【Internal Affairs】
On June 22, the North Korean media reported
that Kim Jong Un walked together with Chinese President Xi Jinping in
a garden, hosted a luncheon for him, and gave him a warm farewell.
On June 22, the North Korean media emphasized the importance of
quantifying business activities through scientific calculation.
On June 23, the North Korean media underscored that officials should
develop abilities for conceiving, organizing, supervising, guiding and
developing their work as mentioned by Kim Jong Un in his policy speech
in April 2019.
On June 24, the North Korean media emphasized the significance of
the election of deputies to provincial, city, and county assemblies
and encouraged the people to vote.
On June 25, the North Korean media underscored that the people
should carry on the spirit of protecting the fatherland on the
occasion of the 69th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War.
On June 27, the North Korean media called on the people to direct
all their energy into carrying out the five-year strategy for economic development.
On June 28, the North Korean media reported that the North should
win a victory on the agricultural front.
On June 28, the North Korean media reported that the Wonsan Shoes
Factory developed 70 new lines of shoes in the first half of the year.
【Inter-Korean Affairs】
On June 26, the North Korean media
condemned the South’s efforts to restore ROK-Japan relations as a
“pro-Japanese, unpatriotic act.”
On June 27, the North Korean media reported that the director of the
National Reunification Institute, in a Q&A session with
Uriminzokkiri reporters, blasted President Moon Jae-in’s remarks
during his visit to Northern Europe and urged the South to implement
the agreements made between the two Koreas.
On June 28, the North Korean media called on the South to cease all
ROK-US military exercises including the Alliance 19-2 joint military
exercises slated for August.
【Foreign Affairs】
On June 23, the North Korean media reported
that US President Donald Trump sent a letter to North Korean leader
Kim Jong Un.
On June 26, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson for
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, denounced the US’s
hostile acts and suggested that the North may use force.
On June 26, the North Korean media reported that Vice Foreign
Minister Im Chon Il met with his Russian counterpart.
On June 27, the North Korean media reported that Kwon Jong Gun, the
director of the department of North America at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, in a statement, condemned the US’s attitude toward the
negotiations and blasted the South by saying “Mind your own business.”
