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Weekly Report on North Korea No. 1008 (August 9 to August 15, 2010)

ROK Ministry of Unification

Internal Affairs

North Korea enacts 3 new laws.

North Korea recently enacted “Resident Administrative Law”, “Labor Protection Law”, and a bill stipulating the principles and missions of (North) Korea’s Chamber of Commerce. (Korean Central News Agency on August 9)

Inter-Korean Affairs

NK General Staff releases a statement related to the “Ulchi Freedom Guardian.”

The North Korean General Staff insisted in a statement that the “Ulchi Freedom Guardian,” a ROK-U.S. joint war game is a war practice to invade North Korea, threatening that it will take a merciless response. . (Korean Central News Agency on August 15)

NK movements related to the “August 15 Independence Day”

North Korea held various events along with statements of related agencies such as the “Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland” on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the Independence Day.

Foreign Affairs

The fourth contact of colonel-level military officials between NK and UN Command

The fourth contact of working-level military officials (colonel-level) between North Korea and the UN Command was taken place on August 10 at Panmunjom. (Korean Central News Agency on August 10)