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North Korea Weekly (Feb. 26 - Mar. 4, 2007)

ROK National Intelligence Service

o Inside North Korea

(Feb. 26) North Korea’s Rodong Shinmun said in its editorial, “In today’s struggle, in which everything is difficult and fraught with hardship and hurdles, there is no weapon stronger than an ideology." It underscored, “Now is the time to appeal to the patriotism of all civilians and men in uniform by displaying the power of the party’s ideological projects and by spreading the energetic drumbeat of economic construction.”

(Mar. 1) The North Korean Central Broadcasting Station reported, ”The national law workers’ rally was held at the People’s Cultural Palace on February 28 in the presence of Kim Young-nam, Choi Tae-bok and Yang Hyung-seop. Attendees discussed tasks to elevate the superiority and viability of the lawful life guidance system under ‘our-style socialism’ in accordance with the needs of the military-first era.”

(Mar. 2) North Korea’s Rodong Shinmun reported, "The Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly recently issued an ordinance on adopting the Red Cross Act." It went on to say, "With the adoption of the Act, legal assurances are provided for the protection of people’s life and property, for bolstering undertakings by the Red Cross, and for promoting exchanges with international and foreign Red Cross organizations around the world.”

(Mar. 4) The North Korean Central News Agency reported, "By the invitation of the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China stationed in North Korea, Kim Jeong-il, along with Party Secretary Kim Gi-nam and First Vice Foreign Minister Kang Seok-ju, visited the Chinese embassy on March 4. The ambassador delivered to Kim a personal message from Chinese President Hu Jintao.”

(Mar. 4) North Korea’s Rodong Shinmun propagandized, "It is our [the North Korean] people’s unswerving faith and determination to make this year a year of great reformation in which a new era of prosperity unfolds in a military-first North Korea under the spirit of Taecheon. The slogan, ‘Let’s grandly march with the spirit of Taecheon’ is serving as a powerful encouragement for our [the North Korean] people to achieve another victory.”

o Outside North Korea

(Mar. 2) North Korea’s Rodong Shinmun maintained, "Under today’s circumstances in which the reckless war on terrorism launched by the US threatens the peace and security of the world, Japan is pursuing legalization of its Self-Defense Forces’ overseas military activities, expanding its overseas dispatch under the pretext of UN operations. Japan must bear in mind that if Japanese reactionaries take the path of foreign invasion under the patronage of the US it will ultimately lead to Japan’s self-destruction, and should immediately stop its imprudent militaristic actions.”

(Mar. 2) The North Korean Central News Agency reported, "A goodwill meeting commemorating the 5th anniversary of North Korea and Malaysia’s entering into an agreement on cultural cooperation was held at Pyongyang Music College on March 1.”

(Mar. 3) North Korea’s Rodong Shinmun argued, "The war on terrorism advocated by Bush and his associates today constitutes a war of aggression that legalizes suppression of other countries and peoples to create a mono-polar world dominated by the U.S. If Bush and his associates stick to an invasive foreign policy, they will certainly encounter bitter defeat and political downfall.”

(Mar. 4) North Korea’s Rodong Shinmun alleged, "Japan’s so-called breakaway from its post-war system represents a declaration of its intent to openly embark on overseas invasion by rendering Japan a country with a lawful war system and the rights of belligerence and entry into war.”

o Inter-Korean Issues

(Mar. 1) Regarding the 88th anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement, North Korea’s Pyongyang Broadcasting Service underscored, “The March First Popular Uprising was a heroic attempt that demonstrated the Korean people’s spirit of autonomy and intolerance of and resistance to Japan’s rule and its oppressive colonial governance." It further said, "All Korean people must hold high the banner of autonomy against foreign powers and aggressively engage in a struggle for valuing the nation, safeguarding peace and realizing unity, subsequently advancing the date on which the dignity of a unified Korea is elevated.”

(Mar. 2) North Korean Central TV reported, "In the 20th inter-Korean ministerial meeting, the two sides showed their will to catapult their relations to a higher level and adopted a joint press release incorporating video unions of separated family members and relatives and the convocation of the Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation Promotion Committee. The meeting was closed on March 2."

(Mar. 3) The spokesperson for the North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Unification of the Fatherland alleged in a statement, "The South Korean people must vigorously push for a struggle to shed light on history and let those to be held accountable pay the price in blood. They also must send the Grand National Party, a hotbed of crimes against human rights, to the scaffold of history.”