North Korea Weekly (August 31 - September 6, 2009)
ROK National Intelligence Service
[Inside North Korea]
o Kim Jong-il conducted an on-site inspection of the Combined Military Unit 263 (according to a KCNA report on September 1) and various entities in Gyeongseong-gun and Myeongcheon-gun, Hamgyeongbuk-do (according to a KCNA report on September 2). In the meantime, North Korea commenced construction of 100,000 residential units in Pyongyang on August 31.
[Outside North Korea]
o On August 30, North Korea, in an unusual move, reported the results of the general election in Japan only one day after the election.
[Inter-Korean Issues]
o On August 30, Radio Pyongyang lashed out at the South Korean president, directly referring to his name.
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