Kim Jong-il checked on readiness of his troops on his birthday (Feb. 16), by inspecting KPA
unit No. 682 and the Women's Anti-aircraft Company at KPA Unit No. 991
Event like the [The Grand Report to the State], [Night Parades], and [International Paektu
Festival] were held in celebration of Kim Jong-il's 57th birthday, and [In Praise of Kim
Jong-il's Greatness] topped the propaganda announcements for the day.
In answering to a question from the KCNA, the spokesmen for the secretariat of the Committee
for the Peaceful Unification of the Fatherland denounced the ROK government's Three-Stage
Resolution,¡®a one-sided plan designed as trickery for other purposes¡¯.
Weekly on North Korea (99. 2. 14 - 2. 21)
