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Major Weekly Developments in North Korea (Oct. 3 - Oct. 9, 2005)

ROK National Intelligence Service

Inside North Korea

The Central Broadcasting Station reported (Oct. 3), “A ceremony marking the completion of the Baekma-Cheolsan waterway took place on Oct. 2, attended by Premier of the DPRK Cabinet Pak Bong-ju, Vice Chairman of the DPRK National Defense Commission Lee Yong-moo, and others.”


The Central Broadcasting Station reported (Oct. 3, Oct. 5), “Kim Jeong-il, accompanied by secretaries of the Workers’ Party of Korea Choe Tae-bok and Kim Gook-tae, attended a performance given by the visiting State Academy Ensemble of the Ministry of Interior of Russia (Oct. 2), and gave on-site guidance at the Taean Friendship Glass Factory, accompanied by Premier of the DPRK Cabinet Pak Bong-ju, Director of the WPK Pak Nam-gi, and others (date unreported).”


The Central Broadcasting Station reported (Oct. 10), “The national meeting celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea (presided over by Kim Young-nam, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly) was held in Pyongyang on Oct. 9, with Kim Jeong-il, Cho Myeong-rok, Pak Bong-ju, and others participating."

Outside North Korea

The Pyongyang Broadcasting Service reported (Oct. 8), “The assassination of Queen Min by the Japanese in 1895 remains an issue today, but Japan to this day does not acknowledge its acts of aggression of the past and its history of crimes.”


In an editorial, the Pyongyang Broadcasting Service contended (Oct. 9), “The influence and tyranny of the United States, which claims to be the only superpower in the entire world, are not being tolerated on the Korean peninsula because of the existence of our (DPRK’s) mighty, powerful military-first arsenal.”


The Central Broadcasting Station reported (Oct. 9-10), “Kim Jeong-il received Wu Yi, vice premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China (Oct. 8), and Konstantin Borisovich Pulikovski, presidential envoy to the Far East Region of the Russian Federation (Oct. 9), on a visit to North Korea to participate in the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea.”

Inter-Korean Issues

The Pyongyang Broadcasting Service contended (Oct. 5), “The movement to liquidate the remnants of pro-Japanese factions in South Korea must lead to the purging of pro-US factions as well. Without this, the settlement of the past regarding the pro-Japanese faction will remain mere hollow words.”


The Central Broadcasting Station insisted (Oct. 7), “We must solidify the Three Major Areas of Cooperation, including cooperation for national independence, cooperation for peace against war, and cooperation for reunification and patriotism in order to achieve the reunification of the nation.”