2024 Missile and Military Chronology
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  The 2024 Missile and Military Chronology is available at this page ..read more
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Kim Family Residence #85 Gets Rusty
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Residence #85 in east Pyongyang in April 2023 The Kim Family’s Tongpy’ongyang Residence, better known as and hereafter Residence #85, continues to fall into a state of disrepair.  Various buildings on the grounds, including Residence #85 itself, are covered in rust.  Trees and other landscaping has not been maintained. Water feature on the grounds of Residence #85, a Kim Family residential compound on the Taedong River in east Pyongyang in April 2023 (Photo: Google image). Google Earth imagery taken during the spring of 2023 show the residence’s roof has mostly rusted over.  ..read more
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KJU Hosts Dinner for Navy Day (updated 30 August)
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Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n; KJU) hosted a banquet with Korean People’s Army [KPA] Navy command and political command staff on 27 August (Saturday).  The event appeared to have taken place on the premises of the Central Committee Office Building.  He was accompanied by his wife, Ri Sol Ju (Ri So’l-chu), and their daughter and his heir apparent Kim Ju Ae (Kim Chu-a’e).  Among those in attendance were KPA Navy Commander Kim Myong Sik (Kim Myo’ng-sik), KPA Navy Political Director Vice Admiral [VAdm] Kim Chang Guk (Kim Ch’ang-kuk), KPA Air Force Coammander Gen. Kim Kwang Hyok (Kim ..read more
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Kim Family Home Makeover in Sinu’iju?
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Overview of the two residences at the Songhan Compound on the outskirts of Sinu’iju, North P’yo’ngan Province. According to the Daily NK, ongoing renovation and remodeling work has been taking place since July 2023 (Photo: Google image) Daily NK reports that the Kim Family compound on the outskirts of Sinu’iju is undergoing a three-month renovation.  The construction work began during July and if DNK’s source is correct, it will probably continue until October.  According to DNK, there is an increased security presence in the area, likely from the Sinu’iju Public Security Departmen ..read more
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KJU Inspects Storm Damage in Kangwo’n Province
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Kim Jong Un smokes a cigarette while inspecting flood damage in Anbyo’n County, Kangwo’n Province. Also in attendance are (L-R): DPRK Premier Kim Tok Hun, WPK Secretary of Organizational Affairs Jo Yong Won (back to the camera), WPK Agriculture Department Director Ri Chol Man and WPK Secretary Pak Jong Chon (Photo: KCNA). Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) visited Anbyo’n County, Kangwo’n to inspect storm damage from the Khanun typhoon.  Also in attendance were DPRK Premier Kim Tok Hun (Kim Tok-hun), Workers’ Party of Korea Secretary for Organizational Affairs Jo Yong Won (Cho Yo’ng-wo’n), WP ..read more
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Memorial Events Held to Mark Death of Marshal Hyon Chol Hae
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Kim Jong Un kneels in front of the grave of Marshal Hyon Chol Hae on 19 May 2023 at Patriotic Martyrs’ Cemetery in Pyongyang (Photo: Rodong Sinmun/KCNA). DPRK elites marked the one-year anniversary of the death of KPA Marshal Hyon Chol Hae (Hyo’n Ch’o’l-hae) on 19 May (Friday). Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n; KJU) and Minister of National Defense Gen. Kang Sun Nam (Kang Sun-nam) went to Patriotic Martyrs’ Cemetery to visit Hyon’s grave.  In placing a flower at the grave he recalled “the sincere and resolute appearance and praiseworthy life of the revolutionary soldier who remained boundles ..read more
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Kim Ju Ae Watch
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With Kim Jong Un’s inspection of the DPRK National Aerospace Development Agency [NADA], Kim Ju has attended and participated in her twelfth observed public appearance since November 2022.  Numerous theories have been offered up as to why Kim Ju Ae now has a public profile, but in the mean time we will dutifully and thoroughly monitor her public events as they happen through a separate resource on this website. Kim Ju Ae Watch ..read more
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Ri Pyong Chol issues statement
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Ri Pyong Chol arriving at a Sun’s Day concert on 16 April 2023 (Photo: KCTV) Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Secretary for Defense Industry and WPK Central Military Commission Vice Chariman, Marshal Ri Pyong Chol (Ri Pyo’ng-ch’o’l) issued a statement on 17 April (Monday) upbraiding the convocation of a United Nations Security Council [UNSC] meeting in response to recent DPRK missile drills and development tests.  Ri said: The US and its followers are going to forcefully call another open meeting of the UNSC to take issue with the DPRK over its measures for bolstering up the military cap ..read more
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Try to Understand: He’s Mosaic Man
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Mosaic Man (right) at the 19 March 2023 missile drill (Photo: KCNA). The ROK NIS has speculated that a senior Korean People’s Army [KPA] official who attended a 19 March ballistic missile drill along side Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) and Kim Ju Ae (Kim Chu-a’e) is a commander of a tactical nuclear weapons unit.  During the 19 March drill, held near the Sohae Space Center in Tonch’ang-ri in North P’yo’ngan, an individual holding the rank of two-star lieutenant-general appeared close to KJU wearing sunglasses and a face mask.  In state media images released, this individual’s face wa ..read more
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March Missile Mania Is Over (and let’s stop predicting #7)
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Three events capped off Kim Jong Un’s (Kim Cho’ng-u’n; KJU) March Missile Mania, including his inspection of war heads at the Nuclear Weapons Institute [NWI]. From 25 to 27 March (Saturday through Monday), the DPRK Academy of Defense Science tested what state media identified as an “underwater nuclear attack drone” Haeil-1.  The drone left Wo’nsan Bay on 25 March and arrived in Hwadae County, North Hamgyo’ng during the morning of 27 March “after cruising along a jagged and oval course simulating the distance of the 600 km (373 miles) in the East Sea of Korea for 41 hours and 27 minutes ..read more
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