Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Kim Jong-il was on the road with KPA General Hyun Chul-hae and party secretary Kim Kuk-tae for a visit to KPA Unit 635 and a fish farm recently expanded by the soldiers of the unit, finishing up the tour by viewing a performance of the April 25th KPA Art Cinema Company.

In an editorial titled to commemorate the first anniversary of the launching of the so-called satellite on 31 August last year, the North Korean media claimed the satellite was still in orbit around the earth and that `the world is due to witness the launch of another satellite'.

North Koreans lined the streets of Pyongyang in a rousing welcome for marathoner Chung Myung-ok, who captured the gold in the women's marathon in the World Track & Field Championships, in a celebration intended to bolster pride in the population and to display the `superiority of the socialist system'.

North Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff unilaterally declared the present Northern Limit Line to be an illegal border and designated a maritime border they proposed at the meeting of the top brass at Panmunjom on 21 July to be the new West Sea Maritime Demarcation Line.

The National Front and five other North Korean organizations met in an emergency convention concerning the arrest and investigation of advisor to the South Korean chapter of the Pan-Korean Federation Na Chang-soon and five other South Koreans accused of entering the North illegally. The groups also issued a joint statement calling for a struggle for the said members of the Pan-Korean Federation, the National Union, and the Korean Confederation of Student Associations.