【Internal Affairs】
On June 8, the North Korean media reported that Kim Jong Un presided
over the 13th Political Bureau Meeting of the 7th Central Committee of
the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK).
On June 6, the North Korean media reported that Premier Kim Jae
Ryong provided field guidance at various units including the
construction site of the Chongchongang-Phyongnam Irrigation Waterway,
the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex, the Anju Pump Factory, the Taean
Heavy Machine Complex, and the Jangsan Electrical Appliances Factory.
On June 9, the North Korean media called for improvement of class education.
【Inter-Korean Affairs】
On June 6, the North Korean media condemned the South for sending
anti-North Korean leaflets.
On June 8, the North Korean media reported that the North would
sternly respond to scattering of the anti-North Korean leaflets, which
have triggered the collapse of inter-Korean relations
On June 9, the North Korean media reported that the North will
completely cut off all communication lines between the two Koreas from
12:00 p.m. on June 9, 2020.
On June 11, the North Korean media, in an editorial, asserted that
there is a limit to the good will and tolerance… that enemies are
enemies after all, and they will experience due punishment (The
dignity of our supreme leadership is the lifeblood and mental pillar
of our people).
On June 12, 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, blasted the Blue House’s position on the
scattering of anti-North Korean leaflets.
【Foreign Affairs】
On June 7, the North Korean media expressed support for China’s
measures in Hong Kong.
On June 11, the North Korean media reported that Kwon Jong Gun,
director-general of the Department of U.S. Affairs of the Foreign
Ministry, in a Q&A session with KCNA reporters, condemned the
statement by the US Department of State.
On June 11, the North Korean media reported that a spokesperson for
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a Q&A session with KCNA
reporters, denounced the UN Secretary of General for expressing
positions on the latest inter-Korean relations.
On June 12, the North Korean media reported that Foreign Minister Ri
Son Gwon, in a statement marking the second anniversary of the June 12
Summit between North Korea and the US, said that the North’s strategic
objective is to build a reliable force to manage the long-term
military threats from the US.