Music… Notes on Kim Ki-nam, and on North Korean Cultural Production 18 Apr 201518 Apr 2015 The Chosun Ilbo carries the news that Kim Ki-nam, head of North Korea's Ministry of Propaganda and one of the few remaining members of the famous funeral cortege of December 2011, has finally…
North Korea… New Allegations of a Chinese Link to the Jang Song-taek Purge & Execution 30 Jun 2014 According to what would appear to have to be a very high source cultivated by New Focus International, sometime in early 2013 (i.e., in the aftermath of the satellite launch,…
Uncategorized Kim Ki-nam and North Korea’s Orchestral Politics 3 Jun 20149 Jun 2014 Kim Jong Eun commands attention for obvious reasons. His charismatic heft, however, also manages to obscure a number of the other personalities at the apex of North Korean politics who…
North Korea Pyongyang Machiavelli: All of Kim’s Men 29 Jun 201330 Jun 2013 [This essay was originally published at The Diplomat on April 17, 2013.] The man at the helm in North Korea today is an accident of history, surrounded by vestigial assertions of…
Adam Cathcart 