Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

North Korea Weekly (March 29 - April 4, 2010)

ROK National Intelligence Service

[Inside North Korea]

o On April 3, Kim Jong-il watched a performance by the Mansudae Art Troupe. On April 1, North Korea held the national rally of scientists and technicians in six years.

[Outside North Korea]

o On March 29, North Korea threatened to construct a nuclear reactor using its own nuclear fuels and denounced the adoption of a human rights resolution on North Korea by the UN Human Rights Council, declaring it a "product of political intrigues.”

[Inter-Korean Issues]

o On March 29, North Korea threatened that if the South Korean press covers the DMZ, it would lead to ‘human casualties and unpredictable consequences.’