Posts Tagged With: Kim Jong-il

Video of Kim Jong-il’s & Kim Il-Sung’s Funerals, Which Tears Are Real?

» by GI Korea December 28th, 2011 at 5:38 pm » Comments (3)

Below is a video of Kim Jong-il's funeral and whether or not the tears of the North Koreans who attended the funeral are real has become a common question being ...more »

Kim Jong-il’s Family Tree

» by GI Korea December 27th, 2011 at 3:48 am » Comments (11)

Here is a graphic from Yonhap News that provides a good look at who is who in the Kim Jong-il family: more »

Picture of the Day: UN Mourns The World’s Worst Human Rights Violator

» by GI Korea December 24th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (10)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="The UN General Assembly observes a minute of silence to mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il before a committee of the UN General ...more »

Japanese Magician Invited To Kim Jong-il’s Funeral

» by GI Korea December 24th, 2011 at 3:59 am » Comments (7)

While people in North Korea were starving Kim Jong-il had time and money to play games with a Japanese magician: A female magician from Japan has been invited to Kim Jong-il's ...more »

STRATFOR On China’s Options After the Death of Kim Jong-il

» by GI Korea December 23rd, 2011 at 3:05 am » Comments (2)

Here is another STRATFOR article worth reading in regards to the options available to China after the death of Kim Jong-il: Summary China has every reason to want a smooth transition of ...more »

Andrei Lankov On the Future of North Korea After the Death of Kim Jong-il

» by GI Korea December 22nd, 2011 at 5:55 pm » Comments (3)

Via the Marmot's Hole comes this analysis in Foreign Affairs from one of my favorite North Korean experts Andrei Lankov who's analysis shares many of the same views I have ...more »

STRATFOR On the Death of Kim Jong-il

» by GI Korea December 21st, 2011 at 5:34 pm » Comments (6)

STRATFOR is one of the most respected open source intelligence analyst sites in the world and they have recently published an article in regards to the death of Kim Jong-il. ...more »

UN Leader Pays Respects To Dead North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il

» by GI Korea December 21st, 2011 at 8:48 am » Comments (12)

This is just another example of how out of touch the UN is that they would send anyone from their leadership to pay their respects to a memorial for arguably ...more »

Details About Kim Jong-il’s Last Public Appearance

» by GI Korea December 20th, 2011 at 6:26 pm » Comments (0)

The Chosun Ilbo has the details of a trip to a Pyongyang supermarket that became his last public event: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il made his last public appearance at the ...more »

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-il’s Body Publicly Displayed In North Korea

» by GI Korea December 20th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="In this image made from KRT television, the body of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is laid in a memorial palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, ...more »