| July 1 |
- The Unification Ministry
spokesperson, in a statement, announces the ROK government’s
position on “a special proposal (June 30th)” made by North
Korea’s National Defense Commission.
- He urges
Pyongyang to show its sincerity in addressing the nuclear
issue and engaging in inter-Korean dialogue and cooperation,
while pointing out the lack of sincerity in the North’s
proposal.
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| July 1 | - The Association of Inter-Korean
Historians consults a visit to the North (Gaeseong)
regarding a survey for the joint excavation of the ancient
royal palace site of Manwoldae in Gaeseong.
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| July 2 | - North
Korea fires two short-range projectiles into the East
Sea.
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| July 2 | - Gyeonggi Province and the Gyeonggi
Cultural Foundation consult a visit to the North (Gaeseong)
regarding the project to preserve a village of traditional
Korean houses (Hanok) in Gaeseong.
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| July 3 | -
The two heads of state of South Korea and
China hold a summit meeting discussing the geopolitical
issues on the Korean Peninsula, including the North Korean
nuclear issue, and mutual interests in Northeast Asia,
adopting a 「Joint Statement」. ※ Main contents of
the Joint Statement: △ Firmly oppose nuclear development on
the Korean Peninsula △ Build trust between South and North
Korea through the Trust-building Process on the Korean
Peninsula, thus developing inter-Korean relations and
establishing lasting peace, △ Address humanitarian issues,
build an infrastructure for improving the livelihood of the
people, and make efforts to restore a sense of unity, thus
contributing to achieving a peaceful unification, △ China
respects the Korean people’s yearning for a peaceful
unification on the Korean Peninsula, ultimately supporting
the realization of a peaceful unification on the
Peninsula.
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| July 3 |
- A North Korean resident crosses over
to Baekryeong Island and requests to defect to South
Korea.
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| July 4 | - Medical Aid for Children consults a
visit to the North (Gaeseong) regarding medical aid.
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| July 6 | - North Korea’s working-level military
chief of the West Sea district sends a message stating that
the North will enforce tougher regulations if South Koreans
violate the come-and-go rules regarding the Gaeseong
Industrial Complex (GIC).
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| July 7 | - The DPRK
government, in a statement, calls on the South to stop war
drills to invade the North and to respect and fulfill the
agreements between the South and the North, including the
June 15 Joint Declaration and the October 4 Declaration, and
announces that it will send a cheering squad to the Incheon
Asian Games.
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| July 7 |
- In his briefing, the Unification
Ministry spokesperson urges the North to come forward to
engage in dialogue with the South as soon as possible,
instead of repeating irrational arguments.
- With
regard to the North’s dispatching of a cheering squad, he
states a plan to consult with the Organizing Committee and
prepare necessary matters in accordance with international
practices with the position of supporting the successful
hosting of the Asian Games.
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| July 8 | - South Korea’s
working-level military chief of the West Sea district sends
a message stating that pending issues regarding the GIC,
including the maintenance of order, should be addressed
through consultations between the South and the North, not
by unilateral measures.
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| July
9 | - World Vision consults a
visit to the North (Gaeseong) regarding a joint farming
project.
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| July 9 | - Pyongyang fires two short-range
ballistic missiles into the East Sea.
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| July 11 | - The South
sends a message making a counter offer of holding
working-level talks on the South Korean side of Panmunjeom
on July 17th.
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| July 13 |
- The North fires two short-range
missiles into the East Sea.
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| July 14 | - The North fires
about 100 artillery shells into the East Sea from a location
near the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) in Goseong.
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| July 15 | - The selected members of the Presidential
Preparatory Committee for Unification are announced.
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| July 15 | - The North’s checkpoint in the GIC
unilaterally notifies the South’s GIC Management Committee
that it will enforce tougher regulations if South Koreans
violate the come-and-go rules beginning from July 18th.
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| July 17 | - South and North Korea hold working-level
talks regarding North Korea’s dispatching of athletes and a
cheering squad to the Incheon Asian Games (Panmunjeom).
- The South demands the specific explanations and
clarifications regarding the North Korean athletes and the
cheering squad participating in the Asian Games. In
response, the North unilaterally declares the collapse of
the talks and proceeds to walk out of the talks.
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| July 17 |
- The Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) accepts
North Korea as an observer.
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| July 19 | - The head of the
North Korean delegation for working-level talks issues a
statement shifting the responsibility for the collapse of
the talks to the South and threatening to reconsider its
participation in the Asian Games.
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| July 21 | - A
spokesperson of the Policy Department of the National
Defense Commission issues a statement arguing that firing a
missile is a legitimate exercise of sovereignty and that the
South should stop ROK-U.S. military exercises.
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| July 21 |
- The Unification Ministry spokesperson, in his briefing,
urges the North to come forward with a more sincere attitude
should it actually seek to participate in the Incheon Asian
Games and improve inter-Korean relations.
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| July 25 | - The
Ministry of Unification approves the Eugene Bell
Foundation’s sending of TB treatments and medicine worth 770
million won to the North.
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| July 26 | - The North fires
one short-range missile into the East Sea.
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| July 28 | - The
chairman of the DPRK Red Cross Society sends a message to
the president of the Korean Red Cross notifying it that it
will hand over a dead body presumed to be a South Korean
resident discovered on July 27th to the South via Panmunjeom
on July 30th.
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| July 29 |
- The Dhangoon National Peace and
Unification Council consults a visit to the North (Gaeseong)
regarding the hosting of a joint ceremony to celebrate the
National Foundation Day of Korea.
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| July 29 | - The Joint
Board of South and North Korea for the Compilation of
Gyeoremal Keunsajeon (Big Dictionary of the Korean People’s
Language) holds a meeting in Shenyang, China from July 29th
to August 6th.
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| July 30 |
- The South receives a South Korean
body (Panmumjeom).
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| July
30 | - The North fires four
short-range projectiles from a location near Mt. Myohyang
toward its east coast.
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| July
30 | - Cheondogyo consults a visit
to the North (Gaeseong) regarding the South-North joint
event to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the Donghak
Peasant Revolution.
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| July
31 | - North Korea’s Korean Peace
Advocacy National Committee spokesperson issues a statement
calling upon the South to stop the Ulchi-Freedom Guardian
(UFG) military exercises and threatening to attack the Blue
House.
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