CHRONOLOGY: NORTH KOREA MAY 1987

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• Publication Date: June 11, 1987
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11 June 1987
CHRONOLOGY: NORTH KOREA
(KCNA 2 May 1987)
Foreign Minister Kim Yong-nam, Chief Secretary of
P'yongyang City Party Committee Kang Hui-won, and KWP
Secretary Ho Chong-suk attend May Day gathering in
Taesongsan Park in Pyongyang; Chairman 'of General
Federation of Trade Unions Kim Pong-chu addresses workers.
newspaper Sogwang. (KCNA 2 May 1987)
Vice President Yim Ch'un-ch'u, KWP Secretary Ho Chong-suk,
and Nodong Sinmun Editor-in-Chief Chu Chang-chun attend
meeting to mark 50th anniversary of founding of political
This memorandum was prepared by Office of East Asian Analysis.
Information available as of 11 June 1987 was used in its preparation. Comments and
queries are welcome and may be directed to the Chief, Korea Branch, Northeast Asia
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3 May
4 May
5 May
Istanbul, Turkey. (K.CNA 4 May 1987)
Chairman of Olympic Committee Kim Yu-sun leaves to attend
92nd session of International Olympic Committee scheduled in
report. (KCNA 2 May 1987)
Vice President Pak Song-ch'ol and other senior officials attend
P'yongyang meeting marking 15th anniversary of publication
of work by Kim II-song; KWP Secretary Kye Ung-t'ae delivers
(KCNA 5 May 1987)
Chief Secretary of South Pyongan Provincial Party Committee
So Yun-sok addresses mass rally in Anju held to welcome
Chinese provincial party delegation from Sichuan Province.
protocol of meeting. (KCNA 5 May 1987)
Deputy Premier_Chong Chun-ki meets with Czech scientific
and technological delegation, attending 27th meeting of
standing subcommittee for scientific and technological
cooperation between North Korea and Czechoslovakia.
Deputy Chairman of State Commission of Science and
Technology Kim Ung-ho and Deputy Chairman of Czech State
Committee for Science and Technology Frantisek Brom sign
scheduled for summer, 1989. (KCNA 6 May 1987)
At meeting in P'yongyang, Soviet youth group transfers
sponsorship of World Youth and Student Festival to North
Korea; LSWYK Chairman Ch'oe Yong-hae accepts flag for 13th
World Youth and Student Festival. Comment: Festival
ministries in P'yongyang. (KCNA 6 May 1987)
Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Chae-suk and Mongolian
Ambassador sign 1987-88 cooperation plan between foreign
(KCNA 6 May 1987)
Chief of Staff 0 Kuk-yol attends meeting marking 40th
anniversary of founding of KPA Song and Dance Ensemble.
Ambassador Abdourahamane Sow. (KCNA 6 May 1987)
Foreign Minister Kim Yong-nam meets with new Guinean
1987)
Vice President Yi Chong-ok meets with Noburu Kanegatsu,
director of construction company in Japan. (KCNA 6 May
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6 May
6-24 May
struggle. (KCNA 5 May 1987)
P'yongyang press observe 51st anniversary of founding of
Association for the Restoration of the Fatherland, the first
such organization to.emerge as result of anti-Japanese
Marx. (KCNA 5 May 1987)
Nodong Sinmun dedicates editorial to 169th birthday of Karl
on hand. (KCNA 6 May 1987)
President Kim II-song meets with two visiting friendship
groups: a Chinese PLA delegation, headed by Fu Quanyou,
Commander of the Chengdu units of CPLA, and a Chinese
provincial party delegation from Sichuan Province headed by
its secretary Yang Rudai; Chief of General Staff 0 Kuk-yol,
Chief Secretary of South Pyongan Party Committee So
Yun-sok, and Deputy Department Director Kim Chae-pong are
of Peace in 1986. (KCNA 6 May 1987)
KCNA reports that the United Nations, has awarded a medal
to Committee Chairman and Vice President Pak Song-ch'ol in
appreciation for functions arranged by the North Korean
organizing committee for the observance of International Year
Abdourahmane Sow. (KCNA 6 May 1987)
Kim II-song receives credentials from Guinean Ambassador
1987; Moscow Izvestiya in Russian 8 May 1987)
Soviet Ministry of Fisheries delegation, headed by Minister
Nikolay Kotlyar, meets with Premier Yi Kun-mo. Chairman of
Fisheries Commission Choe Pok-yon and Kotlyar sign
long-term cooperation agreement in fisheries. (KCNA 7 May
Vice President Pak Song-ch'ol attends reception at Czech
Embassy to mark 42nd anniversary of liberation of
Czechoslovakia; Deputy Premier Kim Yun-hyok and
Ambassador Herman make speeches. (KCNA 7 May 1987
Vice President Yi Chong-ok heads government delegation to
Ethiopia and Uganda. Yi holds talks with Ethiopian leader
Mengistu and Ugandan leader Museveni. In Uganda, Yi and
delegation study possibilities of projects in construction,
mining, and spare parts production. Yi returns to P'yongyang
on 18 May; delegation remains in Kampala a week longer to
complete talks. (KCNA 6 May 1987; Addis Ababa Domestic
Service in Amharic 8 May 1987; Addis Ababa Domestic
Service in Amharic 9 May 1987; Beijing XINHUA 15 May 1987;
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7 May
7-8 May
7-23 May
8 May
KCNA 18 May 1987; Kampala Domestic Service 24 May 1987)
May 1987)
Vice President Yim Ch'un-ch'u, KWP Secretary Kye Ung-t'ae,
Vice Premier Chong Chun-ki, and Cultural Arts Minister Chang
Ch'ol appear at meeting to mark 20th anniversary of the
Paektusan Creative Writers Troupe. Director Paek In-chun
delivers report. (P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 7
Domestic Service in Korean 7 May 1987)
North Korean Olympic Committee spokesman issues
statement expressing surprise and disappointment with the
IOC and South Korea for delaying the fourth meeting of North
and South Olympic Committees until mid-July in Lausanne;
threatens to boycott if the North is not allowed to cohost.
Statement calls-for an immediate meeting of the Olympic
Committees but promises to continue preparations for the
Olympics even if meeting is held as scheduled. (P'yongyang
May 1987)
Premier Yi Kun-mo meets with delegation from Hungary
headed by Internal Trade Minister Juhar Zoltan. Commerce
Minister Han Chang-kun and Zoltan sign 1987-90 economic,
scientific, and technological cooperation agreement. (KCNA 8
closing address. (KCNA 9 May 1987)
P'yongyang hosts Second Festival of Science and Technology;
Yi Cho-pang, Chairman of Central Committee of Korean
General Federation of Science and Technology, delivers
1987; KCNA 24 May 1987)
Chairman of Supreme People's Assembly Standing Committee
Yang Hyong-sop heads SPA delegation to eastern Europe.
Yang confers with Polish leader Jaruzelski and East German
leader Honecker. In Bulgaria, Yang meets with State Council
Chairman Zhivkov, Foreign Minister Mladenov, and National
Assembly Chairman Todorov. (P'yongyang Domestic Service
in Korean 14 May 1987; KCNA 18 May 1987; Sofia BTA 19 May
1987)
KCNA reports 30 April explosion at trade mission in Peru;
attributes responsibility to South Korean agents. (KCNA 8 May
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8-9 May
8-11 May
8-14 May
9 May
9-11 May
11 May
Urjinlhundeb. (KCNA 9 May 1987)
Premier Yi Kun-mo meets with Mongolian Ambassador
Tibor. (KCNA 9 May 1987)
Vice President Pak Song-ch'ol meets with Hungarian trade
union delegation headed by its general secretary, Baranyai
(KCNA 12 May 1987)
P'yongyang hosts meeting of international socialist
organization bureau chiefs of foreign ministries; Foreign
Minister Kim Yong-nam meets with heads of delegations.
1987; KCNA 11 May 1987)
Melba Hernandez, Central Committee Member of Communist
Party of Cuba pays visit to P'yongyang; meets with Kim
II-song and Foreign Minister Kim Yong-nam. (KCNA 8 May
(KCNA 8 May 1987; KCNA 8 May 1987)
Princess of Thailand Galyani Vadhana and party visit
Pyongyang; meet with Kim 11-song and Vice President Pak
Song-ch'ol; KWP Secretary Ho Chong-suk speaks at banquet.
friendship associations in Aden. (KCNA 16 May 1987)
Representatives of North Korea and Democratic Republic of
Yemen sign protocol on friendship and cooperation between
KCNA 11 May 1987)
Tokuma Utsunomiya, independent member of upper house in
Japan, and his party visit North Korea; meet with Kim 11-song
and Foreign Minister Kim Yong-nam. (KCNA 9 May 1987;
May 1987)
Representatives of Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and
East German news agency (ADN) sign cooperation agreement
and 1987-88 cooperation protocol in P'yongyang. (KCNA 11
Service in Korean 11 May 1987)
KWP Department Director Kim Si-hak and Public Security
Minister Paek Hak-nim are among those participating in
meeting marking 40th anniversary of founding of Political
College of Ministry of Public Security. (P'yongyang Domestic
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11-15 May
11-16 May
11-21 May
(KCNA 11 May 1987).
Vice President Pak Song-ch'ol meets with Richard E. Butler,
Secretary General of International Telecommunications Union.
1987; KCNA 13 May 1987)
KCNA publishes statement denouncing recent US-ROK
security conference--held 5-7 May in Washington; compares
US-ROK security plans for 1988 Olympics to 1936 Olympics in
Nazi Germany. Statement reiterates P'yongyang's peaceful
intentions. Defense Minister 0 Chin-u issues statement
denouncing the conference. Comment: 0 Chin-u has not
been seen in public since September 1986. (KCNA 11 May
1987)
Party Secretary (for heavy industry) of Soviet Union Vladimir
Dolgikh heads Supreme Soviet delegation on visit to
P'yongyang. Vice President Pak Song-ch'ol, Vice Premier
Chong Chun-ki, Deputy Chairman of SPA Standing Committee
Son Song-pil, and Chairman of Metal and Machine-building
Industry Commission Kye Hyong-sun attend banquet hosted
by Central People's Committee; Chong delivers speech at
banquet. Delegation tours North Hwanghae province, visiting
Hwanghae Metallurgical Association; Chairman of North
Hwanghae Province Administrative and Economic Guidance
Committee Kim In-chung speaks at Soviet-Korean friendship
meeting in Sariwon. Dolgikh presents Order of Lenin and
letter from Gorbachev to Kim II-song; brings gift for Kim
Chong-il. (KCNA 11 May 1987; KCNA 12 May 1987; Moscow
Domestic Service in Russian 13 May 1987; KCNA 14 May 1987;
Moscow Domestic Service in Russian 14 May 1987; KCNA 15
May 1987; Moscow International Service in Korean 15 May
KCNA 14 May 1987; KCNA 15 May 1987; KCNA 16 May 1987)
A Soviet Navy delegation, headed by Navy Commander-in-
Chief Admiral Vladimir Chernavin, visits P'yongyang; Senior
Vice Admiral Kim ll-ch'ol delivers speech at reception hosted
by KPA; Colonel General Pak Chung-kuk is present.
Delegation meets with Senior Vice Admiral Kim, Chief of Staff
O Kuk-yol, and Kim II-song; brings gift for Kim Chong-il.
Comment: This is highest level military visit since relations
warmed in 1984. (KCNA 11 May 1987; KCNA 12 May 1987;
External Economics Affairs Minister Chong Song-nam, on
working visit to Ethiopia to promote joint development
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12 May
12-18 May
13 May
14 May
15 May
1 Communist Party of Denmark, Socialist Party of Denmark, Communist Party of India,
Irish Workers' Party, Madagascar, Malta, Socialist Party of San Marino, Swiss
Autonomous Socialist Party, Workers' Party of Switzerland, and Zambia.
May 1987)
projects, holds separate talks with Ethiopian leader Mengistu
and Finance Minister Tesfaye. (KCNA 12 May 1987; Addis
Ababa in Amharic 13. May 1987; Addis Ababa in Amharic 21
in campaign. (KCNA 12 May 1987)
KCNA reports progress of international signature campaign
demanding peace and reunification of Korea, claiming more
than 215 million signatures. Report claims leaders of 10
countries and socialist parties 1 are among those participating
participate. (KCNA 18 May 1987)
P'yongyang hosts 26th Insurance Conference of Socialist
Countries; delegations from Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany,
Cuba, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia
Foreign Minister Kim Yong-nam meets with newly-appointed
Ambassador of Togo Yao Bloua Agbo. (KCNA 13 May 1987)
May 1987)
China and North Korea sign 1987 cooperation agreement on
border river transport at 26th meeting of China-Korea Border
River Cooperation Committee in Sinuiju. (Beijing XINHUA 13
Saphariny. (KCNA 14 May 1987)
May 1987)
President Kim 11-song receives credentials from
newly-appointed Ambassador Agbo from Togo. (KCNA 14
Nguyen Giap. (KCNA 16 May 1987)
Heads of suspended Red Cross, economic, and parliamentary
talks delegations issue joint statement denouncing recent
US-ROK conference held in Washington. (KCNA 16 May 1987)
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15-19 May
16 May
17 May
18 May
Chong-il. (KCNA 16 May 1987; KCNA 18 May 1987)
City Party Committee Kang Hui-won; brings gift for Kim
Warsaw City, Poland.friendship delegation headed by Warsaw
City Council Chairman Jerzy Boleslawski holds separate
meetings with Kim II-song and Chief Secretary of P'yongyang
May 1987)
Deputy Department Director Kim Chae-pong heads KWP
delegation to West Berlin to attend eighth congress of
Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin; meets separately with
Herbert Mies, Chairman of German Communist Party, and
Horst Schmidt, Chairman of Socialist Unity Party. (KCNA 21
18 May 1987)
Nodong Sinmun carries signed article marking first
anniversary of publication of work by Kim Chong-il. (KCNA
(KCNA 21 May 1987)
Deputy Chairman of agricultural union Cho Chang-sin, leading
a delegation to seventh congress of National Association of
Small Farmers in Cuba, meets with Cuban leader Castro.
in Korean 18 May 1987)
Chinese Party Secretary Deng Liqun meets with North Korean
fine arts delegation headed by Yi Cho, President of the
Mansudae Creative Arts House. (P'yongyang Domestic Service
and technological cooperation between academies of
agricultural sciences until 1990. (KCNA 19 May 1987)
Academy of Agricultural Sciences President Yi Yong-kyun and
Soviet Ambassador Shubnikov sign agreement in P'yongyang
on scientific and technological cooperation between
academies of agricultural sciences; also sign plan for scientific
Chief Secretary of P'yongyang City Party Committee Kang
Hui-won and KWP Secretary Ch'oe T'ae-pok are among
officials appearing at mass rally in P'yongyang to mark 7th
anniversary of Kwangju uprising. Ch'oe delivers address to
rally. (P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 18 May 1987)
Ambassador to Indonesia Cho Song-pom attempts contact
with US diplomat at reception in Jakarta.
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18-23 May
1987; KCNA 24 May 1987)
A Soviet civil defense delegation, headed by Deputy Defense
Minister and Commander of Civil Defense of USSR Vladimir
Govorov, visits P'yongyang; meets with Chief of General Staff
0 Kuk-yol and lays wreath at Tower of Liberation. (KCNA 18
May 1987; P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 18 May
19 May In Lisbon, a Portuguese national chuche idea seminar adopts
birthday letter to Kim II-song. (KCNA 19 May 1987)
Seoul newspaper reports China used South Korea's official
name, Republic of Korea, for first time in three years at the
World Badminton Championships in Beijing. (Seoul The Korea
Herald 19 May 1-987)
Chief Secretary of Pyongyang City Party Committee Kang
Hui-won attends ceremony to inaugurate Patriotic Pyongyang
Quarrying Plant. (P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 19
May 1987)
19-22 May
20 May
19 May 1987; KCNA 22 May 1987; KCNA 23 May 1987)
Delegation of Confederation of Free German Trade Unions,
headed by Harry Tisch, Chairman of Confederation Central
Committee, visits Pyongyang; meets with Kim II-song and
awards him the Order of Karl Marx. Vice President Yi
Chong-ok, KWP Secretaries Kang Song-san and Ho
Chong-suk, Chairman of General Federation of Trade Unions
Kim Pong-chu, and Deputy Department Director Kwon
Min-chun are present at welcoming, award ceremony, and
reception. At conclusion of visit, Kim Pong-chu and Tisch
sign cooperation agreement between trade unions and issue
joint communique announcing solidarity on everything. (KCNA
system. (KCNA 21 May 1987)
Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland
(CPRF) holds special meeting in P'yongyang; Vice Premier
Chong Chun-ki delivers report. CPRF issues statement
criticizing remarks by South Korean Unification Minister Huh
Moon Doh, which characterized unification as possible only in
context of a liberal democracy and with a free economic
1987)
Scientific seminar in P'yongyang marks first anniversary of
publication of sports work by Kim Chong-il. (KCNA 21 May
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20-25 May
20-26 May
20-27 May
21 May
25 May 1987)
Deputy Chairman of.Nepal's national assembly Parshuram Rai
heads delegation to P'yongyang; holds talks with Vice
Chairman of SPA Standing Committee Son Song-pil and
meets separately with SPA Standing Committee Chairman
Yang Hyong-sop and Vice President Pak Song-ch'ol. (KCNA
21 May 1987; KCNA 22 May 1987; KCNA 25 May 1987; KCNA
1987)
President Kim II-song, accompanied by Vice President Yi
Chong-ok, Foreign Minister Kim Yong-nam, KWP Secretary Ho
Tam, and Ambassador Sin In-ha, makes first official goodwill
visit to China since 1982; top leadership 2 sees Kim off at
railway station. Kim stops off briefly at Dandong and
Shenyang before arriving to "red carpet" welcome in Beijing.
Banquet speeches reflect close relationship between China
and North Korea. Kim holds talks with PRC President Li
Xiannian, Central Advisory Committee Chairman Deng
Xiaoping, and Acting General Secretary Zhao Ziyang.
Accompanied by Zhao, Kim makes side trip to Tianjin, where
he visits a container pier at harbor. Virtually same officials 3
welcome Kim home. (P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean
20 May 1987; Beijing XINHUA 20 May 1987; (P'yongyang
Domestic Service in Korean 20 May 1987; Shenyang Liaoning
Provincial Service in Mandarin 20 May 1987; Beijing XINHUA
21 May 1987; KCNA 21 May 1987; KCNA 22 May 1987; KCNA
23 May 1987; Beijing XINHUA 25 May 1987; KCNA 26 May
Deputy Department Director Kil Chae-kyong heads delegation
to Zaire; meets with President Mobutu. (KCNA 26 May 1987)
Chong-il. (KCNA 21 May 1987)
Nodong Sinmun prints signed article on chuche idea,
attributing the teaching of several chuche ideas to Kim
Kim Chong-il, Yi Kun-mo, Pak Song-ch'ol, Yim Ch'un-ch'u, So Ch'ol, 0 Kuk-Vol, Yon
Hyon-muk, Kang Song-san, Hong Song-nam, So Yun-sok, Kye Ung-t'ae, Chon
Pyong-ho, Kim Pok-sin, Ch'oe Kwang, Hyon Mu-kwang, Kang Hui-won, Chong
Chun-ki, Hwang Chang-yop, Ho Chong-suk, So Kwan-hui, Ch'oe T'ae-pok, Kim
Ch'ang-chu, Kim Yun-hyok, Kim Hwan, and Yun Ki-pok.
So Ch'ol and Hwang Chang-yop are absent; Hyon Chun-kuk is present.
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23 May
23- May
signed in September 1986. (Warsaw PAP 21 May 1987)
In Warsaw, representatives of Poland and North Korea
exchange documents ratifying legal assistance agreement
XINHUA 21 May 1987)
North Korean youth group, headed by Vice Chairman of
League of Socialist Working Youth Kim Song-ch'ol, visits
China; meets with Song Renqiong, Vice Chairman of Chinese
Communist Party Central Advisory Commission. (Beijing
forth at CPRF meeting on 20 May. (KCNA 23 May 1987)
Minister Huh Moon Doh and respond to seven questions set
Delegations of suspended Red Cross, parliamentary, and
economic talks hold joint meeting in P'yongyang; Yi
Chong-yul, head of Red Cross delegation, presents report
demanding South Korea apologize for remarks by Unification
P'yongyang Domestic Service in Korean 6 June 1987)
KWP Secretary Hwang Chang-yop heads party delegation to
attend 70th anniversary of founding of Left Party-Communists
of Sweden and the 21st congress of Communist Party of
Finland; meets with Swedish party Chairman Lars Werner and
General Secretary Kenneth Kvist. Hwang and delegation also
travel to Norway, holding separate meetings with Kore Andre
Nilsen, Chairman of Central Committee of Norwegian
Communist Party, the Deputy Chairman of Norwegian Socialist
Left Party, and the speaker of Norwegian National Assembly.
(KCNA 23 May 1987; KCNA 31 May 1987; KCNA 5 June 1987;
Deputy Chairman, East German Council of Ministers Horst
Solle heads delegation to P'yongyang to attend 10th meeting
of North Korean-East German economic, scientific, and
technological committee; meets with Premier Yi Kun-mo.
(KCNA 27 May 1987
25 May Premier Yi Kun-mo meets with Syrian Ambassador Hani
Habib. (KCNA 26 May 1987)
and other officials. (KCNA 26, 27 May 1987)
Chairman of SPA Standing Committee Yang Hyong-sop meets
with delegation from San Marino headed by Pier Paolo
Gasperoni; delegation also holds talks with SPA Standing
Committee Secretary Kim Pong-chu, SPA Deputy Yu Kyu-tong,
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1987)
KWP Secretary Ho Chong-suk meets with members of Cuban
trade delegation headed by Pedro Castillo, Secretary General
of National Trade Union of Tobacco Workers. (KCNA 26 May
25 May-2 June Delegation of Hungarian People's Army, headed by Lieutenant
General Remenyi Gyula, First Deputy Chief of General Staff,
visits P'yongyang; meets with Chief of Staff 0 Kuk-yol. (KCNA
26 May 1987; KCNA 2 June 1987)
26 May
27-30 May
27- May
Nguyen Giap. (Hanoi VNA 26 May 1987)
according to Japanese press. (Tokyo Kyodo 27 May 1987)
Soviet Premier Ryzhkov tells Japanese religious leader Ikeda
that Soviet Union supports North Korean cohosting but is
making preparations to send a team to 1988 Olympic Games
1987; Beijing XINHUA 27 May 1987; KCNA 28 May 1987)
Kim Yu-sun and inspects sports facilities in P'yongyang.
Comment: In 23 May announcement from Lausanne, North
Korea denied permission for Sipercu to enter South Korea
across the demarcation line at P'anmunjom. IOC President
Samaranch had maintained the North's cooperation at this
time would serve as a public yardstick for gauging
P'yongyang's stance on the Games. (Tokyo Kyodo 24 M"
IOC member Alexandru Sipercu heads delegation to
P'yongyang to discuss fourth meeting between North and
South Korea on cohosting the Olympics, scheduled for 14-15
July in Lausanne; meets with Olympic Committee Chairman
in Korean 7 June 1987)
Chief Secretary of P'yongyang City Party Committee Kang
Hui-won heads P'yongyang City KWP delegation to East
Germany; meets with East German leader Erich Honecker and
attends meeting of mayors from foreign countries. Kang signs
agreement to establish relations between KWP Pyongyang
City Committee and the SED's Berlin State Committee. (KCNA
27 May 1987; KCNA 5 June 1987; P'yongyang Domestic
Service in Korean 5 June 1987; P'yongyang Domestic Service
27 May-3 June Deputy Premier Kim Pok-sin heads government delegation to
21st meeting of North Korea-Soviet Intergovernmental
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28 May
June 1987)
Consultative Economic, Scientific, and Technological
Committee in Soviet Union; meets with Party Secretary
Dolgikh. Kim and Murakhovskiy, Chairman of State
Agroindustrial Committee, agree to develop new forms of
economic collaboration, such as joint enterprises and
production sharing in machine building and light industry.
(KCNA 27 May 1987; Moscow Television Service in Russian 3
June 1987; KCNA 4 June 1987; Moscow Pravda in Russian 4
Vice President Pak Song-ch'ol meets with delegation of United
Peasants Party of Poland led by its central committee
chairman, Czarek Roman. (KCNA 29 May 1987)
headed by its director Zdenek Snitil. (KCNA 29 May 1987)
KWP Secretary Ch'oe T'ae-pok meets with delegation of
Marxism-Leninism Institute of Czechoslovak Communist Party,
Serbo-Croatian 28 May 1987)
Air Force Commander, Colonel General Cho Myong-nok,
heading delegation to Yugoslavia, holds talks with Defense
Secretary Fleet Admiral Mamula on developing inter-army
cooperation. (Belgrade Tanjug Domestic Service in
1987)
Chief Secretary of South Pyongan Party Committee So
Yun-sok speaks at meeting held to welcome Soviet party
delegation of Novosibirsk Regional Committee. (KCNA 30 May
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9-13 June
25 June
4 July
8-9 July
6 July
Matters.
11 July
14-15 July
22-29 July
August
15 August
9 September
37th anniversary of outbreak of Korean war, usually marks
beginning of anti-US month in North Korea. 25X1
15th anniversary of July 4 North-South joint communique. 25X1
President Ershad of Bangladesh to visit P'yongyang. 25X1
26th anniversary of signing of Soviet-Korean Friendship
Treaty. I 25X1
26th anniversary of signing of Chinese-Korean Friendship
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Fourth meeting on cohosting Olympics scheduled in
Lausanne.
Japanese Socialist Party to send 270-member friendship
delegation to P'yongyang aboard North Korean ship. 25X1
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North Korean National Day--39th anniversary of founding of %
North Korean government. 25X1
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10 October 42nd anniversary of founding of Korean Workers Party (KWP).
25 October 37th anniversary of entry of Chinese "volunteers" into Korean
war.
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SUBJECT: Chronology: North Korea--May 1987
Distribution:
Original - Files
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- Bill Newcomb, INR/EC/CER, Room 8442, Dept. of State
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- Joseph A. Mussomeli, East Asian and Pacific Affairs,
Room 5315, Dept. of State
1
- DB-2D, Room C 2951, DIA
1
- JSI-3C, Room 1C930, DIA
1
- Director, DCI/DDCI/Executive Staff (7E 12)
1
- NIO/EA (7E 62)
1
- C/E ] (5E 18)
1
- OGI/FSIC/PI (2G 18)
1
- OEA/NEA/Korea Branch (4G
43)
1
- OEA/NEA/Japan Branch (4G
31)
1
- OEA/NEA/STI Branch (4G 43
)
1
- OEA/NEA Division (4G 43)
1
- OEA/China Division (4g 32)
1
- OEA/SEA Division (4F 24)
1
- D/OEA (4F 18)
1
- C/Production/OEA (4G 48)
1
- FBIS Analysis Group (1014 K
ey Bldg.)
1
- DDI (7E 47)
1
- Senior Review Panel (5G 00)
1
- Office of Legislative Liaison
(7B 14)
1
- PDB Staff (7F 30)
5
- CPAS/IMC/CG (7G 07)
1
- CPAS/ILS (7F 50)
1
- C/PES (7F 24)
1
- NIC/AG (7E 47)
1
- DDO/EA Division (5D 00)
1
- DDO/EA
5C 45)
1
- DDO/EA
(5C 19)
1
- DDO/EA
(5C 19)
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