North Korea Weekly (April 20 - 26, 2009)
ROK National Intelligence Service
[Inside North Korea]
o On April 20, North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported, “Mass rallies hailing the successful launch of Gwangmyeongseong II were held in major cities and counties including the cities of Kim Chaek and Naseon and the counties of Samjiyeon and Onseong.”
o On April 21, KCNA said, “Kim Jong-il watched a performance by the 10215 Military Unit Art Propaganda Troupe.”
[Outside North Korea]
o On April 23-24, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited North Korea. He met Kim Yeong-nam, chairman of the Presidium of the North Korean Supreme People’s Assembly, and discussed such issues as bilateral relations and the six-party talks.
[Inter-Korean Issues]
o On April 22, North Korea argued through KCNA, “The South Korean armed forces made a military provocation by moving a marker along the Military Demarcation Line closer to the area of the DPRK.” North Korea also threatened, “If South Korea does not immediately replant the marker where it originally was, North Korea will take self-defensive measures.”
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