【Internal Affairs】
On May 25, the North Korean media underscored the importance of the
establishment of socialist moral ethos.
On May 26, the North Korean media emphasized the people-first principle.
On May 27, the North Korean media reported that Premier Kim Jae
Ryong provided field guidance at the Pukchang Thermal Power Complex,
the East Pyongyang Thermal Power Plant, the Sungri Motor Complex, and
in Pyeongyang on city management.
On May 27, the North Korean media reported that production of steel
products was normalized.
On May 28, the North Korean media reported on the progress in the
construction of the Orangchon Power Station.
On May 30, the North Korean media underscored the importance of
propaganda programs.
On May 30, the North Korean media maintained that a stern judgment
of the revolution should be meted out to factions perpetrating
anti-party, counter-revolutionary acts while emphasizing loyalty to
Suryeong (leader).
On May 30, the North Korean media urged the people to take measures
to secure sufficient water.
On May 31, the North Korean media called on the people to fight
against non-socialist phenomena.
【Inter-Korean Affairs】
On May 25, the North Korean media condemned the ROK military’s
participation in the Global Thunder military exercise conducted by the
US Strategic Command.
On May 25, the North Korean media reported that the Committee for
the Peaceful Reunification of the Country (CPRC), in a bill of
indictment, denounced the Liberty Korea Party of South Korea.
On May 25, the North Korean media argued that the South Korean
government’s humanitarian assistance is a “subsidiary issue.”
On May 26, the North Korean media blasted the strengthening of
cooperation between the South and the US, including a meeting between
President Moon and commanders of the US Forces Korea (USFK) and the
South Korean military at Cheongwadae (Blue House).
On May 27, the North Korean media reported that the South enforced
the provocative “Ulchi Taeguk Exercise.”
【Foreign Affairs】
On May 25, the North Korean media reported the arrival of the wheat
donated to the DPRK through the WFP by the government of the Russian Federation.
On May 26, the North Korean media reported that a missing Japanese
suspected of having been abducted by the North was found, criticizing
the Japanese argument that North Korea abducted Japanese nationals.
On May 27, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson for
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a Q&A session with KCNA
reporters, blasted the comment on “violation of UN Security Council
resolutions” by US National Security Adviser John Bolton.
On May 28, the North Korean media reported that a Chinese
businessperson visiting the North, in a contribution, lauded the
friendship between North Korea and China and “assistance for the North
to fight against the US.”
On May 29, the North Korean media reported that the Policy Research
Director of the Institute for American Studies of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, in a statement, condemned the US for seeking a
“strength-based solution to issues.”
On May 29, the North Korean media denounced the US-Japan summit meeting.