Analysis Report on Kim Jong-un's Public Activities... Released Starting Today

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[Asia Economy Military Specialist Reporter Yang Nak-gyu, Reporter Yoo In-ho] Analysis data from North Korean media reporting on the public activities of North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un has been released.

On the 3rd, the Korea Institute for National Unification announced that the database (DB) made public on its homepage from that day contains about 1,200 articles reported by North Korean media from 2012, when Chairman Kim officially took power, to the present.

According to the Korea Institute for National Unification's DB, reports on Chairman Kim's public activities peaked at 227 times in 2013. After that, the number showed a decreasing trend, recording 174 in 2014, followed by 155, 136, 104, 105, 89, 56, and 61 times in 2021.

By sector, the military field peaked at 50 times in 2014, hit a low of 3 times in 2018 when inter-Korean and North Korea-US summits took place, and then increased to 23 times the following year.

Commemorative photo sessions were recorded 17 times annually in the early years of power in 2012, 2013, and 2015, then dropped to 4 and 7 times respectively in 2018?2019 when external activities increased, fell to the lowest at 2 times in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and rose again to 17 times last year, reflecting a focus on internal affairs. On-site inspections peaked at 64 times in 2015, then decreased almost every year except for one, dropping to 3 times in 2021.

Classified by location, public activity venues were overwhelmingly dominated by Pyongyang with 592 times, followed by South Pyongan Province with 25 times, North Pyongan Province with 23 times, and South Hwanghae Province with 19 times.

In terms of accompanying personnel ranking, Choe Ryong-hae, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, ranked first with a total of 468 times, followed by former General Political Bureau Director Hwang Pyong-so with 430 times, Jo Yong-won, who recently emerged as a close aide, with 267 times, Ma Won-chun, Director of the State Affairs Commission Design Bureau, with 176 times, and Jang Song-thaek, who was purged in 2013, with 173 times, ranking 2nd to 5th respectively.

The Korea Institute for National Unification plans to further provide databases on 'North Korea's missile launches and strategic weapons information' and 'North Korea's nationwide market information.'

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