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Weekly on North Korea (2005.10.14-10.20)

ROK Ministry of Unification

Internal Affairs

Chairman Kim Jong-il met former Indonesian President Megawati on October 14 who paid a visit to North Korea from October 13 to 15 in order to celebrate the 60 th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea, according to the Central Broadcasting Station and the Pyongyang Broadcasting Station on October 14. Accompanied by generals Lee Myong-soo, Hyun Cheol-hae and Park Jae-kyung, he inspected a female battalion and its belonging units of the People’s Army,according to the Central Broadcasting Station on October 20.

Through Nodong Daily’s political essay titled ‘Leap toward the future.’ on October 15, North Korea emphasized Chairman Kim Jong-il’s achievements as a leader of Songun (military-first) politics and proposed a vision of an economically strong nation.

The railway from Wonsan to Mt.Geumkang was opened while its service was started on October 10, according to the Central Broadcasting Station on October 20.

A commemorative briefing on the 60 th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Central Broadcasting Station was held on October 14, according to the Central Broadcasting Station on October 15.

Ministry of Post and Communications showed off its accomplishments, such as expanding targeted organizations’ communication capability as well as their degree of modernization and laying fiber optics in 200 countryside villages, according to the Central Broadcasting Station on October 18.

‘Pyongsung City Goat Farm.’ and ‘Samhwa Iron Production Complex of the September Integrated Iron and Steel Enterprise.’ were constructed with holding the ceremonies to start their operations being held on October 14, according to the Central Broadcasting Station and the Pyongyang Broadcasting Station on October 15.

Gymnastics called ‘The Great General and Pyongan Nam-do.’ was performed in the Pyongsung Stadium newly constructed in Pyongnam Province, according to the Central Broadcasting Station on October 20.

Inter-Korean Affairs

The Asia Pacific Peace Committee, through its spokesman’s statement on October 20, expressed its view that it had no choice but to review and adjust cooperative projects with Hyundai, its South Korean counterpart on a full scale in the conditions that trust between two parties had been breached as Hyundai had kicked out vice president of Hyundai, Kim Yoon-kyu, according to the Central Broadcasting Station and the Pyongyang Broadcasting Station on October 20.

South and North Korea exchanged documents on the agenda for discussions prior to the 11 th round of the Inter-Korean Economic Promotion Committee and held a preparatory contact between members of the Committee at Janamsan Hotel in Gaeseong from October 20 to 21,

The North Korean Anti-Nuclear Peace Committee’s spokesman called for investigation into the truth, claiming that hundred tons of uranium had been missing in the nuclear material deal between South Korea and the U.S, according to the Central Broadcasting Station and the Pyongyang Broadcasting Station on October 15.

The DPRK's Committee for the Peaceful Reuniification of the Fatherland’s secretariat criticized the Dong-a Ilbo ( a South Korean daily)’s editorial on the Uri Party (South Korea’s ruling party)’s suggestion on exchanges between the South and North Korean ruling party for instigating anti-North Korea confrontation viciously, according to the Central Broadcasting Station and the Pyongyang Broadcasting Station on October 19.

Foreign Affairs

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and his accompanying delegation arrived at Pyongyang on October 17 and held a talk with Kim Yong-nam, chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly on October 20, according to the Central Broadcasting Station and the Pyongyang Broadcasting Station on October 17 and 20.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry’s spokesman announced on October 18 that Li Bin, Chinese special envoy to North Korea would pay a visit to North Korea to discuss issues related to the fifth round of the six-party talks from October 18 to 20.

The North Korean Foreign Ministry’s spokesman through the press conference with the Korean Central News Agency on October 18, claimed that the U.S announcement on North Korea’s involvement in drugs and counterfeit of notes would be an act to put pressure on North Korea for abandoning its nuclear programs, according to the Central Broadcasting Station on October 18.

The North Korean representative, in his address in the first committee of the 60 th UN General Assembly on October 7, called for the provision of light water reactors as a proof to verify the withdrawal of the U.S hostile policy toward North Korea and to acknowledge peaceful nuclear activities in North Korea, according to the Central Broadcasting Station and the Pyongyang Broadcasting Station on October 14. And in his representative address in the second committee of the 60 th UN General Assembly on October 5, he demanded that international conditions and environments be improved to help developing countries to get out of poverty and promote their developments.