【Internal Affairs】
On May 2, the North Korean media reported that Kim Jong Un cut the
ribbon for the completion ceremony of the Sunchon Phosphatic
Fertilizer Factory.
On May 2, the North Korean media reported that Pak Pong Ju, vice
chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea
(WPK), made a speech at the completion ceremony of the Sunchon
Phosphatic Fertilizer Factory.
On May 4, the North Korean media reported that Premier Kim Jae Ryong
provided field guidance at the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex, the
Musan Mining Complex, the Chongjin Steel Works, the Puryong Ferroalloy
Factory, the construction site of Orangchon Power Station No.3, the
Myonggan Chemical Factory, the Chongjin Thermal Power Station, the
Kyongsong Insulator Factory, the Kyongsong Ceramic Factory, and the
Jungphyong Vegetable Greenhouse Farm in North Hamgyeong Province.
On May 6, the North Korean media emphasized the historic
significance of the 7th Congress of the WPK (May 2016).
On May 6, the North Korean media emphasized that the completion of
the Sunchon Phosphatic Fertilizer Factory paved the way for building a
powerful socialist country.
On May 7, the North Korean media emphasized the normalization of
production in the leading sectors of the national economy.
【Inter-Korean Affairs】
On May 8, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson for
the Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces of the DPRK, in a statement,
condemned South Korea’s combined Navy-Air Force drills.
【Foreign Affairs】
On May 6, the North Korean media reported that Kim Jong Un was
awarded a commemorative medal and a certificate from the Russian
President on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Russia’s victory
in the Great Patriotic War (World War II).
On May 8, the North Korean media reported that Kim Jong Un sent a
verbal message to Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulating him on
Beijing’s success in containing the coronavirus.
