【Internal Affairs】
On June 13, the North Korean media reported that Premier Kim Jae
Ryong gave field guidance at the construction site for building carbon
1 chemical industry, the Sunchon Phosphatic Fertilizer Factory, the
saltern in Yeonbaek, the Yongyu Mine, the Yoldusamcheon Farm in
Sukcheon, and the Ryongrim Co-op Farm in Mundeok.
On June 15, the North Korean media reported that Pak Pong Ju, vice
chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK)
and vice chairman of the State Affairs Commission, provided field
guidance at the construction site for building carbon 1 chemical
industry, the Chollima Steel Complex, and the Songyong Paint Factory.
On June 19, the North Korean media emphasized the role of the party
organization and praised the achievements of Kim Jong Il on the
occasion of the 56th anniversary of Chairman Kim Jong Il’s start of
work at the WPK Central Committee.
【Inter-Korean Affairs】
On June 13, the North Korean media reported that Kim Yo Jong, first
vice department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, warned
in a statement that the North would blow up the inter-Korean joint
liaison office.
On June 13, the North Korean media reported that Kwon Jong Gun,
director general of the Department of U.S. Affairs of the Foreign
Ministry of North Korea, condemned the remarks on North Korea by an
official of the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On June 15, the North Korean media denounced the South Korean
government’s measures against the scattering of anti-North Korean leaflets.
On June 16, the North Korean media reported that the General Staff
of the Korean People’s Army (KPA), in a press release, said that it
would carry through any instructions from the WPK rapidly and
thoroughly and advance again into the zones that had been
demilitarized and turn the front line into a fortress.
On June 16, the North Korean media reported that the North
demolished the inter-Korean joint liaison office in Gaeseong at 14:50.
On June 17, the North Korean media reported that Kim Yo Jong, first
vice department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, in a
statement, condemned the congratulatory speech by ROK President Moon
Jae-in on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the June 15 Joint Declaration.
On June 17, the North Korean media reported that Jang Kum Chol,
director of the United Front Department of the Central Committee of
the WPK, in a statement, denounced the Blue House’s announcement of
the results of the National Security Council meeting on the demolition
of the inter-Korean joint liaison office.
On June 17, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson for
the General Staff of the KPA, in a press release, announced that the
North is considering follow-up military measures.
【Foreign Affairs】
On June 17, the North Korean media reported that Kim Son Gyong,
vice-minister for European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
condemned the remarks made by the EU spokesperson on the demolition of
the inter-Korean joint liaison office.
On June 17, the North Korean media denounced the death of an unarmed
black man in the US by a white police officer using excessive force.