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North Korea Weekly (Dec. 25 - Dec. 31, 2006)

ROK National Intelligence Service

o Inside North Korea

- The North Korean Central News Agency reported (Dec. 25-26), “Kim Jeong-il inspected the command of KPA Unit 109 honored with the title of Ojungheup-led Seventh Regiment. He also inspected a subunit of KPA Unit 3993.”

- In an editorial titled “Miles of Happiness Stretch Out Before Us,” the Rodong Shinmun contended (Dec. 31), “We are proud of 2006, the year of great victory in which the dignity and majesty of a Seon-gun (military-first) North Korea was further exalted.” It went on to say, “While setting the daybreak ablaze, we bless the 2007 of the Seon-gun North Korea, which will stand tall and prominent at the peak of the world.”

o Outside North Korea

- The Central Broadcasting Station emphasized (Dec. 28), “The United States is picking innocent nations and accusing them of being a kind of nuclear criminal solely because they are not its allies, and is exerting pressure on them. The United States must stop such criminal maneuvers.”

- The Rodong Shinmun contended (Dec. 31), “The oppression and persecution incessantly carried out by Japanese reactionaries during the past year against Jochongnyeon, the pro-North Korean residents’ league, and against Korean residents in Japan is a vicious infringement on the integrity and sovereign rights of the Korean people, and a challenging of the DPRK.”

o Inter-Korean Issues

- In an article titled “Grand National Solidarity Means Reunification of the Fatherland,” the Pyongyang Broadcasting Service stated (Dec. 26), “Reunification must by all means be realized according to the principle of independence of the people, and to this end, grand national solidarity must be achieved.” It emphasized, “The unity and grand solidarity of the nation is an issue of reinforcing our self-reliant capacity, and the members of the nation must become masters to achieve this.”

- With regard to ROK-US Concept Plan 5029, the Pyongyang Broadcasting Service declared (Dec. 30), “The belligerent forces in South Korea have recently been on an indiscriminate rampage in abiding by the war maneuvers of the US imperialists. They have been heatedly provoking a war with the aim of invading North Korea while prattling on about a certain alliance with the United States.”