Kim Yo Jong

Joining a series of North Korean statements over upcoming South Korea-U.S. military drills, the supreme leader’s sister warned of taking a military response.

Despite the regime’s deeply pervasive misogyny, North Korean women are making strides in the country's political and social spheres. 

After South Korean experts criticized the capabilities of the North’s tested reconnaissance satellite, Kim Yo Jong published a statement rejecting their analysis. 

After Kim’s statement belittling Yoon in August, this was her second discourteous statement toward the South Korean president.

Calling Seoul’s offer “an absurd dream,” Kim Yo Jong derided the South Korean president with North Korean-style insults. 

Three days after Defense Minister Suh Wook underscored the South’s preemptive strike capabilities, Pyongyang warned that Seoul was facing a serious threat. 

An expression offers insight into an inscrutable country.

A familiar mix of hard and soft tactics.

Kim Yo Jong welcomed Moon’s outreach in his U.N. speech, but made clear that Seoul will have to end its “hostile policies” first.

Shortly after the two Koreas restored communication channels, North Korea lambasted the upcoming exercises and stopped returning the South’s calls. 

For all intents and purposes, Kim Jong Un is the DPRK. Such a system won't survive a leadership transition at this juncture.