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Weekly Report on North Korea No. 910 (September 22 to 28, 2008)

ROK Ministry of Unification

Internal Affairs

• Kim Young-nam, the Standing Committee Chairman of the Supreme People’s Assembly, met Bruno Lafont, CEO of France’s Lafarge and Nassef Sawiris, CEO of Egypt’s Osram Telecom.
• Korean Central News Agency, September 24

• The North Korea-Singapore regular charter flight launched on September 17 is scheduled to be in operation until October 2.
• Radio Free Asia , September 25

• The DPRK authority reported that the Supung Power Plant showed great achievements thanks to the hard work of the workers for the modernization of the facilities.
• Central Broadcasting Station, September 25

• The DPRK closed the 11 th Pyongyang International Film Festival on September 26 and the Chinese feature film “Assembly” won the award for best film.
• Central Broadcasting Station, September 25

• Chosun Shinbo covered from the start to end of the fourth Pyongyang Autumn International Trade Fair on September 29.

Inter-Korean Affairs

• The DPRK criticized the ROK’s Ministry of Unification through a commentary titled “An Organization for Disruption with a Front of Unification.”
• Rodong Sinmun , September 27

• The DPRK criticized ROK’s military exercises and the Lee Myung-bak government through a commentary of an editorial writer specializing in military issues titled “Reveal the Risks Posed by the Military Exercise Leading to Confrontation and Warfare.”
• Rodong Sinmun , September 23

Foreign Affairs

• The DPRK criticized the joint military exercise and the strengthened alliance between ROK and the U.S. , citing them as the U.S. ’s military pressure on North Korea and anti-North Korea policy.

• The DPRK criticized Japan for claiming its sovereignty over Dokdo and the the Yasukuni Shrine visits by the extreme rightists through commentaries published in Pyongyang Broadcasting Services and Central Broadcasting Station.

• The DPRK maintained its position on the nuclear issue as shown in the remarks of the U.N. General Assembly keynote speech by Vice Foreign Minister Park Gil-yon who said that the U.S. ’s demand for verification according to allegedly international norms could not be acceptable.