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Weekly on North Korea No. 880 (Feb. 25- Mar. 2, 2008)

ROK Ministry of Unification

Internal Affairs

*Rodong Sinmun reported on Feb. 19 that farming villages across North Korea , which have upheld the tasks presented in joint New Year’s editorial and put forth much effort for building an economic powerhouse, were making unprecedented achievements in preparation for farming.

*North Korea opened Electric power and electronic technology exhibition room at Inverter Center to more widely disseminate inverter technology, reported Chosun Sinbo on Feb. 28.

*The Pyongyang Yaming Joint Venture Lighting Company, a joint company between North Korea and China , held a commissioning ceremony on Feb. 27 and started its production, reported Korean Central News Agency on Feb. 28.

Inter-Korean Affairs

* North Korea , through no. 934 statement from the Secretariat of DPRK’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, denounced the expansion and establishment of the Allied Marine Headquarters as military provocation against North Korea , reported the Central Broadcasting Station on Feb. 26.

*Chosun Sinbo, mouthpiece of a pro-Pyongyang Association of Korean Residents in Japan , in its comments on Feb. 29 titled “Ideology and pragmatism do not confront each other,” criticized that the current Korean government’s policy towards North Korea was unrealistic.

* North Korea , through an editorial of Rodong Sinmun on Mar. 1 commemorating Independence Movement Day titled “Under the banner of anti-foreign forces and independence, let’s forcibly carry out the great achievement of unification,” put emphasis on anti-foreign forces and national cooperation, reported Rodong Sinmun on Mar. 1.

Foreign Affairs

* North Korea , through its state-run media such as Korean Central News Agency and Pyongyang Broadcasting Services, continued criticizing the U.S. for “an arms race in space” and “nuclear war threats.”

*Rodong Sinmun and Korean Central News Agency, from Feb. 27 through Feb. 29, denounced that Japan ’s ambition for overseas expansion took concrete shape through production of a precision map and establishment of a permanent law regarding dispatching Self-Defense Forces overseas.

*North Korean state-run media including Korean Central News Agency along with Chosun Sinbo reported details of the New York Philharmonic’s concert in Pyongyang on Feb. 26, evaluating the event as “a prelude to the opening of a new era.”

*DPRK’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland and People’s Army Panmunjom mission announced a statement on Mar. 2 denouncing “Key Resolve” and “Foal Eagle” U.S.-ROK joint military exercises.

*Chairman Kim Jong-il visited the Chinese Embassy on Mar. 1 at the request of Liu Xiaoming, the Chinese ambassador in North Korea , who extended Chinese President Hu Jintao’s greetings to Kim, according to the Central Broadcasting Station.