【Internal Affairs】
On September 7 and 11, the North Korean
media reported that Kim Jong Un posed for a photo with the
participants in the 14th National Conference of Teachers, gave field
guidance at the test-firing of a super-large multiple rocket launcher,
and expressed his appreciation to the officials, scientists, and
technicians in defense science research.
On September 7, the North Korean media reported that the North took
emergency measures to minimize the damage from Lingling, this year’s
13th typhoon.
On September 8, the North Korean media reported that the State
Emergency Disaster Committee had reported five deaths and three
injuries due to Typhoon Lingling.
On September 13, the North Korean media reported that the leading
officials of the Party, government, and armed forces laid wreaths at
the Revolutionary Martyrs’ Cemetery on Mt. Taesong, the Patriotic
Martyrs’ Cemetery in Sinmi-ri, and the Fatherland Liberation War
Martyrs’ Cemetery on the occasion of Chuseok.
On September 13, the North Korean media reported that Premier Kim
Jae Ryong provided field guidance at the Kim Jong Tae Electric
Locomotive Complex and the Pyongyang Bearing Factory.
【Internal Affairs】
On September 7, the North Korean media
condemned the South Korean military for increasing its defense budget.
【Foreign Affairs】
On September 8, the North Korean media
denounced the US-Japan joint naval exercises.
On September 9, the North Korean media reported that the leaders of
China, Russia, Cuba, Singapore, and Syria sent congratulatory messages
to Kim Jong Un on the occasion of the 71st founding anniversary of the DPRK.
On September 9, the North Korean media quoted First Vice Foreign
Minister Choe Son Hui as saying that the North is willing to have the
working-level negotiations with the US in late September.
On September 9, the North Korean media slammed Japan’s top court for
dismissing a damages claim filed over the government’s decision to
exclude pro-North Korean schools from its tuition-free program for
high schools.
On September 10, the North Korean media criticized the US’s response
to the end of the General Security of Military Information Agreement
between South Korea and Japan.
On September 10, the North Korean media reported that Ri Su Yong,
vice-chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), met with the vice
president of Laos.
