Date: Friday, February 17, 2012
Time: 10:32~10:38
1. Minister’s Schedule
Minister Yu will take part in an academic forum hosted by Korea Institute for National Unification aimed at celebrating 20th anniversary of Inter-Korean Basic Agreement signed in 1992 to give congratulatory speech.
Around 120 panels including former Prime Minister Chung Won-sik and former Vice Unification Minister Kim Hyung-ki are expected to attend the forum to discuss historical meaning of the inter-Korean agreement.
2. Situation in North Korea
Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Worker’s Party designated designated Chairman Kim Jong-il’s birthday dubbed Kwangmyongsong Day through its special report on Jan. 12th. North Korea commemorated the 70th birthday of late Kim Jong-il with nationwide events by Feb. 16th.
