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Major Weekly Developments in North Korea (Feb. 21 - Feb. 27, 2005)

ROK National Intelligence Service

Inside North Korea

The Central Broadcasting Station reported (Feb. 26), “The Central Memorial Ceremony commemorating the tenth anniversary of the death of Oh Jin-woo was held on Feb. 25 in the People’s Palace of Culture, and was attended by the leading members of the Workers’ Party, the military and the administration.”


The Central Broadcasting Station reported (Feb. 26), “The Military-First Pioneers’ Congress was held at the People’s Palace of Culture with the participation of senior officials, including Yang Hyeong-seop, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly, Kim Joong-rin, secretary of the Workers’ Party Central Committee, Kim Gyeong-ho, first secretary of the Youth Alliance, as well as delegates from the Model Youths & Students’ Association and the Korean Youth Association in Japan.

Outside North Korea

In a meeting with Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee (Feb. 21), Kim Jeong-il said, “We will come to the negotiating table at any time if the conditions for the six-party talks are established through concerted efforts by the relevant parties. We hope the United States will demonstrate trustworthy sincerity and action.” (Feb. 22, Central Broadcasting Station)


With regard to the agreement on and announcement of the “Common Strategic Objectives” reached at the meeting of U.S. and Japanese foreign ministers and defense ministers, the Central Broadcasting Station said (Feb. 23), “The United States and Japan are strengthening their military conspiracy through their aggressive wars against other nations.” It further alleged that “military cooperation between U.S. forces and the Self Defense Force is being expanded on a global scale.”

Inter-Korean Issues

The Central Broadcasting Station reported (Feb. 22), “The inaugural ceremony for the Joint Compilation Committee for the Large Dictionary of the Korean Language was held at Mt. Geumgang, with Moon Yeong-ho, chairman for the North (Director of the Philology, Academy of Social Sciences), and Chairman Koh Eun of the South’s standing committee in attendance.” It further reported that a joint press release was announced.


The spokesperson for the DPRK Research Institute on National Reunification, Ministry of Land and Environmental Protection and the Nature Protection Alliance successively released statements titled, “Denunciation of Environmental Protection by the US Forces Based in South Korea”. (Feb. 22, Feb. 25, Feb. 26, Central Broadcasting Station)