Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — Cho Chun-Ryong who recently joined in North Korea’s powerful National Defense Commission is believed to be in charge of the country’s missile development programs, South Korean government sources said. Cho was named to the NDC at the first session of the newly-formed Supreme People’s Assembly on April 9. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — North Korea watchers here are analyzing clues concerning the “significant decision” Kim Jong-Un made at a major military meeting recently. According to Pyongyang’s state media on Aug. 26, Kim presided over a meeting of top military leaders and made a “significant decision” to protect the “sovereignty and safety” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com North Korea’s military discipline has been significantly eroding and soldier loyalty to the regime weakening largely due to protracted economic troubles, according to South Korean think thanks, citing confidential military documents from the North. The declining military discipline had prompted the late ruler Kim Jong-Il to regularly issue […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — The death of bouffant-coiffed, platform-heel wearing North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il on Saturday ushers in a new era of rampant speculation, pontification and no doubt obfuscation about what’s really going on inside the Hermit Kingdom. The fact is that Kim Jong-Il late last week appeared just […]