【Internal Affairs】
Kim Jong Un guided the men’s soccer team, which is schedule to play in the Incheon Asian Games and visited the Kosan Fruit Farm on July 24.
On July 23, North Korean designated six cities as districts of economic development and designated Shinuiju as an international economic zone.
【Inter-Korean Affairs】
On July 19, North Korean media blamed the South Korean government for the breakdown of the working-level talks on July 17, arguing that South Korea used “dirty tricks.”
On July 23, a spokesperson of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland argued that the participation of North Korean cheering squad is a golden opportunity to improve inter-Korean relations and urged the South to deal with the North with patience.
On July 24, the Secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland criticized the South Korean government for extending the term of imprisonment of a man who shouted “Long live North Korea” at the Cheongju District Court.
