By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com The world seems to be missing Kim Jong-un. The porcine image of this overweight 30-something reviewing his troops or wagging a finger at a map or “ordering” a missile test had become a media staple until he vanished from view in early September. Oh, we also like to read about his […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — North Korea’s Premier Pak Pong-Ju is leading a nation-wide campaign to revive its troubled economy instead of Jang Song-Thaek who was purged and executed for “treason” and business connections with China. “Following Jang’s downfall, Pak who is leading the Cabinet has emerged as the control tower of the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — The fate of Ri Su-Yong, former North Korean ambassador to Switzerland, is crucial to the future of tens of thousands of associates of Jang Song-Thaek who was purged and executed recently, sources and analysts here said. Ri, a deputy head of a Worker’s Party department, served as ambassador […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has directed his security agencies to conduct new crackdowns on “anti-state” and “anti-Party” activities and confiscate electronic devices smuggled from China that contains South Korean dramas and entertainment shows, sources here said. Kim’s order is thought to be connected to reports of another […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un’s powerful aunt has not been seen in public for nearly three months and is believed to be critically ill. If so, the development could significantly impact the young leaders’ underlying power base among family members, sources and analysts here say. Kim Kyong-Hui has […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un has put the final touches on his year-long drive to reorganize the powerful military by replacing aged defense minister with younger loyalists. The sweeping generation shift that affected dozens of key posts is likely help Kim put the military under full control, but could […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un who mobilized the military and threatened U.S. allies with Weapons of Mass Destruction for the past months has shifted his focus to the economic front. On March 31, the Workers’ Party adopted the country’s “new strategic course of parallel economic construction and nuclear weapons development […]