【Internal Affairs】
On September 5-6, the North Korean media
reported that Kim Jong Un visited the mortuary of Ju Kyu Chang, a
former defense minister who was sanctioned by the US Treasury
Department in 2013 for his suspected role in the regime’s nuclear and
missile development programs, and met South Korean President Moon
Jae-in’s special envoy delegation and posed for a commemorative photo
with them.
On September 3 and 5, the North Korean media reported that Choe
Ryong Hae, vice chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK,
provided field guidance at numerous units in Kangwon Province, the
Mangyongdae Chicken Farm, and the 927 Chicken Farm.
On September 3, the North Korean media reported on the progress in
the project for sprucing up Samjiyon County.
On September 1, the North Korean media encouraged the people to step
up the dynamic campaign for increased production by creating a model.
On September 5, the North Korean media maintained that “we will
build an economic powerhouse through our own strength.”
【Inter-Korean Affairs】
On September 7-8, the North Korean
media reported that the Information Bureau of the Central Committee of
the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front (AINDF), in a
statement, called on the South to punish the US armed forces in Korea
and withdraw the US troops from the Korean Peninsula, in an effort to
instigate an anti-US campaign.
On September 3, the North Korean media emphasized the independence
of the Korean people in the implementation of the Panmunjeom Declaration.
【Foreign Affairs】
On September 4, the North Korean media
reported that the director of the Disarmament and Peace Institute of
the DPRK Foreign Ministry argued for the adoption of an end-of-war
declaration on the homepage of the ministry.
On September 4, the North Korean media demanded that the US stop
interfering in inter-Korean relations.
On September 6, the North Korean media denounced the US’s insistence
on denuclearization first and called on the US to adopt a declaration
ending the Korean War.
On September 1, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson
for the Association of Korean Victims of Forcible Drafting and Their
Bereaved Families, in a statement, blasted Japan on the occasion of
the 95th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake.
