【Internal Affairs】
On September 6, the North Korean media reported Kim Jong Un’s public activities that he provided field guidance on a ballistic rocket fire drill by the Hwasong artillery units of the KPA Strategic Force.
From September 6 to 8, the North Korean media reported that the North is working hard to recover from flood damage in North Hamgyong Province and that the DPRK Red Cross Society is providing emergency relief.
On September 8, the North Korean media reported that a central report meeting was held to celebrate the 68th anniversary of the founding of the DPRK (September 9).
On September 9, the North Korean media reported that the North, in a statement by the Nuclear Weapons Institute, announced that it had conducted its fifth nuclear test.
【Inter-Korean Affairs】
On September 7, the North Korean media reported that the Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland released an appeal condemning the presence of the USFK on the Korean Peninsula and calling for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from South Korea.
On September 7, the North Korean media reported that the Central Committee of the Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League released an appeal proposing a great gathering of all the young Korean people at home and abroad for reunification.
On September 8, the North Korean media reported that the South, North, and Abroad Headquarters of the Pan-National Alliance for Korea’s Reunification, in a joint resolution, instigated an “anti-U.S. fight” on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of the presence of the USFK in South Korea.
【Foreign Affairs】
From September 7 to 8, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, argued for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from South Korea on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of the USFK presence in the South (September 7) and denounced the U.S. President’s remarks on the North’s ballistic missile launch at the ASEAN Summit (September 8).
From September 6 to 7, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Q&A sessions with KCNA reporters, flatly denounced the UN Security Council’s adoption of a press statement condemning the North’s ballistic missile launch (September 6) and emphasized that North Korea will continue to bolster its nuclear force (September 7).