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Weekly Report on North Korea No. 907 (September 1 to 7, 2008)

ROK Ministry of Unification

Internal Affairs

North Korea issued a government order to make commemorative coins to celebrate the 60 th anniversary of its founding.

• Korean Central News Agency, September 8

Russian Railways announced on September 9 that it would start construction of North Korea-Russia railways and renovation and modernization on October 3.

Nalgae shoes manufactured in Pyongyang Shoes Factory have been receiving rave reviews from consumers.

• Chosun Shinbo , September 11

Inter-Korean Affairs

North Korea criticized the six months of the Lee Myung-bak administration’s operation, quoting critical reviews of some South Korean media.

• Rodong Daily , September 4

Foreign Affairs

North Korea emphasized the declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that said it would stop disabling its nuclear program (August 26) and expressed again that it would not accept the U.S.’s request for stringent measures to verify the declaration of its nuclear program through commentaries published in Chosun Shinbo.

North Korea reported the visit of Bouasone Bouphavanh, Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic from August 30 to September 2 through state-media including Central Broadcasting Station and Pyongyang Broadcasting Services in a detailed manner.

North Korea criticized Japan for its movement toward military expansion and its evasion of liquidating the past through commentaries published in Korean Central News Agency and Democratic Chosun.

North Korea criticized the comments made by the Commander of the Eighth U.S. Army stationed in Korea and the U.S. army for massacre of civilians through commentaries published in Rodong Daily and Korean Central News Agency.