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Weekly Report on North Korea No. 911 (September 29 to October 5, 2008)

ROK Ministry of Unification

Internal Affairs

• North Korean state-media including Korea Central News Agency and Central Broadcasting TV reported that Kim Jong-il was present at a soccer game that occurred around the 62 nd anniversary of the foundation of Kim Il Sung University(October 1).

• The DPRK reported that they held the ceremony for the completion of Youth No. 1 Power Plant of the Yeseong River while Kim Yong-il, head of the DPRK government was present.
• Central Broadcasting Station, October 3

• The ground-breaking ceremony of the Rajin-Hasan railway and the ceremony to celebrate the reconstruction of the Rajin port were held at the Chosun-Russia friendship tower in Raseon City .
• Korean Central News Agency, October 4

Inter-Korean Affairs

• The DPRK authority reported that it protested against the distribution of leaflets from South Korea at the inter-Korean working-level military meeting held at Panmunjeon on October 2.
• Central Broadcasting Station, Pyongyang Broadcasting Services and Central Broadcasting TV, October 2

• In order to mark the first anniversary of the October 4 Summit Declaration in 2007, North Korea held the central reporting session (Central Broadcasting Station, October 3). It also urged the implementation of the declaration and encouraged resistance against the ROK government through major media including Rodong Sinmun, Democratic Chosun, Pyongyang Broadcasting Services and the online medium By Our Nation Itself on October 4.

Foreign Affairs

• North Korea criticized Japan ’s movements for strengthening its military force and outward expansion.

• Upon the 55 th anniversary of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the South Korea and the U.S. , North Korea criticized the treaty and the U.S. movements to expand its military power in the Asia-Pacific region.