| April 1 |
- In relation to the North‘s
condemnation (KCNA on March 31) of President Park‘s speech
in Dresden, the Unification Ministry spokesperson urges the
North to abstain from senseless behavior such as depraved
slander against diplomatic activity of the Chief of State
and act with prudence, emphasizing that the North should
constructively respond to the Dresden proposals.
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| April 6 |
- The South Korean Coast Guard rescues North Korean crew
members from a Mongolian-flagged cargo ship that sank off
the coast of South Korea‘s southern city of Yeosu on April
4. Three crew members who had been rescued and two bodies
that had been recovered from the waters are handed over to
North Korea through Panmunjom.
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| April 7 | - South Korea, the
US and Japan convene a meeting of chief delegates to discuss
the Six-Party Talks in Washington.
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| April 9 | - North Korea
holds the first session of the 13th Supreme People‘s
Assembly.
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| April 11 |
- Hwang Joon-kook, South Korea’s chief
delegate to the Six-Party Talks, visited China on April
11-12.
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| April 11 | - The Ministry of Defense announces in its
interim results of a joint investigation that it has found
several pieces of circumstantial evidence that indicate the
crashed drones were sent by North Korea.
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| April 12 | - In his
statement, North Korea‘s National Defense Commission
spokesperson denounces President Park‘s Dresden Declaration
as a theory of unification through absorption and absurd
nonsense, declaring that the South had slandered the North
by telling such lies as there being "hunger" and
"pain" in North Korea.
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| April 14 | - The CPRK
secretariat claims in its open letter that the drone
incident is an attempt to fabricate a second Cheonan
incident.
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| April 14 |
- Wu Dawei, China‘s chief delegate to
the Six-Party Talks, visits the US on April 14-17.
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| April 14 | - As regards the North‘s open letter,
Seoul‘s Defense Ministry spokesperson states in his briefing
that it was almost certain to everyone that North Korea is
responsible for the drones, calling for the North to stop
slandering the South.
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| April
15 | - An inspection group from
North Korea‘s National Defense Commission claims in an open
letter that the allegation that drones had been sent by the
North is a complete fabrication, calling for a joint
investigation into the incident.
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| April 16 | - The Defense
Ministry spokesperson in his briefing dismisses Pyongyang‘s
proposal for a joint investigation as lowbrow psychological
warfare intended to aggravate social division.
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| April 17 |
- The CPRK secretariat claims in its media report that the
National Intelligence Service of South Korea be dissolved
and its head be dismissed given the result of investigations
into a case of spying by a public servant of the city of
Seoul (announced on April 14).
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| April 17 | - The UN Security
Council holds meetings to take countermeasures against the
crimes against humanity committed by the North Korean
regime.
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| April 19 | - In his answer to a question asked by a
KCNA reporter, North Korea‘s Foreign Ministry spokesperson
states, "The US is thoughtlessly making an anti-DPRK
fuss with human rights to mobilize its followers."
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| April 21 | - Regarding President Obama‘s trip to
Asia, North Korea‘s Foreign Ministry warns in a statement
that North Korea would redouble its efforts to bolster
deterrence in the interest of self defense as long as the US
is hostile toward North Korea.
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| April 21 | - In his answer
to a question concerning the installation of a United
Nations field office on human rights in North Korea, a CPRK
spokesperson states that the incident is considered to be a
significant provocation that insults and ridicules the North
Korean people and system, warning that the South would pay a
miserable price since the North considers it a declaration
of war.
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| April 22 |
- Seoul, in a message sent by the
Secretariat of the South-North Joint Committee for GIC,
proposes working-level meetings to discuss come-and-go and
communications on April 29.
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| April 23 | - The chairman of
the Central Committee of the North Korean Red Cross Society
sends a message to the president of the Korean Red Cross
offering condolences for the victims of the Sewol ferry
sinking.
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| April 23 |
- The CPRK sends an open letter of
questions to President Park asking whether she wants
improvement of inter-Korean relations or confrontation,
unification or division, and peace or war, shifting the
responsibility for strained inter-Korean relations to the
South.
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| April 24 | - In relation to the sinking of the Sewol
ferry, the North‘s National Reconciliation Council sends a
message to the Korean Council for Reconciliation and
Cooperation stating it extends its heartfelt condolences for
the grievous accident.
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| April
24 | - The North Side Committee
for Implementing the June 15 Joint Declaration sends a
message to the South Side Committee expressing deep sorrow
over the sinking of the Sewol Ferry and conveying sincere
condolences.
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| April 25 |
- At the Korea-US Summit, the two
countries confirm solid cooperation over North Korea and its
nuclear issues.
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| April
27 | - The CPRK, in a statement,
slanders President Park in relation to the Korea-US Summit
and warns the North would never condone anyone who defies
the dignity and systems of the DPRK as well as its policy of
simultaneously pursuing economic and nuclear
development.
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| April 28 |
- The Ministry of Unification
spokesperson states that the CPRK statement represents
immoral conduct that the North continues to swear and
bombard with unspeakable words in breach of the agreement on
the cessation of slander, calling for the North to break
away from such senseless acts and opt for the way of
national unity and co-prosperity.
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| April 28 | - North
Korea‘s National Defense Commission, in a statement, warns
that the North may engage in such actions as testing of
boosted fission weapons or new ICBMs.
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| April 29 | - North Korea
conducts live-fire artillery drills near the western sea
from 14:00 and fired about 50 shells (No shells landed in
South Korean territorial waters).
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| April 30 | - The North‘s
Foreign Ministry says in his statement that the March 30
declaration that a new form of nuclear test is not ruled out
has no time limitation.
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| April 30 | - Regarding the
return of cultural properties of the Joseon Dynasty by the
US, the CPRK secretariat in its media report condemns the US
stating that the US starting an argument by saying that
North Korea plundered the cultural properties is a shameless
scheme and another vicious provocation.
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