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Major Weekly Developments in North Korea (June. 20 - June. 26, 2005)

ROK National Intelligence Service

Inside North Korea

The Central Broadcasting Station reported (June 22), “The 31st National Jongilbong Prize Youths’ and Students’ Sports Games opened on June 12 at the Cheongchun Street Basketball Stadium.”


A decree of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) regarding the setting up of the DPRK Committee for National Economic Cooperation was promulgated on June 22 (Central Broadcasting Station).


The Central Broadcasting Station reported (June 26), “The Municipal Mass Meeting of Pyongyang City Marking June 25, the Day of the Anti-US Struggle, took place on June 25 at Pyongyang Stadium and was attended by Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea Choe Tae-bok, Vice Chairman of the Presidium of the SPA Yang Hyeong-seop, and Chairman of the People’s Committee of Pyongyang City Yang Man-gil (who delivered a speech).”

Outside North Korea

The Central Broadcasting Station reported (June 21), “A delegation of the Central Bank headed by President Kim Wan-su left Pyongyang on June 21 to attend the 75th Annual General Meeting of the Bank for International Settlements held in Switzerland.”


The Pyongyang Broadcasting Service alleged (June 22) that “the agreement reached between South Korea and Japan in 1965 is a traitorous one born from the aggressive ambition of the US imperialists who attempted to create a bridgehead for a commissary base and for invasion in order to seize control over the entire Asian region, including South Korea and Japan.”


The Pyongyang Broadcasting Service claimed (June 26), “The objective of the games for the so-called strengthening of strategic flexibility on the part of the United States lies in mobilizing and turning high-tech the US forces occupying South Korea and the forces surrounding the Korean peninsula in order to facilitate the invasion of the DPRK.”

Inter-Korean Issues

The Central Broadcasting Station reported (June 24), “President Roh Moo-hyun met with the North Korean delegation headed by Kwon Ho-ung, the chief councilor of the DPRK cabinet, on June 23. A joint press release was issued at the 15th North-South Ministerial Talks (Seoul, June 21-24).”


The Pyongyang Broadcasting Service asserted (June 25), “Being anti-US is a manifestation of the spirit of self-reliance. Only when we cling onto the ideology of ‘by our nation alone’ and instill the spirit of national self-reliance can the day of reunification actually unfold before us.”