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Weekly Report on North Korea No. 940 (April 18 to 24, 2009)

ROK Ministry of Unification

Internal Affairs

Kim Jong-Il’s public appearance during the fourth week of April – From April 18 th to 24 th - North Korean media reported Kim Jong-Il’s public appearance for once.

Nanam Colliery Machinery Plant’s development of the Technology Innovation Movement – At Nanam Colliery Machinery Plant, the Technology Innovation Movement was initiated in order to realize the facilities’ modernization based on the North’s own technology and capacity. (April 21 st, Rodong Newspaper)

The North’s opening the extended plenary cabinet meeting – The North Korean media informed that the North’s government opened the extended plenary meeting with all cabinet members attending in order to assess the People’s Economic Plan of the first quarter, the procedure measure for the plan of the second quarter, and the national execution of the budget for 2009. ( April 22 nd, 2009 , KCNA)

The North’s movement related to the 77 th anniversary of the People’s Army (April 25 th) – For the 77 th anniversary of the People’s Army, the North Korea proceeded numerous events such as the Central Report Rally celebrating the 77 th anniversary.

Inter-Korean Affairs

The North’s claim for the South Korean army’s moving an indicator of the military demarcation line – The North argued that the South recently made a military threat against it by moving an indicator of the military demarcation line. (April 22 nd, KCNA)

The North’s criticism on South Korean President on the occasion of Japanese assessment of its history textbooks – Through numerous sources of media, the North continuously criticized several times that the President Lee of the Republic of Korea neglected the issue of Japanese history textbooks (April 22 nd, Rodong Newspaper; April 23 rd, Democratic Joseon; April 24 th, Education Ministry’s spokesperson talk)

Foreign Affairs

Announcement for starting the re-processing of spent fuel rods and Assertion on the collapse of the six party talk system – Through the press conference with the spokesperson from Foreign Ministry, the North announced that it started re-processing of spent fuel rods and asserted that the system of six party talk collapsed due to the U.N. Security Council’s adoption of the presidential statement.

The North’s criticism on the U.S.’ military cooperation with the South and Japan and its demand for dissolution of the U.N. Command – The North criticized that the U.S. actualizes a collusion maneuver in terms of military with the South and Japan and asserted that the U.N. Command should be dissected.

Japan ’s lodging human rights issues and movement toward enforcement of the military power – The North claimed that Japan should resolve the abduction issue occurred during the colonial period under Japan in order to refute Japan ’s taking issue with the North Korean human right problem. The North blamed the Japanese response to its satellite launch for apparently attempting to become a military power.

The Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lavrov ’s visit to North Korea – In order to return the North Korean Foreign Minister Park Eui-Choon ’s visit, Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, visited the North from April 23 rd to 24 th, in which he had conversations with the Senior Chairperson Kim Young-Nam and the Foreign Minister Park, and delivered a letter from Medvedev, the President of Russia.