【Internal Affairs】
On February 13 and 16, the North Korean media
reported that Kim Jong Un was briefed on the results of the high-level
delegation’s visit to the South and posed for a photo with the
delegation; posed for a photo with members of the Samjiyon Orchestra;
and visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on the occasion of the Day
of the Shining Star.
On February 13, the North Korean
media reported that Choe Ryong Hae, vice chairman of the Workers’
Party of Korea, visited sites in South Hwanghae
Province.
On February 12, the North Korean media reported
that Premier Pak Pong Ju provided field guidance at the Wonsan-Kalma
coastal tourist area, now under construction.
On February
15, the North Korean media reported that a ceremony for the completion
of a long-distance belt conveyor was held at the Namyang Coal Mine of
the Tokchon Area Coal-Mining
Complex.
【Inter-Korean Affairs】
On February
10 and 13-15, the North Korean media reported on the North’s
participation in the PyeongChang Winter
Olympics.
【Foreign Affairs】
On February 10,
the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson for the Korea
Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, in a statement, condemned the US’s 2018
Nuclear Posture Review.
On February 11, the North Korean
media blasted the Trump administration’s debate over a “bloody nose”
strike on North Korea.
On February 13, the North Korean
media reported that the director of the Disarmament and Peace
Institute of the Foreign Ministry, in a statement, denounced recent
remarks on North Korea by the US and Japan for spoiling the spirit of
reconciliation between South and North Korea.
On February
14, the North Korean media reported that the National Reunification
Institute, in a bill of indictment, slammed the US for impeding
progress in inter-Korean relations and unification of the Korean
Peninsula.
On February 14 and 16, the North Korean media reported that
North Korea’s Permanent Mission to the UN, in a press statement,
condemned the US government’s response to the UN Economic and Social
Council’s rejection of an application for consultative status for the
US Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, a Washington D.C.-based
non-governmental research organization, and called for the
verification of legitimacy of UNSC sanctions on North
Korea.
On February 15, the North Korean media reported
that the director of the press office of the Institute for American
Studies, affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a
statement, denounced the US for highlighting Otto Warmbier’s death to
step up its anti-DPRK propaganda.
