【Internal Affairs】
On July 24-27, the North Korean media
reported that Kim Jong Un provided field guidance at the Kangwon
Provincial Tree Nursery, KPA Factory #525, the Songdowon Foodstuff
Factory, the Wonsan Disabled Soldiers’ Bag Factory, and the Fatherland
Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery; posed for a commemorative photo with
participants in the 5th Conference of War Veterans; and visited the
Martyrs Cemetery of the Chinese People’s Volunteers and laid wreaths.
On July 24, the North Korean media reported that Premier Pak Pong Ju
gave field guidance at the Pyongyang Flour Factory.
On July 21 and 25, the North Korean media reported that a rally was
held to carry out the tasks instructed by Kim Jong Un during his field guidance.
On July 21, the North Korean media reported on the progress in
construction of the Tanchon Power Station.
On July 27, the North Korean media reported that the 5th Conference
of War Veterans was held.
On July 24, the North Korean media reported that severely hot
weather was continuing across the country.
【Inter-Korean Affairs】
On July 21, the North Korean media
called on the South to acknowledge its crime against humanity
regarding the North Korean restaurant workers who defected to the
South, arguing that they should be returned to the North immediately.
On July 23, the North Korean media urged the ROK government to work
hard for an end-of-war declaration.
On July 25, the North Korean media condemned the ROK government for
being passive in improving inter-Korean relations on the pretext of sanctions.
On July 22, the North Korean media reported that the South Korean
people’s lives fell apart due to an economic crisis.
On July 22, the North Korean media reported that an inter-Korea team
won mixed doubles at the 2018 International Table Tennis Federation
Korea Open.
【Foreign Affairs】
On July 21, the North Korean media argued
that the US’s ignorance of the adoption of an end-of-war declaration
is against the spirit of the North Korea-US summit meeting.
On July 25-26, the North Korean media reported that Chinse Assistant
Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou visited the North.
On July 27, the North Korean media slammed Japanese Prime Minister
Abe’s remarks on the North.
On July 24, the North Korean media emphasized the importance and
significance of “South-South cooperation.1)”
1) South-South cooperation: Technological and economic
cooperation between developing countries, mostly in the Southern
Hemisphere, to become economically independent.
