean leader revealed that 9 soldiers died in the mission, awarding them posthumously

North Korean deminers return from Russia, praised by Kim Jong Un
Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin December 13, 2025
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