| February 1. | - The North
Korean media reports on a letter and aid funds sent to China
for combatting COVID-19.
･ “Supreme Leader Comrade
Kim Jong Un sent a letter to Xi Jinping, General Secretary
of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and
President of China, regarding a fight against infectious
pneumonia resulting from coronavirus infection.”
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“According to a decision by the Political Bureau of the
Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) on
January 31, the Central Committee of the WPK sent aid funds
to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of
China.” |
| February 3-9. |
- North Korea does not enter the
third round of the 2020 AFC Women’s Olympics Qualifiers for
the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (Jeju).
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| February 9. | - South Korea
marks the second anniversary of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic
Games.
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| February 10-11. |
- The ROK and the US hold
director-level consultations (Seoul).
･ (February 10,
press briefing by the US Department of State) “It is a
US-Korea working group meeting held as part of the
consistent close cooperation with South Korea on North
Korean matters including inter-Korean cooperation and
humanitarian issues.” |
| February 10. | - South Korea
marks four years since the complete shutdown of the Gaeseong
Industrial Complex.
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| February
11. | - The ROK Ministries of
Unification and Education issue the findings of the 2019
survey of the quality of unification education at schools.
･ Targets: 69,859 persons at 598 primary, middle, and
high schools; and Survey period: October 21 – November 29,
2019. |
| February 14-16. |
- The 56th Munich Security
Conference is held (North Korea was absent).
･ U.S.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, “The United States,
too, has worked with international sanctions, global
sanctions, to prevent North Korea from continuing to develop
nuclear weapons.” (February 15, local time)
･
Regarding the Munich conference, North Korea said,
“Dependence on foreign power will not address the matters of
inter-Korean relations and guaranteeing of peace on the
Korean Peninsula.” (by the North Korean media on February
26) |
| February 18. | - The ROK Ministry of Unification
announces the establishment of the 2020 plan for support for
North Korean defectors.
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| February 24. | - An ROK-US
defense ministerial meeting is held (Washington D.C., local
time)
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| February 24. |
- The High-Level Segment of the
Conference on Disarmament is held.
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| February 26 – March 3. |
- The 1st East Asian Weightlifting Championships are
postponed (Seoul).
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| February
26. | - The ROK Ministry of
Unification announces the establishment of the 2020 plan for
unification education.
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| February 27. | - The ROK-US
Combined Forces Command postpones the “Combined Command Post
Training” military exercises.
･ The US armed forces
in Korea and the joint chiefs of staff said, “We considered
the efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 and the safety of
ROK and US soldiers a top priority.” |
| February 27-28. | - The
North Korea-US summit in Hanoi marks its first
anniversary.
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