| Feb. 2. | North
Korea’s Foreign Ministry demands the U.S. to withdraw its
anti-North Korea antagonization policy (website)<br/ ･ “The
U.S. is to stop its military threat to North Korea and withdraw
its anti-North Korea antagonization policy before talking about
‘diplomatic solution’ and ‘talks’.” |
| Feb. 3. | The Korean
Minister of Foreign Affairs and the U.S. Secretary of State
engage in phone call |
| Feb.
3. | Ministers of Foreign Affairs
of Korea and Japan engage in phone call |
| Feb. 3. | North
Korea’s Foreign Ministry denounces the U.S. for bringing war
equipment in Korea (website)
･ “The U.S is turning into a
powder keg of war that threatens the peace and safety of the
Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia” and “condemns as
‘provocation’ our rightful measures to step up defense
capability. It is the height of double standard and the
intensive manifestation of anti-North Korea antagonization
policy for the U.S to repeatedly bring in new war
equipment.” |
| Feb. 4~20.
| Beijing Winter Olympic Games |
| Feb. 4. | North Korea’s Chairman Kim Jong Un sends to
China’s President Xi Jin Ping a congratulatory message for the
opening of the Beijing Olympic Games (Rodong, Central)
･
“It is another great victory for socialist China to successfully
host the Beijing Winter Olympic Games amid the global health
crisis and unprecedentedly harsh environment” |
| Feb. 4(local) | UN Security Council holds a closed-door meeting
concerning North Korea’s missile launching (Jan. 30)
･ “We
condemn this unlawful act of North Korea in the strongest words
possible.” “We call on North Korea to stop destabilizing
behavior and return to dialogue.” (Joint statement) |
| Feb. 6~7. | North Korea holds the 14th Term Supreme
People's Assembly’s 6th Conference (Feb. 8 Central, Rodong) |
| Feb. 7. | “Safety support team for North Korean Refugees”
inaugurated |
| Feb. 7. |
North Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs
has a discussion with Russian Ambassador to North Korea |
| Feb. 8. | North Korean Foreign Ministry shows off the
accomplishment of arms development such as hypersonic missile
and Hwasong-12 (website)
･ “We will be the only country on
the planet to test a missile, putting it within the reach of the
continental United States, and shake the world with gigantic
amplitude.” |
| Feb. 10. |
President Moon has a joint written
interview with Yonhap News Agency and the world’s 7 largest news
agencies (for inter-Korean relations)
･ “I have sought a
way to overcome the crisis of war and move toward peace during
my 5 year term. It is my greatest fulfillment to turn the
direction to dialogue and diplomat, instead of military
confrontation.”
･ “Commitment to talks, if any, will not
discriminate a method, in-person or virtual.” |
| Feb. 10. | The
324th meeting of the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation
Promotion Council held
･ 3 support plans of the
Inter-Korean Cooperation Fund were deliberated and passed to
support approx. KRW 57.4 billion for the companies in Gaeseong
Industrial Complex and the companies related to economic
cooperation, trade, and Mt.Geumgang |
| Feb. 10. | Defense
Ministers of South Korea-U.S.-Japan have an over-the-phone
discussion |
| Feb. 10(local)
| North Korean nuclear top envoy meeting
between Korea-U.S., Korea-Japan, and Korea-U.S.-Japan
(Honolulu) |
| Feb. 11(local)
| The U.S. National Security Council
(NSC) announces the “Indo-Pacific Strategy” (for North Korea
policy)
･ “North Korea has continued to develop the
nuclear and missile program that causes instability, and the
U.S. will seek serious and continuous talks to solve the issues
of complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and human
rights and accomplish the goal of improving life for North
Korean people.” |
| Feb.
12(local) | Korea-U.S.-Japan
foreign affair minister meeting (Honolulu) |
| Feb. 15~23 | Quintana, United Nations' Special Rapporteur on
human rights in North Korea, comes to Korea for meeting with
vice ministers of Ministry of Unification and Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and visiting border areas |
| Feb. 16. | 80th
birthday anniversary of Kim Jong Il (Day of the Shining
Star) |
| Feb. 22. | North Korea’s Chairman Kim Jong Un reportedly
sends to China’s President Xi Jin Ping verbal letter concerning
the Beijing Olympic Games (Central, Rodong)
･ “We are
crushing the blunt antagonization policy of the U.S. and its
sympathizers and their military threat and defending and
progressing a joint feat of socialism.”
< China’s
President Xi Jin Ping delivers a reply message to Chairman Kim
Jong Un (Feb. 26, Central, Roding>
o “China, under the
new situation, will work with North Korea to put the mutually
achieved critical joint recognition into action to drive a
relentless development of the China-North Korea friendly
cooperation relationship. China is willing to actively
contribute to providing happiness for the two countries and
their people and for the peace, stability, development, and
prosperity.” |
| Feb. 25. |
The 325th meeting of the Inter-Korean
Exchange and Cooperation Promotion Council held
･ Support
of △KRW 780 million for the “advancement of the DMZ integrated
system and advancement and its maintenance” △ KRW 5.48 billion
for “building the infrastructure of the DMZ Peace Road” |
| Feb. 26. | The North Korean Foreign Ministry denounces the
U.S. for its interference of domestic affairs concerning the
Ukrainian crisis (website)
･ “The Ukrainian crisis has its
root in the strong arm and abuse of power of the U.S. that has
ignored Russia’s legitimate demand for safety and was in sole
pursuit of the global hegemony and military superiority, while
depending only on the pressuring by unilateral sanctions.”, “It
is the United States’ very arrogance and double standard that
blindly drives as “injustice” and “provocation” the
self-defensive actions taken by other countries to keep them
safe.” |
| Feb. 26(local) |
The Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and
the U.S. Secretary of State engage in phone call |
| Feb. 27. | North
Korea launches one ballistic missile to the East Sea waters from
the whole area of Sunan, Pyeongyang
< NSC Standing
Committee Holds an Emergency Meeting (Feb.27) >
o
Despite that Korea and the U.S. have been patient with the
repeated missile launching by North Korea and exerted joint
efforts for diplomatic solution, North Korea fired another
ballistic missile today, against which we express deep concerns
and stern regrets.”
o “Particularly, it was pointed out
that it is not desirable at all for stabilizing peace in the
world, region, and the Koran Peninsula amid the worldwide
efforts to solve the Ukrainian war.”
o “The participants
emphasized that North Korea promptly respond to the proposal for
talks from the international society, including Korea and the
U.S., and strongly called on to immediately stop the acts that
counter to the diplomacy-mediated peaceful solution.” |
| Feb. 27(local) | UN Security Council holds a closed-door meeting
concerning North Korea’s missile launching (Feb. 27)
･
“We denounce such illegal and destabilizing acts in the
strongest words possible.”, “We call on North Korea to select a
way to diplomacy to mitigate the regional tension and further
the international peace and security.” (Joint statement) |
| Feb. 28. | North Korea’s National Aerospace Development
Administration and Academy of National Defense Science were
reported to conduct a major test for the development of
reconnaissance satellite (Feb. 27) (Central, Rodong)
･
“Vertical and oblique photography were conducted for certain
ground areas with photographing equipment, which will be
installed on reconnaissance satellite, to corroborate the
characteristics and movement accuracy of high-resolution
photographing system, data transmission system, and attitude
control equipment.” |
| Feb.
28. | President Moon gives a
congratulatory speech for the graduation and commission ceremony
for the Army’s 3rd Military Academy’s 57th graduation class (for
inter-Korean relationship)
･ “It is a strong national
defense capability that enabled to convert the North Korean
nuclear crisis to a dialogue phase and push forward the peace
process in the Korean Peninsula.” |
| Feb. 28. | The North
Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson answers concerning Ukraine
(Central)
･ “The Ukraine crisis has its root in entirety
in the policy of world hegemony by the U.S. and West that wield
the strong arm and abuse of power against other countries.” |
| Feb. 28. | Foreign affairs ministers of Korea and China
engage in virtual meeting. |
