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Weekly on North Korea No.874 (Jan. 07-Jan. 13, 2008)

ROK Ministry of Unification

Internal Affairs

* North Korea , in a commentary of the Central Broadcasting Station on Jan. 8, stressed that “a struggle to build great prosperous and powerful nation cannot be waged without science and technology,” calling for thoroughly sticking to the line of putting great emphasis on science and technology.

*Chosun Sinbo, in its report on Jan. 10 titled “business-know-how of leading companies, realization of self-reliance,” introduced Eullyul mine and Pyongyang 3.26 electric wire factory as “self-reliance through mass business” and “self-reliance of securing practical interest,” respectively.

* North Korea , in an article of Chosun Sinbo on Jan. 9 titled “North Korea in the World, the choice of economy is self-reliance,” said that the implementation of the six-party talks’ agreements would create a favorable environment for North Korea’s economy revival, arguing that, to deal with a new environment, they had adhered to “the principle of self-reliance” aimed at D putting emphasis on quality D development of science and technology D pursuit of practical interests D foreign economic cooperation.

*Log producers around the nation under the Ministry of Forestry have expanded log production, reported the Central Broadcasting Station on Jan. 8 and Pyongyang Broadcasting Services on Jan. 10.

*The Central Broadcasting Station reported on Jan. 8 that Chairman Kim Jong-il inspected Korean People’s Army Unit 776 and its units.

*Korea International Exhibition Corporation has confirmed and announced the schedule of Pyongyang International Trade Fair (PITF) which will be held in the spring and autumn of this year.

Inter-Korean Affairs

*Pyongyang Broadcasting Services, through its report under the title of “absurd and tenacious ambition for power,” denounced on Jan. 12 the creation of a new political party by Lee Hoi-chang, the former Grand National Party leader, as “challenge to June 15 unification era.”

*The Secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, through its No. 933 report, criticized on Jan. 11 that the arrest of the Korea Federation of Student Council’s chairperson by South Korean security officials as “direct challenge to the spirit of June 15 Joint Declaration and Dec. 4 Declaration and a treacherous behavior that undermines the developing inter-Korean relations.”

Foreign Affairs

*North Korean state-run media have strongly denounced the U.S. for its recent psychological scheming, modernization of nuclear weapons, establishment of MD, and strengthening of the U.S. military bases in Japan .

* North Korea , in a report of Pyongyang Broadcasting Services on Jan. 7 titled “realizing ideology of independence · peace · goodwill is the steadfast position of the republic,” emphasized that it would actively promotes its foreign policy.

*Rodong Sinmun, in its commentary on Jan. 9 titled “adventurous scheming aimed at preemptive attack,” criticized that the Japanese government’s simplification of intercept order system of Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) was designed for “preemptive missile attack on North Korea .

*Liu Xiaoming, Chinese ambassador to North Korea , held a celebration banquet at Chinese Embassy on Jan. 11 to mark the second anniversary of Kim Jong-il’s visit to China by inviting leading officials of the party · the government · the military, giving an opportunity to promote friendly relations between North Korea and China.

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