Date: Monday, April 21, 2025
Time: 10:30-10:32 A.M.
1. Minister’s Schedule
Minister Kim Yung Ho will attend the cabinet meeting on April 22 at
10 A.M.
On April 23, at 3 P.M., Minister Kim will attend the plenary session
of the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs & Unification Committee.
2. Vice Minister’s Schedule
Vice Minister Kim Soo Kyung will attend the vice ministers’
conference on April 24 at 9 A.M.
On April 25, at 10 A.M., Vice Minister Kim will visit a
single-parent household of a North Korean defector to offer words of
comfort on the occasion of ‘family month.’
* The month of May in Korea is often referred to as ‘family month’
with Children’s Day and Parents’ Day celebrated on May 5th and 8th respectively.
3. Q&A
Q. North Korean state media reported today that a friendly gathering
between Russian and North Korean youth was held in Pyeongyang. The
report mentioned that the youth will be eternally united as comrades
and will be invincible. Could this exchange be related to the North’s
dispatch of troops to Russia? Also, has there been similar exchanges
in the past?
A. There is no particular comment to offer regarding your question.
Whether the North and Russia have had such exchanges in the past needs
to be looked into. However, given the recent exchanges and cooperation
between the two sides, the event does not seem especially unusual.
