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South-North Relations

Weekly Report on North Korea

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Weekly Report on North Korea from July 29 to August 4, 2017 (No. 1372)

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2017-08-04
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【Internal Affairs】

From July 29 to 31, the North Korean media reported that Kim Jong Un provided field guidance for the second test launch of the Hwasong-14 and attended a banquet celebrating the successful test launch.
 
On July 31, the North Korean media reported the holding of a World Hepatitis Day event at the People’s Palace of Culture.
 
On August 2, the North Korean media reported that a national sci-tech presentation on earthquakes and volcanos was held in Samjiyon, Ryanggang Province.
 
 【Inter-Korean Affairs】

From July 29 to August 3, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson for the Consultative Council for National Reconciliation, in statements, condemned the ROK government’s North Korea strategy in its five-year plan for state affairs and the ROK government’s response to the second test launch of the Hwasong-14.

On July 29, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson for the Korean Peace Advocacy National Committee, in a statement, blasted the ROK government’s decision to not open to the public the documents regarding the THAAD deployment and the ROK President’s order to deploy four additional THAAD launchers. 

On August 3, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson for the Korean Council of Religionists, in a statement, expressed support for the demonstrations demanding the withdrawal of the THAAD system and called for an ongoing anti-THAAD campaign.

On August 3, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson for the Central Committee of the Korean Social Democratic Party, in a statement, denounced the South Korean conservative opposition parties for calling on the government to respond firmly to the second test launch of the Hwasong-14.

【Foreign Affairs】

On August 2, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, threatened the US regarding the second test launch of the Hwasong-14.

From August 1 to 4, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Q&A sessions with KCNA reporters, condemned the US Congress for passing a North Korea, Iran, and Russia sanctions bill; the US’s robust military response to the second test launch of the Hwasong-14 (the ROK-US joint ballistic missile drill, a joint air interdiction operation by two B-1B strategic bombers, etc.); the US President’s signing of a law imposing sanctions on Russia, Iran, and North Korea and the law’s entry into force; and the US government’s ban on travel to North Korea.

On August 2, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson for the Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, in a statement, slammed the US regarding the second test launch of the Hwasong-14 and urged the US to change its policy on North Korea.