【Internal Affairs】
On September 30, the North Korean media reported that Kim Jong Un
provided field guidance at Farm No. 1116 under Unit 810 of the Korean
People’s Army (KPA).
On September 30, the North Korean media reported that Choe Ryong
Hae, a member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central
Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), made a field survey of
the Pyongyang Sports Goods Factory.
On October 1, the North Korean media reported that a variety of
cultural events including an art performance by the elderly in
Pyongyang were held on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons.
On October 6, the North Korean media reported that an event to taste
apples produced at orchards across the country took
place.
【Inter-Korean Affairs】
On October 6, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson
for the Korean Peace Advocacy National Committee, in a statement,
called for an anti-American and anti-war campaign on the occasion of
the 64th anniversary of the signing of ROK-US Mutual Defense Treaty
(October 1,1953).
【Foreign Affairs】
On September 30, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson
for the Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, in a statement, condemned
the US policy on North Korea (signing of an executive order on
unilateral North Korea sanctions, passing a bill to reauthorize the
North Korean Human Rights Act, deploying B-1B strategic bombers, etc.)
and issued threats.
On October 2, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson
for the Consultative Council for National Reconciliation, in a
statement, blasted the US policy on North Korea (executive order on
unilateral North Korea sanctions, discussion on the deployment of US
strategic military assets to the Korean Peninsula, extension of the
North Korean Human Rights Act, etc.) and called for an anti-American campaign.
On October 2, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson
for the DPRK-Europe Association, in a statement, slammed the British
Defense Minister’s remarks on North Korea (joining the efforts to stop
North Korea’s nuclear programs with the Trump administration) and
issued threats.