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Kim Jong-il was on the inspection trail with party secretary Kim Kuktae, visiting and providing his usual on-site inspection at textile plants in Yongbyun and Pakchon, N. Pyongan province. The visit was followed by the North Korean's leader's attendance at a performance by KPA Unit 604 Military Family Performing Team with Hyun Chul-hae.
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North Korea's media reported that droughts and high temperatures were causing severe disruptions in food production throughout the country, and stated that damages are `expected' despite a heroic struggle to overcome the problem.
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In diplomatic news, the spokesperson for North Korea's foreign ministry announced that the temporary halt in satellite launches would continue to be in effect throughout the high-level talks between the US and North Korea currently in progress.
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Following the conclusion of the inter-Korean summit:
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North Korean propaganda claimed the joint declaration as `a product of Kim Jong-il's decisiveness and magnanimity', which earned admiration from `people in all social strata'.
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The North also responded to the ROK defense minister's report to the parliamentary defense commission stating that the stalinist country `remains the principal threat to the security of the ROK', criticizing it as an `embarrassment to the achievements of the inter-Koran summit', and a crime that `betrays the nation and the spirit of unification', which only serves to interfere with the implementation of the joint declaration.
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WEEKLY NK NEWS (2000.6.19 - 2000.6.25)
