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Weekly Report on North Korea (December 29, 2006-January 4, 2007)

ROK Ministry of Unification

Internal Affairs

• North Korea broadcasted its Joint New Year’s Editorial representing the Party, the Army and the Youth Guard on January 1, 2007 from 09:00 a.m. to 09:38 a.m. , reported the Central Broadcasting Station, Pyongyang Broadcasting Services, and the Korean Television Broadcasting Station on January 1, 2007 .

• The Central Broadcasting Station reported on January 1 that Chairman Kim Jeong-il worshiped Kumsusan Memorial Palace and watched the celebrating concert of the State Merited Chorus of the Korean People’s Army on January 1.

• In order to carry out tasks presented in its Joint New Year’s Editorial , North Korea held Pyongyang mass rally with attendance of about a hundred thousand citizens at Kim Il-sung square on January 4, 2007 , reported the Central Broadcasting Station and Pyongyang Broadcasting Services on January 4.

• North Korea held reporting session, commemorating the first anniversary of Chairman Kim Jeong-il’s giving on-the-spot guidance at the Kim Chaek University of Technology on January 3, reported the Central Broadcasting Station on January 4.

• The Central Broadcasting Station reported on January 4 that the Rodong Daily released editorial in which it suggested to reach a significant turning point in respect of establishing economy and improving people’s lives in this year, the 95 th anniversary of Kim Il-sung’s birth and the 75 th anniversary of organizing the People’s Army.

• North Korea announced that its Foreign Minister Baek Nam-sun died on January 3 and Chairman Kim Jeong-il expressed his condolences by sending flowers, reported the Korean Central News Agency on January 3.

• The Korean Central News Agency reported on January 3 that Park Nam-chil, the former vice-minister of Power and Coal Industries was appointed Minister of Electric Power Industry.

Inter-Korean Affairs

• In the report 928 by secretary bureau of the DPRK’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, North Korea denounced the Grand National Party for stating that the contents of the North’s Joint New Year’s Editorial was intervention in South Korea, reported the Korean Central News Agency on January 4.

Foreign Affairs

• North Korea consecutively denounced Japan saying as follows:

-Anti-DPRK and anti-Chongryun campaigns by the unpardonable Japanese reactionaries (Pyongyang Broadcasting Services on January 3)

- Tricky scheme between the U.S. and Japan in their military collusion (Pyongyang Broadcasting Services on January 3)

- Rash madness of war of Samurai (Pyongyang Broadcasting Services on January 4)

• Through the comment in the Rodong Daily, North Korea condemned the commander of the U.S. Forces in South Korea for his remarks regarding enhancing its preparation for action and the concept plan 5029, reported Pyongyang Broadcasting Services on January 2.