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Major Weekly Developments in North Korea (Jan. 30 - Feb. 5, 2006)

ROK National Intelligence Service

Inside North Korea

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Korean Agricultural Workers’ Union (established Jan. 31, 1946), the Rodong Shinmun contended (Jan. 31), “We must consolidate the Korean Agricultural Workers’ Union into a combatant organization armed with the Juche and Seon-gun ideologies of our (the DPRK’s) Party.” It emphasized, “We must forcefully launch the struggle to increase agricultural production, which is the foundation for building a great, powerful and prosperous nation.”


The Chosun Central News Agency reported (Feb. 4), “Kim Jeong-il, accompanied by WPK secretary Kim Gi-nam, first vice department directors of the Central Committee of the WPK Lee Yong-cheol and Chang Seong-taek, provided field guidance at the Ganggye Wood Processing Factory, the Ganggye Goryeo Pharmaceutical Processing Factory, the Jagang provincial branch of the Central Bank, and Heungju Chicken Farm in Ganggye City, Jagang Province.”

Outside North Korea

In a news commentary titled “Disgraceful Excuses from the Leader in Human Rights Abuses,” the Central Broadcasting Station blasted (Feb. 1), “The United States, which is behind terrorism and human rights abuses in every corner of the world, is not qualified to talk about human rights in other countries.” It further insisted, “It must candidly acknowledge the human rights abuses it has committed and make amends.”


The Rodong Shinmun contended (Feb. 2), “It is only natural that the world is not fond of Japan, which rather than overwriting its past filled with sins is instead filled with militant ambitions.” It went on to say, “Unless Japan settles its past and gains international credibility, it will not be able to achieve its dream of winning a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.”

Inter-Korean Issues

The Pyongyang Broadcasting Service propagandized (Jan. 30), “The entire people of Korea must rise in the campaign for peace and patriotism, crush maneuvers by US imperialists to provoke a new war, safeguard peace and security on the Korean peninsula, and brilliantly pioneer the way for the grand undertaking of the reunification of the fatherland.”