【Internal Affairs】
On November 4, the North Korean media
reported that Kim Jong Un provided field guidance at the March 16
Factory.
On November 6, the North Korean media reported that the
second phase of construction of homes for scientists was completed in
Hamhung City and housewarming parties began.
On November 9, the
North Korean media reported that the National Loach Cooking Contest
was held in Pyongsong City on November 8-9.
On November 10, the
North Korean media reported that fumigation therapy was registered as
national intangible heritage in the DPRK.
【Inter-Korean Affairs】
On November 4 and 10, the North Korean
media reported that a spokesperson for the Consultative Council for
National Reconciliation, in a statement, called for an
anti-conservative campaign in response to South Korean conservatives’
support for ex-President Park Geun-hye and condemned the South for
holding the North Korean Human Rights International Film
Festival.
On November 9, the North Korean media reported that a
spokesperson for the Consultative Council for National Reconciliation,
in a Q&A session with KCNA reporters, denounced the ROK government
for announcing unilateral sanctions against North Korea (November 6).
【Foreign Affairs】
On November 4, the North Korean media
reported that a spokesperson for the DPRK Association for Human Rights
Studies, in a statement, blasted the US human rights sanctions against
North Korea and former North Korean diplomat and defector Thae
Yong-ho’s testifying before the US Congress.
On November 9, the
North Korean media reported that a spokesperson for the National
Coordinating Committee of the DPRK for Anti-Money Laundering and
Countering the Financing of Terrori**, in a Q&A session with KCNA
reporters, condemned the Financial Action Task Force for adopting a
statement on the dangers of North Korea’s proliferation financing
during its general assembly meeting on November 1-3.