The Workers Party of [North] Korea (WPK) is keen to take the pulse on how public sentiment is running in North Korea these days. Liberty Korea Post has learned that Kim Jong-un has directed the Party Central Agitprop Department, headed by Kim Yo-jong, Kim Jong-un’s sister, to take charge of this task.This task involves taking polls of citizens-at-large and military personnel. The Propagit Department staff had posed ten questions altogether, including the following questions related to the US. The entire polling was done orally in an unconventional way. The questioners posed these questions as
Liberty Korea Post learned from its source inside North Korea via telephone that Kim Hyok-chol, a North Korean diplomat, had not been executed, but excommunicated from KWP (Korean Workers Party). Terminated from his diplomatic post, Kim is undergoing revolutionary education at the moment. He is not incarcerated at a political prisoners camp. There have been various media reports concerning Kim’s execution due to his role in the failed summit between Trump and Kim Jong-un in Hanoi in February. Kim Jong-un had tapped on Kim Hyok-chol to lead the nuclear negotiations at the working level ahead
A Liberty Korea Post source inside North Korea informs that Kim Jong-un’s treasury is being depleted due to the continuing US sanctions against trading activities. Many insiders surmise that Kim Jong-un was dragged out to JSA to meet Trump on June 30 for this very reason.Kim Jong-un has been known to hold dollar currency in front of the elites at the time of his succession. The dollar currency was popular among the elites, and Kim Jong-un used the dollars to woo them. For example, Kim passed out cash cards for high ranking military generals to the tune of $1,500, a monthly stipend as an incent
Liberty Korea Post has learned via its sources inside North Korea that Kim Yo-jong, Kim Jong-un’s sister, had fainted on April 24th. This explains her absence at the Russia-DPRK summit meeting between Kim Jong-un and Putin in Vladivostok on April 25th.The exact reason for her fainting is not known. North Korean elites are speculating that her illness is related to her stomach problem, maybe even stomach cancer, since she had had a polyp surgery at BongHwa clinic in 2017, and that she always carried medication for her stomach pain.Kim Jong-un has been visiting his sister every day. Meanwhile,
North Korea State Security Agency has launched an investigation into missing weapons via the KPA Security Agency. This secret investigation was prompted by a shooting incident of a police officer in Hamhung last December. “Someone assassinated a police officer with a pistol, but they haven’t found the shooter yet.” The State Security Agency considers that revenge was the motive for the fatal shooting. The agency is on alert because the incident represents the first assassination case by civilian shooting in North Korean history. The agency is particularly concerned about how the assassin got h
Liberty Korea Post has learned through its sources inside North Korea that [North] Korea Workers Party (KWP) has produced a new documentary for the party cadres. The KWP has been showing the documentary entitled "The Great Legacy" every Saturday since early January. It features the accomplishments by Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-un, along with a message that "we can never give up the nuclear arms." Produced after Kim Jong-il died, the documentary consists of a series of historical events such as the founding of DPRK and KWP, Juche ideology and youth projects, development of the nation and the revo
North Korean authorities are staying away from the topic of denuclearization in their communications with the North Korean public in general. However, LKP correspondents inside North Korea report that the subject of denuclearization is being widely debated among the people, as well as among the cadres. What is interesting, some cadres view the Singapore summit [between Trump and Kim Jong-un on 6/12/18] as Kim’s “white flag surrender” to Trump, according to the sources.A cadre informant said, “Kim has bragged about bringing the US to its knees with the nukes and proclaimed completion of nuclear
Acts of revenge against North Korean judges are on the rise. People who had served prison terms on trumped up charges are seeking justice. In 2015, the North Korean authorities had issued stern warnings against those who sought revenge by denigrating the gravesites of former judges. These warnings were effective for a while, but the acts of revenge have become more frequent starting last year. These acts of revenge are not limited to digging up the graves of the former judges. People are engaging in violent acts including murder against live people. A source in HamKyungBukdo said, “More than 7
Liberty Korea Post has obtained information that NK Elite Guard Command had dispatched an advance team to Seoul last October under the premise of Kim Jong-un’s visit to Seoul. According to a Liberty Korea Post correspondent in Pyongyang, NK had provisionally planned on a November visit, and determined that Kim Jong-un’s security was the most important priority item for the visit. In order to solve the security problem, a substantial contingent of advance team headed by an officer from the Elite Guard Command came to Seoul in secret with the cooperation of the South Korean authorities. The adva
Liberty Korea Post correspondent inside North Korea as revealed that the annual winter military exercise which takes place from December 1 to April 30 has been scaled down this year. Basically, the winter exercise is to be focused on the training for the Special Forces, while the exercises for the regular army and the mechanized units have been reduced or eliminated. The source, a member of the Special Forces that has been dispatched to SamJiYon construction project, stated, “All the Special Forces troops who have been mobilized for the construction project have received orders to participate
Liberty Korea Post has learned about a missile technician (referred to as Mr. A) who had escaped from North Korea about a week ago. He has applied for asylum with the South Korean authorities in a third country, and is now waiting to hear from the South Korean authorities about his request. According to the source, the South Korean government has been limiting acceptance of North Korean defectors, causing concern for Mr. A. According to Mr. A who had been assigned to a missile factory, North Korea’s missile production plan has not changed this year. Further, he said that North Korea had acquir
Liberty Korea Post has learned that Secretary of State Pompeo’s visit to Pyongyang in July caused considerable buzz regarding the future of the US-North Korea relations among the elite cadres. While Pompeo didn’t get to meet Kim Jong-un in July, he is known to have brought up the topic of political labor camps, leaving the impression that disbanding of political labor camps was a prerequisite to improved relations between the US and DPRK. The topic of political camps drew considerable interest among the elites. It is their understanding that Pompeo had alluded to taking the prisoners to the US
A new kind of fear politics is blowing across the North Korean landscape these days, according to Liberty Korea Post correspondents inside North Korea. While inter-Korean détente colors the popular rhetoric between Pyongyang and Seoul these days, the hoi polloi of North Korea face punishment for voicing their hopeful views on South Korea and unification. The State Security agency has arrested a resident of HaeBangDong in SinUiJu for speaking favorably of South Korea. “A person from my village was arrested for saying that it would be good to be reunited with the help of South Korea. He said it
Liberty Korea Post correspondents inside North Korea report that KN (Korea North) State Security Agency has been tasked to locate KS (Korea South) President Moon Jae-in’s family members in North Korea. Inside sources say that the Blue House had asked its KN counterpart to locate Moon’s family members for a reunion during the Moon-Kim summit in Pyongyang this week. As the State Security Agency sought to locate Moon family members, the KN public came to know that Moon was a son of KN refugees who had escaped from North Korea during the Korean War. According to the sources, residents of Pyongyang
Kim Jong-un had been very active in conducting “on-site guidance” tour all over North Korea from June 30 to August 21. According to Rodong Sinmun, he had visited some thirty locations in seven regions over the period of fifty-four days. Then he disappeared from news since August 25, when US President Trump cancelled Secretary Pompeo’s visit to North Korea. According to the Liberty Korea Post’s correspondent inside North Korea, the Party authorities have been conducting a lecture series concerning the “attempts to eliminate the revolutionary chief [Kim Jong-un].” Further, the authorities are sp
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