| May 3 | - North Korea’s National Committee for
Peace of Korea, in a statement, denounces the agreement at
the Korean and US summits to reexamine the time to transfer
wartime operational control as a crime against the
nation.
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| May 8 | - The Ministry of Defense announces a
scientific and technical investigation on the drones,
presenting “a smoking gun” as evidence that they had been
sent by North Korea. * The analysis on
their flight paths confirmed the points of departure and
return of all three drones were regions in North
Korea.
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| May 11 |
- The inspection group of North
Korea‘s National Defense Commission, in a statement, rejects
the investigation findings by the South‘s Ministry of
Defense, reiterating the need for a joint
investigation.
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| May 12 |
- In his briefing, the Defense
Ministry spokesperson dismisses the North‘s insistence on
joint investigation by saying that it is absolutely
preposterous for the North to investigate crimes that the
North itself committed. * He strongly
pointed this out by mentioning that the North Korean
regime should be “gotten rid of."
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| May 13 |
- Regarding the May 12 statement by the Defense Ministry
spokesperson, North Korea‘s National Defense Commission
claims in an important report that the South openly showed
its ambition for unification by absorption and declared
all-out confrontation between systems, threatening a
retaliatory war.
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| May 13 |
- In a statement, the CPRK
threatens that the Blue House would not be safe unless the
Defense Ministry spokesperson and manipulators were strongly
punished.
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| May 14 | - The Ministry of Unification expresses
regret over Pyongyang‘s provocative threats and propaganda,
calling for Pyongyang to reflect on their conduct.
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| May 19 | - The CPRK secretariat claims in its
report that the Sewol ferry incident was not an accident,
but an announced murder and intentional slaughter.
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| May 20-21 | - The Minister of Unification attends the
Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measure in
Asia (CICA) Summit held in Shanghai, delivering a warning
regarding the North‘s fourth nuclear test and explaining and
calling for support for the Dresden Initiative and the
Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative.
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| May 20 |
- The president of the Korean Red Cross sends condolences
to his North Korean counterpart regarding the collapse of an
apartment in Pyeongcheon district in Pyongyang.
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| May 20 | - A
South Korean naval ship fires warning shots at two patrol
boats and one government ship from North Korea that crossed
over the NLL.
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| May 21 |
- The Southwestern Front Command of
the North Korean Army in its open media report threatens
Seoul by saying that military vessels of the South would be
the direct targets of strikes and warned that Seoul would
face military attacks without warning if it offers
provocation on the five West Sea islands.
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| May 21 | - Cardinal
Andrew Yeom Soo-jung pays a vist to the GIC.
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| May 22 |
- North Korea fires two artillery shells into waters 150m
away from a South Korean warship engaged in a routine patrol
mission 14 km southwest of Yeonpyeong Island south of the
NLL. In response, South Korean naval ships fires five shells
near a North Korean warship on patrol north of the NLL.
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| May 22 | - The chief delegate for inter-Korean
general-level military talks sends a message to its
Pyongyang counterpart sternly warning about the armed
provocation against the South‘s warship and reaffirming
Seoul would take strong measures if such provocations
continue.
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| May 23 | - The Southwestern Front Command of the
North Korean Army in its report denounces as sheer
fabrication Seoul‘s assertion that Pyongyang fired shells at
a South Korean warship on patrol.
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| May 23 | - The President
presides over a joint policy briefing by the foreign and
security ministries in relation to the North‘s armed
provocation in the Yellow Sea boundary.
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| May 23 | - Pyongyang
expresses its intention to participate in the Incheon Asian
Games (September 19-October 4).
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| May 26 | - Chinese Foreign
Minister Wang Yi visits Korea (May 26-27) to meet with
President Park and hold meetings with his South Korean
counterpart.
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| May 27 |
- The spokesperson of the Southwestern
Front Command of the North Korean Army condemns the
convening of the emergency security minister meeting held on
May 23 as a double-faced deceitful act, mentioning that the
Ministry of Defense has failed to identify the launching
point.
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| May 28 | - The ROK government declares its
acceptance of the request by the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to set up
a United Nations field office on human rights in North
Korea.
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| May 29 | - In a statement, the CPRK denounces the
statements of the Defense Ministry spokesperson and Defense
Minister Kim Kwan-jin, warning it would mete out "stern
punishment."
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| May 29 |
- North Korea and Japan agree to
reinvestigate the abduction of Japanese citizens, and ease
sanctions against Pyongyang in return for such
cooperation.
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| May 30 |
- North Korea‘s Supreme Court
sentences South Korean missionary Kim Jeong-wook, detained
in the North, to hard labor for life.
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