CHRONOLOGY: NORTH KOREA NOVEMBER 1986

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December 16, 1986
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 , ~-I LC 25X1 Central Intelligence Agency AFQ& Arm Washington. D. C.20505 DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE November 1986 31 October- KWP Secretary for International Affairs Hwang Chang-yop and 8 November delegation visit Angola at invitation of MPLA-Labor Party Central Committee; meet with President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and hold official talks with Secretary of State Juliao Mateus Paulo Dino Matros. (Luanda Domestic Service in Portuguese 31 October 1986) 1 November The Mongolian Embassy in P'yongyang marks 30th anniversary of economic-cultural cooperation agreement; Foreign Minister Kim Yong-nam and Vice Premier Kim Pok-sin attend. (KCNA 2 November 1986) Representatives from China, North Korea, Mongolia, and the Soviet Union conclude seven-day timetable-setting session in Ulaanbaatar for new rail service from P'yongyang to Moscow; This memorandum was prepared by I I Office of East Asian Analysis. Information available as of 16 December 1986 was used in its preparation. Comments and queries are welcome and may be directed to the Chief, Korea, Northeast Asia, OEA, DATE f Fist DOC NO ,4l fo -o?a/ 7&A OIR .3 P & PD_1 EA M 86-20178 A 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 November 1986) sign 1987-89 protocol on the international train service timetable. (Beijing Xinhua Domestic Service in Chinese 2 1-3 November Deputy Chairman of Council of State Tadeusz Mlynczak, heading Polish Democratic Party delegation, concludes visit to North Korea; meets with Kim II-song and tours P'anmunjom, meeting with members of Polish military mission there. (Warsaw Domestic Service in Polish 1 November 1986; Warsaw Domestic Service in Polish 3 November 1986) Yon Hvong-muk, and 0 Kuk-yol. (KCNA 2 November 1986) Election of deputies to Eighth Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) proceeds in usual joyous fashion; Kim II-song casts vote in local precinct accompanied by Kim Chong-il, Ho Tam, Representing North Korean and Bulgarian Academies of Sciences, Vice Presidents Pak Yong-hyop and Dimitr Shopov sign 1986-90 scientific cooperation Ian in Pyongyang. (KCNA 3 November 1986) Socialist Party. (KCNA 4 November 1986) KWP Secretary Ho Tam meets with Taiji loka, leader of delegation of Osaka Prefectural Headquart ers of Japan 1986) P'yongyang marks 57th anniversary of Kwangju student incident. Students commemorate event at rally in Central Hall of League of Socialist Working Youth (LSWY); Choe Tok-sin, Deputy Chairman of Committee for Peaceful Reunification of Fatherland, and Chong Tu-hwan, Presidium Member of Central Committee of Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, are among those present. (KCNA 4 November 1986) North Korea denounces the breaking of diplomatic relations with Syria by the United Kingdom, according to Syrian press reports. (Damascus Domestic Service in Arabic 4 November students. (KCNA 5 November 1986) Meeting at People's Palace of Culture marks 40th anniversary of founding of Kumsong Political University; Vice President Yim Ch'un-ch'u reads congratulatory message to faculty and Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 Vice President Yim Ch'un-ch'u meets with Indian Buddhist delegation headed by R.S. Gavai, Vice President of World Fellowship Buddhists. (KCNA 5 November 1986) Director of Resources Development Department of Electric Industry Ministry denounces South Korean opposition to Kumgangsan power plant project and claims the proposed dam has only peaceful, energy-producing objectives. P' on ang Domestic Service in Korean 4 November 1986) In interview with Moscow's Tass correspondent, Culture and Art Minister Chang Ch'ol elaborates on Kim 11-song 's recent visit to Soviet Union, and announces expansion and develop of cultural exchanges. (KCNA 5 November 1986) 5 November Ambassador to Cuba Pak Yong-se and Cuban Academy of Sciences Vice President Carlos Gomes sign 1986-90 scientific cooperation plan between Academies of Sciences in Havana. (KCNA 9 November 1986) Hungarian press releaseg interview with Olympic Committee Deputy Chairman Kim Tuk-chun. Kim reveals that while cohosting should be shared equally, North Korea would find seven or eight events acceptable; rejects current IOC proposal. (Budapest Magyar Hirlap in Hungarian 5 November 1986) Vice President Yi Chong-ok, heading a KWP delegation to Nicaragua, stops off in Cuba and meets with Cuban Politburo Member Jorge Risquet. (Havana Television Service in Spanish 5 November 1986) 6 November KWP Secretary Kim Hwan returns from Mozambique after attending funeral for President Samora Machel; Vice Premier Kim Pok-sin and Soviet Ambassador Shubnikov meet his party at the airport. (KCNA 6 November 1986) Kang Hui-won identified for first time as Chief Secretary of P'yongyang Municipal Party Committee and Chairman of P'yongyang Municipal People's Committee, replacing So Yu. (See 13 November entry.) (KCNA 7 November 1986) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 6-13 November Vice President Yi Chong-ok heads a KWP delegation to Nicaragua to attend 25th anniversary of founding of Sandinista National Liberation Front; Yi meets with Nicaraguan leader Garcia and Deputy Foreign Minister Javier Chamorro Moro. (P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 13 November 1986) 1986) Pyongyang celebrates 69th anniversary of October Revolution in routine fashion. Kim Pok-sin, Chong Chun-ki, and Yi Mong-ho attend reception hosted by Korean-Soviet Friendship Society; Pak Song-ch'ol, Kim Hwan, Kim Pok-sin, Kang Hui-won, and Kim Yong-ch'ae attend P'yongyang meeting; Kang Song-san, Kim Yong-nam, Kim Hwan, Kim Pok-sin, Chong Chun-ki, and Kang Hui-won attend reception hosted by Soviet Ambassador Shubnikov. Kim Hwan, Chong Chun-ki, Kim Yong-ch'ae, and Yi Mong-ho handle wreath-laying duties at Liberation Tower. Comment: Press coverage of these events was slightly greater and leadership representation was slightly higher than in past years. (KCNA 6 November 1986; KCNA 7 November 1986; KCNA 8 November family members. (Beijing Xinhua 7 November 1986) Kim 111-song meets with delegation of Chinese Guangming Daily; declares Korean and Chinese people to be as close as shootdown. South Korean Ambassador to Cameroon Kim Tong-ho attends Soviet National Day reception in Yaounde at Soviet Ambassador's invitation, marking the first appearance by a South Korean ambassador at a Soviet function since the KAL November 1986) Foreign Minister Kim Yong-nam meets with newly-appointed Cambodian Ambassador Son Chhum. (Beijing Xinhua 8 Germany (KCNA 8 November 1986) Delegation of Korean Physical Culture and Sports Guidance Committee, headed by its chairman Kim Yu-sun, attends meeting of chairmen of physical culture and sports guidance organizations of socialist countries being held in East President Kim II-song meets with the Bulgarian Dimitrov Young Communist League headed by its central committee chairman Andrei Bundjulov; delegation presents gift to Kim Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 Chong-il as well as Kim II-song. (KCNA 11 November 1986) 10-17 November Delegation headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade Kang Chong-mo visits China to discuss trade between China and North Korea in 1987; meets with State Councilor Zhang Jingfu. Kang and Chinese Deputy Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Wang Pinquing sign protocol on commodity exchanges for 1987. (Beijing Xinhua 10 November 1986; KCNA 19 November 1986) 11 November KPA Chief of Staff 0 Kuk-yol, accompanied by KPA Colonel General Pak Chung-kuk and Deputy Minister for Culture and Art Ch'oe Chae-hyon, attends performance in P'yongyang by Hungarian Army Song and Dance Ensemble. (KCNA 12 November 1986) 12 November P'yongyang issues unprecedented invitation to US group to retrieve remains of 400 US servicemen who died in the Korean War. (UPI 12 November 1986) 13 November At workers' rally in South Pyongan province, So Yun-sok is identified for first time as Chief Secretary of the South Pyongan Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the South Pyongan Provincial People's Committee. Comment: Kang Hui-won replaces So as Chief Secretary of Pyongyang Municipal Party Committee and Chairman of P'yongyang Municipal People's Committee. (See 6 November entry.) P' n ng Domestic Service in Korean 13 November 1986) 14 November The US Department of Defense announces that a battery of "Lance" battlefield support missiles will be deployed to South Korea in the next few months. (Seoul Yonhap 14 November 1986) South Korean press disparages North Korean invitation to US MIA group to recover remains of US servicemen, labeling the move an attempt to secure official contacts with the US Government. (Seoul The Korea Times 14 November 1986) South Korean Ambassador to the UN Pak Kun officially notifies UN Secretary General de Cuellar of North Korea's Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 (Seoul Yonhap 14 November 1986) Kumgangsan Dam project in 30-minute private meeting. November 1986) Representatives of Zimbabwe and North Korea sign cultural exchange agreement in Harare. (Harare Domestic Service 14 1986) Deputy Foreign Affairs Ministers Kim Chae-suk and Daramyn Yondon sign mutual travel agreement in P'yongyang for citizens of North Korea and Mongolia. (KCNA 15 November 15-17 November "Death" of Kim II-song reported by South Korean officials and press. (Seoul Domestic Service 17 November 1986; Tokyo Kyodo 17 November 1986) death. President Kim II-song meets Mongolian leader Batmonh and delegation at P'yongyang airport, quashing rumors of his 18 November 1986) Representatives of Zimbabwe and North Korea sign agreement for joint economic commission to promote trade and economic-technical cooperation. (Harare Domestic Service 18 November 1986) Kim Chong-il replies to KWP 41st anniversary messages from Polisario Front leader Mohammad 'Abd 'Al-Aziz, President of Madagascar Ratsiraka, PLO leader Arafat, Burundi Party leader Emile Mworoha, and Costa Rican Socialist Party General Secretary Mejia. Comment: Unusual for the younger Kim to be involved in foreign affairs; may be further evidence of an increase in duties. (See August Chronology, 17 August) (KCNA 18-19 November Top leadership shows up at first session of Three Revolutions Forerunners Congress with exception of Kim II-song and Kim Chong-il, who appear at second session. The Kims meet with participants and pose for photographs with them. KWP Secretary Ho Tam is not present at either session. Comment: Three Revolutions Teams--North Korea's counterpart to Chinese Red Guards--have been closely associated with Kim Chong-il. (P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 18 November 1986; Pyongyang Domestic Service in Korean 19 November 1986) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 18-21 November Jambyn Batmonh, Mongolian leader, heads delegation paying visit to P'yongyang; Vice President Yi Chong-ok and KWP Secretary Kim Hwan accompany them to major attractions. Kim and Batmonh hold two sessions of talks; KWP Secretary Kim Hwan and other KWP officials negotiate with Mongolian Party officials; Foreign Ministers Kim Yong-nam and Dugetsuren hold talks. Kim II-song and Batmonh sign friendship and cooperation treaty; Foreign Ministers Kim Yong-nam and Dugetsuren sign cultural-scientific cooperation agreement. Kim II-song accompanies Batmonh to airport along with Vice Presidents Yim Ch'un-ch'u and Yi Chong-ok, Foreign Minister Kim Yong-nam, KWP Secretary Kim Hwan, and Chief of Staff 0 Kuk-yol. (P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 18 November 1986; KCNA 18 November 1986; KCNA 19 November 1986; KCNA 20 November 1986; Pyongyang Domestic Service in Korean 20 November 1986; KCNA 21 November 1986) 18-25 November A Japan Socialist Party delegation, headed by Hajime Fukuda, visits P'yongyang at invitation of KWP; holds talks with KWP Secretary Ho Tam and Deputy Department Director Kim U-chong. Kim informs delegation that rumor of Kim II-song's death is South Korean fabrication. (Tokyo Kyodo 17 November 1986; P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 17 November 1986; Tokyo Kyodo 18 November 1986) 20 November President Kim II-song and his son, Kim Chong-il, join celebrations of 40th anniversary of Kim II-song University; congratulate faculty and students and pose for photographs. Top leaders present include Pak Song-ch'ol, Yim Ch'un-ch'u, Yi Chong-ok, So Ch'ol, Kim Yong-nam, Ho Tam, Yon Hyong-muk, Kim Hwan, and 0 Kuk-Vol. (P')tongyang Domestic Service in Korean 20 November 1986) attend. (KCNA 21 November 1986) Democratic Front for Reunification of the Fatherland and the Committee for Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland hold joint meeting at People's Palace of Culture; Vice President Pak Song-ch'ol, Deputy Premier Chong Chun-ki, and other officials areas of mutual interest. (Tirana ATA 23 November 1986) Representatives of North Korea and Albania sign protocol on technical-scientific cooperation for 1987-88 in P'yongyang. Both sides will exchange documentation and technical- scientific experience in industry and agriculture as well as Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 22 November South Korean Embassy in Tokyo denies Tokyo press report that KWP Secretary Ho Tam and National Planning Agency Director Chang Se Dong have been meeting monthly at P'anmunjom since December 1985. (Hong Kong AFP 22 November 1986) November 1986) Citing western press reports which confirmed Soviet bloc support for the Seoul Olympics, North Korea's Olympic Committee Chairman issues press statement charging that the remarks are "grossly distorted" and stating that the North Korea's position on cohosting has not changed. (KCNA 22 incident. (KCNA 23 November 1986) KPA soldiers at P'anmunjom mark 2nd anniversary of shooting 23 November Chiclayo University in Lima, Peru awards honorary doctoral diplomas and medals to Kim II-son and Kim Chong-il. (KCNA 3 December 1986) F_ Defense Minister 0 Chin-u had been seriously injured in a recent automobile accident; denies reports of a power struggle in P'yongyang. (Hong Kong AFP 24 November 1986) North Korean official Kini Do Jun confirms to western journalists--who received visas with exceptional speed--that KWP Secretary Kim Hwan denounces South Korea's anti-Communist position at mass rally in P'yongyang. (P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 24 November 1986) National Reunification. (KCNA 24 November 1986) Chon Kum-chol and Yu Ho-chun represent North Korean reunification groups at a Vienna, Austria meeting of the National Alliance of Koreans in the North and Overseas for 24-25 November Korean Social Democratic Party Central Committee holds plenary meeting in P'yongyang; Deputy Chairman Kim Yong-chun makes report. (P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 25 November 1986) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 24 November- A Japanese parliamentary delegation, headed by Chuji Kuno, 3 December holds talks in P'yongyang on a variety of issues: a bilateral fishing accord due to expire soon, the release of two Japanese fishermen currently detained in North Korea, scientific-technological exchanges, and a civil aviation accord. Comment: This is fifth mission of the Korean Parliamentary Association for Japan-Korea Friendship to North Korea; Japan has no diplomatic relations with North Korea. (Tokyo The Japan Times 25 November 1986) in Korean 25 November 1986) Senior Member of North Korea to Military Armistice Commission (MAC) KPA Major General Yi Tae-ho sends one letter to US Navy Rear Admiral William Pendley, Senior Member to MAC, and a second letter to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) protesting the deployment of Lance missiles in South Korea. (P'yongyang Domestic Service South Korean soldier Kim Chong-un defects to North Korea. (P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 27 November 1986) South Korean ministers issue joint statement announcing government plans to build a counter-dam for self-defense and urging the North to halt construction of the Kumgangsan Dam project. (Seoul The Korea Herald 27 November 1986) 26 November- KWP Secretary Hwang Chang-yop heads delegation to Cuba December and meets Cuban Party Politburo Member Jorge Risquet. (KCNA 6 November 1986; Havana Radio Progreso Network in Spanish 29 November 1986) 27 November South Korean scholars propose a joint North and South research team to minimize damages to both sides from the North's Kumgan san Dam project. (Seoul Yonhap 27 November 1986) Kim 11-song meets with East German Ambassador Karl-Heinz Kern and Czechoslovakian Ambassador Vaclav Herman; Ambassadors convey letters from their leaders to Kim. (KCNA 27 November 1986) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 28 November South Korean Construction Minister Lee Kyu Hyo sends letter to Electric Power Minister Yi Chi-ch'an, proposing talks between water resources authorities at P'anmunjom in the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission conference room on 10 December. North Korea refuses to accept letter. (Seoul Domestic Service in Korean 28 November 1986) North Korea declines to participate on a joint North-South ping pong team for the Second Euro-Asia Table Tennis Tournament scheduled for December in Tokyo; agrees to participate separately and may form teams with Japanese and Chinese players. (Tokyo Kyodo 28 November 1986) North Korean Ministry of Electric Power issues statement denouncing South Korea's proposal for joint talks on the Kumgangsan Dam project. (P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 28 November 1986) 29 November North Korea and China sign 1987-88 executive plan for cultural exchange in Beijing; plan calls for cooperation in science, education, literature and art, public health, and sports. 0 Mun-han, heading the cultural delegation, and Deputy Minister of Culture Song Muwen sign plan. (Beijing Xinhua 29 November 1986) Representatives of Soviet Union and North Korea book publishing industries sign 1986-87 protocol in P'yongyang on cooperation in book publication and distribution. (KCNA 30 November 1986) 30 November KPA Chief of Staff 0 Kuk-yol attends soldiers' meeting held to commemorate 30th anniversary of day of Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. (KCNA 1 December 1986) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24: CIA-RDP86T01017R000706940001-4 Early December Political organizations from Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, and Nicaragua plan Havana meeting in support of Korean reunification. 24 December 1917 1 January 14 January 1959 40th anniversary of founding of Korean Central News agency (KCNA). Asia-European Table Tennis Tournament. Birth of Kim Chong-il 's mother, Kim Chong-suk. Announcement of Kim II-song 's New Year's message. 27th anniversary of activation of Workers/Farmers Red Guard Unit. 17 January 1946 40th anniversary of founding of League of Socialist Working Youth (LSWYK). 16 February 1987 45th birthday of Kim Chong-il. 15 April 1987 75th birthday of Kim II-song. 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