【Internal Affairs】
On October 28, the North Korean media reported that Kim Jong Un thanked the units of the KPA which had rendered distinguished services in the recovery work in the flood-hit northern areas of North Hamgyong Province.
On October 22, the North Korean media reported that South Hamgyong Province is taking the lead in the ongoing nationwide autumn campaign for land management.
On October 25 and 26, the North Korean media reported that the 7th Congress of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea (GFTUK) was held at the People’s Palace of Culture.
【Inter-Korean Affairs】
On October 24, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country of the DPRK (CPRC), in a Q&A session with KCNA reporters, condemned the South’s “pro-North controversy” regarding the UN resolution on North Korean human rights (2007).
On October 26, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson for the Consultative Council of Former South Korean Politicians In the North for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification, in a statement, denounced the South for beginning the construction of a memorial hall for those abducted during the Korean War.
【Foreign Affairs】
From October 22 to 25, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, condemned the trilateral joint naval exercises between the ROK, the U.S., and Japan; emphasized that it will strengthen its nuclear strike force; and criticized U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s remarks on North Korea.
