CHRONOLOGY: NORTH KOREA MARCH 1987

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• Publication Date: April 14, 1987
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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington. Q C 20505
DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE
14 April 1987
March 1987
25 February- KWP Secretary and Politburo alternate member Kye Ung-t'ae
12 March heads delegation to Libya'to participate in celebrations
marking 10th anniversary of Socialist Libya; meets with 'Abd
al-Salah Muhammad Jallud, member of Libyan Command
Council. (KCNA 25 February 1987; Pyongyang Domestic
Service in Korean 11 March 1987; KCNA 12 March 1987)
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28 February KWP Secretary Ho Chong-suk heads group of officials
attending meeting in P'yongyang to mark the 68th anniversary
of the 1 March anti-Japanese uprising. (Pyongyang Domestic
Service in Korean 28 February 1987)
This memorandum was prepared byl I Office of East Asian Analysis.
Information available as of 14 April 1987 was used in its preparation. Comments and
queries are welcome and may be directed to the Chief, Korea Branch, Northeast Asia,
OEA,
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2 March Vice President Yim Ch'un-ch'u meets with East Germs
Ambassador Hans Maretzki. (KCNA 3 March 1987)
Forestry Minister Kim Chae-yol and Soviet Ambassador
Shubnikov sign protocol in P'yongyang to expand cooperation
in forestry; Soviet Ambassador hosts reception to mark 20th
anniversary of Korean-Soviet forestry agreement. (KCNA 4
March 1987)
events in P'yongyang. (KCNA 4 March 1987)
Ogimura reiterates his Federation's agreement to hold its
New Chairman of International Table Tennis Federation Ichiro
(KCNA 2 March 1987; KCNA 10 March 1987)
Industrial delegation from Soviet Union, headed by Deputy
Light Industry Minister Aleksandr Biryukov, visits P'yongyang.
2-11 March Deputy Foreign Minister Yi In-kyu visits Hungary, Bulgaria,
and Czechoslovakia; in Hungary Yi holds talks with Deputy
Foreign Ministers Barity and Benyi and meets with Foreign
Minister Varkonyi and State Secretary Banyasz. In Bulgaria Yi
consults with Deputy Foreign Minister Strezov and meets with
Foreign Minister Miadenov. In Czechoslovakia Yi meets with
First Deputy Foreign Minister Rehorek and Deputy Foreign
Minister Murin. (Budapest MTI 5 March 1987; Sofia BTA 10
March 1987; Bratislava Pravda in Slovak 12 March 1987)
2-19 March Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Kim Yong-sop heads
government delegation to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and the
Congo; meets with Presidents of Rwanda and the Congo, the
Prime Minister of Uganda, and the party General Secretary of
Burundi. (P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 6 March
1987; KCNA 11 March 1987; KCNA 16 March 1987; KCNA 24
March 1987)
1987)
North Korea forms planning committee to organize 13th World
Youth Festival, scheduled for summer 1989 in Pyongyang;
committee elects League of Socialist Working Youth Chairman
Ch'oe Yong-hae to serve as its chairman. (KCNA 3 March
host eight events. (KCNA 3 March 1987)
reiterates satisfaction with IOC offer but repeats demand to
North Korean Olympic Committee holds press conference in
P'yongyang to report on recent bilateral talks in Switzerland;
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host eight events. (KCNA 3 March 1987)
reiterates satisfaction with IOC offer but repeats demand to
P'yongyang holds seminar marking 10th anniversary of
founding of Socialist Law-abiding Life Guidance System; top
officials attending include Vice President Yim Ch'un-ch'u,
State Inspection Committee Chairman Hyon Mu-kwang, KWP
Department Director and KCNA Chairman Kim Si-hak, and
Public Security Minister Paek Hak-nim. P' on an Domestic
Service in Korean 4 March 1987)
Benayada Kaddour. (KCNA 4 March 1987)
Premier Yi Kun-mo meets with Algerian Ambassador
March 1987)
Manfred Ewalt, President of East German National Olympic
Committee, visits South Korea to inspect preparations for
Seoul Olympic Games; pronounces facilities "excellent" and
preparations "well under way." (Seoul The Korea Times 4
March 1987; East Berlin ADN International Service in German 4
3-15 March Delegations from Eastern Europe, Vietnam, Mongolia, Cuba,
and the Soviet Union meet in P'yongyang to attend
consultative meeting of Socialist countries prior to upcoming
Interparliamentary Union (IPU) conference; issue customary
joint communique. Delegates also send joint letter to IPU
Secretary General Pierre Cornillon noting human rights
violations in South Korea. (Havana Radio Periodico del Aire in
Spanish 3 March 1987; KCNA 6 March 1987; KCNA 9 March
1987; KCNA 15 March 1987)
Maputo Domestic Service in Portuguese 12 March 1987)
Communications Minister Kim Yong-ch'ae heads delegation to
Angola, Zambia, and Mozambique; in Angola Kim meets with
President Santos. In Mozambique, Kim meets with President
Chissano and Prime Minister Machungo. (KCNA 9 March 1987;
Seoul. (KCNA 4 March 1987)
North Korean media denounce ground-breaking ceremony for
South Korean dam; reiterate North Korean claim that
Kumgangsan dam is hydroelectric project, not a threat to
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4-12 March External Economic Affairs Minister Chong Song-nam leads
delegation to Bangladesh to attend the Group of 77's Asian
Group Ministers Meeting. Chong also meets with Bangladesh
Agriculture Minister Munim and agrees to extend existing
4-31 March Foreign Minister Kim Yong-nam pays official visits to Guyana,
Cuba, Nicaragua, and Egypt. In Guyana, Kim attends special
conference of foreign ministers of Nonaligned countries on
Latin American and Caribbean problems; meets with Guyanese
President Hoyte. Kim meets with Cuban and Nicaraguan
leaders Castro and Ortega, and in Egypt meets with Foreign
Minister Abdel Meguid. On return trip to P'yongyang, he stops
off in Bulgaria, holding brief talks with Foreign Minister
Mladenov. Comment: Cuba media reports reiterate support
for North Korean proposals for cohosting the Olympics but
stop short of promising to boycott. KCNA claims Nicaragua
will boycott the Olympics if North Korea proposals are not
accepted, but Nicaraguan media do not verify this. (KCNA 4
March 1987; P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 11 March
1987; KCNA 18 March 1987; KCNA 21 March 1987; Managua
Prensa Latina in Spanish 19 March 1987; Havana Prensa Latina
22 March 1987; KCNA 25 March 1987; Cairo MENA in Arabic
30 March 1987; Sofia BTA 30 March 1987)
bilateral agricultural cooperation agreement for one year.
(KCNA 4 March 1987; Dhaka Domestic Service 12 March 1987)
Service in Korean 5 March 1987)
Chairman of North Korean Red Cross delegation Yi Chong-yul
issues statement supporting the latest high-level military and
political talks proposed by the North. (Pyongyang Domestic
(Seoul YONHAP 5 March 1987)
In comments on his visit to Eastern Europe, South Korean
Sports Minister Lee Sell Kee discloses that Hungary and two
other Eastern European countries have agreed to try to avoid
an Olympic boycott and have informally confirmed
participation in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Comment:
Yugoslavia has already signed written pledge to participate.
in French 5 March 1987)
Kim Pong-chu, Chairman of General Federation of Trade
Unions of Korea, heads KWP delegation to Mali; meets with
Prime Minister Mamadou Dembele. (Bamako Domestic Service
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Labor Minister Kim Pong-ul heads delegation to Ghana to
participate in 30th anniversary celebrations; meets with
Ghanaian leader Jerry Rawlings. (KCNA 9 March 1987)
5-11 March Foreign Trade Minister Ch'oe Chong-kun and delegation visit
Syria and Pakistan. In Syria Ch'oe meets with Foreign
Minister Farouk al-Shara'. In Pakistan Ch'oe meets with
President Zia-ul-Haq and holds talks with Petroleum and
Natural Resources Minister Tayyab. Ch'oe signs protocol on
hydropower generation; plan calls for installation of
hydropower stations at two places in Azad Kashmir.
(Damascus Domestic Service 5 March 1987; Karachi Domestic
Service in Urdu 9 March 1987; Karachi Domestic Service 11
March 1987)
Chief of North-South economic talks delegation Yi Song-nok
issues statement supporting the latest high-level military and
political talks proposal by the North. (KCNA 6 March 1987)
6 March 1987; KCNA 8 March 1987)
US Secretary of State George Shultz makes brief stop in
Seoul discussing the internal political situation, security
cooperation, 1988 Olympics, and North Korea's latest
high-level talks proposal. North Korean media denounce visit
as "tour of aggression, interference, and war." (Seoul YONHAP
6 MTI March 1987)
Spokesman for Hungarian Olympic Committee denies 5 March
statement by Seoul Sports Minister Lee Sei Kee that no
Eastern European country plans to boycott the 1988 Seoul
Olympics; claims participation in Olympics by Socialist
countries was not on agenda when Lee met with President of
Hungarian Olympic Committee during recent visit. (Budapest
ATA 22 March 1987)
Vice Chairman of Cultural Relations Committee 0 Mun-han
visits India, Hungary and Albania; signs cultural agreements
in all three countries. (Budapest MTI 16 March 1987; Tirana
March 1987)
South Korean Defense Ministry announces defection of North
Korean Army soldier. (Seoul Domestic Service in Korean 7
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South Korean Defense Ministry announces defection of North
Korean Army soldier. (Seoul Domestic Service in Korean 7
March 1987)
1987)
Central People's Committee decree confers Kim II-song
medals upon Vice President Yim Ch'un-ch'u for his 75th
birthday and upon Defense Minister 0 Chin-u for his 70th
birthday. (P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 7 March
Commission Yun Ki-pok, and Chairman of Metal and
Machine-building Industry Commission Kye Hyong-sun.
(P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 8 March 1987)
Management officials hold national meeting to share
experience acquired in the operation of the Taean Heavy
Machine Complex. Officials participating include Vice Premier
Hong Song-nam, First Vice Chairman of Economic Policy
Representatives of China, North Korea, Mongolia, and the
Soviet Union sign 1987 protocol in P'yongyang on
cross-border railway transportation. (KCNA 10 March 1987)
Hui-won. (KCNA 10 March 1987)
Kim II-song visits the KPA Revolutionary Museum and the
Chonsung Revolutionary Museum, accompanied by 0 Kuk-yol,
Kang Hui-won, Party History Institute Director Kang Sok-sung,
General Kim Kwang-chin, and Colonel General Yi Pong-won.
Kim also visits the Mangyongdae Aeguk aluminum window
factory, accompanied by Yi Kun-mo, Yi Chong-ok, and Kang
Algiers Domestic Service in French 17 March 1987)
cultural cooperation agreement. (Sofia BTA 9 March 1987;
Culture and Art Minister Chang Ch'ol visits Bulgaria and
Algeria; in Sofia Chang meets with Chairman of Council of
Ministers Georgi Atanasov. In Algiers Chang signs 1987-89
settings.
US revises contact guidance policy to allow US diplomats to
respond to North Korean-initiated discussions in neutral
10-13 March President of Tanzania Mwinyi visits P'yongyang; holds talks
with Kim II-song. Top officials on hand include Vice
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Kwang-chin, and Deputy External Economic Minister Om
Tok-hwan. (KCNA 10 March 1987; KCNA 11 March 1987;
P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 11 March 1987)
President Yi Chong-ok, Vice Premier Kim Pok-sin, Deputy
Chief of Staff Kim Chung-11, First Deputy Foreign Minister Kim
10 March 1987)
Chinese delegation headed by Zhu Liang, visiting director of
the Chinese Party International Liaison Department visits
P'yongyang; meets with Kim II-song. Kim tells Zhu he is
pleased with China's domestic stability and good economic
situation. At banquet, International Affairs Department
Director Hyon Chun-kuk declares Korean people will work
hard to strengthen relationship with China. (Beijing XINHUA
Premier Yi Kun-mo meets with Chinese Ambassador Zong
Kewen, pledging to further enhance friendly, cooperative
Korea-China relations. (Beijing XINHUA 11 March 1987)
Vice President Pak Song-ch'ol and Chief Secretary of South
Pyongan Provincial Party Committee So Yun-sok and military
personnel responsible for construction attend opening
ceremony for Songch'on Iockgate on Taedong River.
(P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 11 March 1987)
(KCNA 12 March 1987)
Representatives of North Korean and Soviet friendship
societies sign 1987 cooperation protocol in P'yongyang.
(Hong Kong AFP 12 March 1987)
North Korea notifies Kuala Lumpur that it will boycott
preliminary Olympic soccer tournaments in Malaysia, claiming
it deserves an automatic berth by virtue of its cohosting
status. Thailand threatens to withdraw if North Korea does
not send a team to Kuala Lumpur. International Association
Football Federation threatens sanctions against North Korea.
1987)
President Kim 11-song meets with East German Ambassador
Hans Maretzki who presents letter and documentary film to
Kim from East German leader Honecker. (KCNA 13 March
Opening ceremony for new rail service between Yonggang
and Sinhung cities held at Yonggang station. (P'yongyang
Domestic Service in Korean 15 March 1987)
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14-18 March KWP Secretary Hwang Chang-yop heads party delegation to
Soviet Union; meets with party Secretary (for bloc relations)
Medvedev and party Secretary (for ideology) Ligachev. (KCNA
14 March 1987; KCNA 18 March 1987; KCNA 1 March 1987?
P'yongyang Domestic Service 19 March 1987)
Premier Yi Kun-mo meets with Pakistani Ambassador Jafar
Habib. (KCNA 17 March 1987)
(KCNA 17 March 1987)
Deputy Foreign Trade Minister Han Su-kil and Soviet Deputy
Foreign Trade Minister Yevgeniy Bavrin sign 1987 protocol in
P'yongyang on mutual delivery of commodities and payments.
disaster. (Tokyo KYODO 17 March 1987)
Japanese fisherman believed to have died in 1963 sea
Japanese press report letter from North Korea to sister of
Korean 15 March 1987; KCNA 17 March 1987)
South Korea responds to 3 March letter from North Korea by
proposing a meeting between Prime Ministers; suggests that
.an atmosphere of trust" can be established by first agreeing
to hold meeting on use and development of common water
resources and by reopening suspended inter-Korean dialogue.
(Seoul YONHAP 17 March 1987)
38th anniversary of signing of Soviet-North Korean Economic
and Cultural Cooperation Treaty. Soviets mark occasion with
broadcast highlighting joint Soviet-Korean projects. Koreans
host parties and film shows attended by Soviet Ambassador
Shubnikov, Cultural Relations Committee Chairman Yi
Mong-ho, Deputy External Economic Affairs Minister Kim
Chong-u, and other officials. (Moscow International Service in
18-26 March Deputy Public Security Minister Yi Sang-pyok heads
delegation to Zambia and Tanzania; meets with Zambian
President Kaunda who reiterates support for North Korea's
policies and regrets he is unable to attend birthday
celebrations for Kim 11-song. In Tanzania Yi meets with
President Mwinyi. (Lusaka Domestic Service 18 March 1987;
KCNA 1 April 1987)
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North Korea announces that the two Japanese seamen from
the Fujisan-maru, detained since 1983, will be tried for
espionage. (KCNA 19 March 1987)
Domestic Service in Amharic 19 March 1987)
Representatives of Ethiopia and North Korea sign 1987-88
cultural cooperation agreement in Addis Ababa. (Addis Ababa
KWP Secretary. (P'yongyang Domestic Service 19 March 1987)
Central People's Committee appoints Kim Hwan Vice Premier
of State Administration Council. Kim Tal-hyon replaces Kim
Hwan as Chairman of Chemical and Light Industry Committee.
Comment: Until December 1986, Kim Hwan held position of
North Korean Foreign Ministry issues statement applauding US
decision to revise contact guidance policy and allow
discussions bet n US and North Korean diplomats. (KCNA
19 March 1987)
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Japanese companies. (Reuters, 19 March 1987)
North Korea, assisted by Tokyo-based Korean businessmen,
plans to reopen Unsan gold mine, 94 miles north of
P'yongyang, in attempt to pay off its US$460 million debt to
1987)
Accompanied by Politburo Member Ho Tam, KPA Chief of Staff
0 Kuk-yol, and Cultural Minister Chang Ch'ol, Kim Chong-il
gives working guidance to revolutionary drama produced by
State Theatrical Company in P'yongyang. (KCNA 21 March
high-level talks proposal. (KCNA 23 March 1987)
of founding of Korean National Association--anti-Japanese
revolutionary organization founded by Kim II-song's father,
Kim Hyong-chik. KWP Secretary Ch'oe T'ae-pok delivers
report which includes a call for South to respond tom
Top leadership turns out at meeting to mark 70th anniversary
22-29 March Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Chae-pong heads party
delegation to Ethiopia; meets with Ethiopian leader Mengistu;
signs 1987 protocol on relations between Korean Workers
Party and Workers Party of Ethiopia. (Addis Ababa Domestic
Service in Amharic 25 March 1987)
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Ambassador to Ghana Chang Tu-ho speaks to US Charge at
reception in Accra- refers to recent change in US contact
uidance policy.
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Al-Din Al-'Attar. (KCNA 24 March 1987)
Premier Yi Kun-mo meets with Egyptian Ambassador Muhyi
Domestic Service 23 March 1987)
Kim Chong-il gives guidance to provincial art propaganda
teams and film artists performing in P'yongyang. (P'yongyang
Korean National Association. (KCNA 24 March 1987)
Vice President Vim Ch'un-ch'u and KWP Secretary Ch'oe
T'ae-pok appear at central seminar marking anniversary of
25 March 1987)
Diplomatic corps visits Ponghwa revolutionary site to mark
anniversary of Korean National Association; Chinese
Ambassador Zong Kewen speaks on behalf of corps. (KCNA
Games. (Tokyo Kyodo 25 March 1987)
At news conference in Japan, Speaker of Parliament Horst
Sindermann confirms East Germany's participation in 1988
Seoul Olympics whether or not North Korea cohosts the
26 March Newly appointed Ambassador from Gabon, Okouma Hubert,
presents credentials to Kim II-song. (KCNA 26 March 1987)
26 March-2 April Vice Premier Kim Pok-sin leads government delegation to
Hungary to hold economic and scientific-technological talks;
signs economic-scientific protocol. Kim meets with Gyorgy
Lazar, Chairman of Council of Ministers, and stops off in
Moscow for brief talks with Deputy State Agro-Industrial
Committee Chairman Murakhovskiy. (KCNA 25 March 1987;
Budapest MTI 30 March 1987; Moscow Television S )rvice in
Russian 31 March 1987)
December 1946. (KCNA 28 March 1987)
Vice President Pak Song-ch'ol reads KWP congratulatory
message at meeting to mark 40th anniversary of Korean
Central News Agency (KCNA). Comment: KCNA founded 5
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XINHUA 29 March 1987)
Premier Yi Kun-mo meets with Coalition Government of
Democratic Kampuchea Ambassador Son Chhum. (Beijing
Honorary Citizen to Kim II-song. (KCNA 5 April 1987)
City Council of San Giorgio A Cremano, Italy awards title of
1987)
Prensa Latina publishes interview with Kim II-song in which
Kim makes usual comments about differences with South
Korea; Kim also refers to "increasingly close ties" to Soviet
Union, and strong ties existing between North Korea and
Cuba. (Havana International Service in Spanish 29 March
(Sanaa Domestic Service in Arabic 29 March 1987)
North Yemen and North Korea sign one-year technical
agreement for preservation of Old Sanaa; P'yongyang will
send 10 engineers to study and make designs for the Droiect.
30 March 1987)
Vice Presidents Pak Song-ch'ol and Yi Chong-ok attend
tree-planting ceremony commemorating 30th anniversary of
day Kim Chong-il planted trees on Chang Hill and 40th
anniversary of day Kim II-song planted trees on Munsu Hill.
(P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 29 March 1987; KCNA
Korean 30 March 1987;
resumption of economic and Red Cross talks precede
ministerial-level talks. (P'yongyang Domestic Service in
Premier Yi Kun-mo sends letter to South Korean Prime
Minister Lho Shin Yong accepting South's proposal for Prime
Ministerial talks and urging preliminary, cabinet-level
discussions with open agenda on 23 April at P'anmunjom.
North Korean proposal sidesteps Seoul's precondition that
21 April 1987. (KCNA 1 April 1987)
Standing Committee of Supreme People's Assembly (SPA)
announces decision to hold second session of eighth SPA on
Pyong-ho. (KCNA 1 April 1987)
Kim II-song visits Sungni General Motor Works; accompanied
by Premier Yi Kun-mo, KWP Secretary Yon Hyong-muk, First
Deputy Premier Hong Song-nam, and KWP Secretary Chon
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Premier Yi Kun-mo meets with Libyan Embass official
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Seoul press report that Burmese authorities have executed
one of two North Koreans convicted in the Rangoon bombing.
(Seoul The Korea Herald 31 March 1987)
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19 February-
9 May
LOOKING AHEAD
US-ROK Team Spirit exercise now in field training phase.
75th birthday of Kim 111-song.
15 April 1987
6-18 April
21 April
25 April
9-13 June
6 July
11 July
15 August
9 September
10 October
25 October
Fifth April Spring Friendship Art Festival in P'yongyang.
Second session, eighth SPA scheduled.
North Korean Armed Forces Day.
North Korea to host NAM Ministerial Conference on Economic
Matters.
26th a f i nin of Soviet-Korean Friendship
Treaty.
26th anniversary of signing of Chinese-Korean Friendship
Treaty
42nd anniversary of National Liberation.
North Korean National Day--39th anniversary of founding of
North Korean government.
42nd anniversary of founding of Korean Workers Party (KWP).
war.
37th anniversary of entry of Chinese "volunteers" into Korean
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SUBJECT: Chronology: North Korea--March 1987
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