| February 1 | The
Office of National Security established and released the Yook
Suk Yeol administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy |
| February 2 | Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un gave field guidance
to Nampho Dockyard (Rodong/KCNA) |
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February 2 | The DPRK fired
several cruise missiles into the West Sea |
| February 3 | The
Ministry of Unification unveiled the symbol of forget-me-nots
representing abductees, detainees, and prisoners of war at the
Seoul Fashion Week |
| February
6 | The Ministry of Unification
made the Status Report on North Korean Economy and Society to
the public for the first time |
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February 7 | Supreme Leader
Kim Jong Un gave field guidance to Regional Industrial Factories
in Kimhwa-gun, Gangwon-do (Rodong/KCNA) |
| February 7 | Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly held
the 30th plenary meeting of the 14th Central Committee of the
WPK and abolished the law of the DPRK on north-south economic
cooperation, the law on the special zone for international tours
of Mt. Geumgang, and agreements on north-south economic
cooperation (February 8, Rodong/KCNA) |
| February 11 | The
Academy of Defense Sciences of the DPRK claimed the successful
development of a new controllable shell and ballistic control
system (February 12, KCNA) |
|
February 14 | The DPRK fired
several cruise missiles over waters northeast of Wonsan
(KCNA) |
| February 14 |
The ROK established diplomatic relations
with Cuba |
| February 15
| Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un gave field
guidance to a major munitions factory (KCNA) |
| February 15 | The
spokesperson for the Korea Association for Human Rights Studies
slammed the international community for pointing out North
Korean human rights issues (KCNA) |
| February 15 | Statement by Kim Yo Jong, the vice department
director of the Central Committee of the WPK, on Japanese Prime
Minister Kishida’s remarks on DPRK-Japan relations (KCNA)
< Statement by the Ministry of Unification (February
15) >
o “The ministry is keeping an eye on the recent
DPRK-Japan relations, and closely communicating about the North
with the U.S. and Japan.” |
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February 16 | The DPRK held
celebrations for the 82nd anniversary of Kim Jong Il’s birth
(February 17, Rodong/KCNA) |
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February 17 | The DPRK's KCNA
commentary slammed the U.S. and ROK’s joint reconnaissance
activities as a provocation (Rodong/KCNA) |
| February 17 | Missions of the Republic of Korea, the United
States, and Japan issued a Joint Statement commemorating the
ten-year anniversary of the UN Report of the Commission of
Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea |
| February 18 | A researcher of the Institute for American
Studies of the DPRK Foreign Ministry claimed that “the
Indo-Pacific strategy of the U.S. is driving disturbance in the
region” (KCNA) |
| February
20 | Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un was
presented with a car made in Russia for his personal use by
Russian President Putin (Rodong/KCNA)
< Statement by the Ministry of Unification (February
20) >
o “We condemn North Korea for its brazen
attitude of publicly revealing the violation of the UN
sanctions. Russia should also be aware of its responsibility as
a permanent member of the UNSC and stop acts that undermine
international norms.” |
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February 20 | The spokesperson
of NATO “strongly condemned the DPRK's support for Russia’s war”
after Russia fired North Korean missiles |
| February 21 | The
spokesperson for the UN International Labour Organization (ILO),
“DPRK workers are subjected to forced labor in some ILO member
states” |
| February 22 |
Commentary condemning the U.S. Special
Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues traveling to the ROK
and Japan (February 12 to 22) (Rodong/KCNA) |
| February 23 | Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un attended the
ground-breaking ceremony for the third-stage 10,000 flats
construction project held in the Hwasong area (February 24,
Rodong/KCNA) |
| February 23
| Remarks by the vice minister for
International Organizations of the DPRK Foreign Ministry
condemning the U.S. exercising the veto on the “resolution on
the enforcement of ceasefire between Israel and Hamas”
(KCNA) |
| February 23 |
The DPRK's KCNA commentary condemned the
U.S. for “exercising the veto on the resolution on the
enforcement of ceasefire between Israel and Hamas”
(Rodong/KCNA) |
| February 23
(Local) | The Financial Action Task
Force (FATF) identified the DPRK as a high-risk jurisdiction for
financing terrorism for 14 consecutive years (Paris) |
| February 24 | The G7 leaders issued a joint statement
decrying the DPRK’s exports of weapons to Russia |
| February 26 | A
delegation from the Federal Foreign Office of Germany visited
the DPRK for the first time since its embassy was shuttered
during the pandemic, making it the first Western visit after the
pandemic |
| February 28 |
President Yoon delivered congratulatory
remarks at a commissioning ceremony for the Reserve Officer’s
Training Corps, “The DPRK is most likely to conduct various
provocations and psychological warfare ahead of April’s general
election. The military must unite with the public to firmly
defeat the regime’s scheme to sway the ROK” |
| February 28 | Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un attended a
ground-breaking ceremony for regional industry factories in
Songchon-gun, Pyeongannam-do (February 29, Rodong/KCNA) |
