In one of his most energetic public outings this year, Kim Jong-il inspected a training base for military officers and a string of industrial facilities, North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Sunday, June 20 (KCNA report title: "Kim Jong Il Provides Field Guidance to Work in Various Fields of North Phyongan Province").Kim "inspected the training center for commanding officers of KPA Unit 593" while visiting a mine, an electronics factory, a co-operative farm and a machine complex in northwestern North Korea, KCNA said in reports datelined Saturday, 19 June.
The trips come as South Korea is implementing a raft of measures to punish North Korea both economically and politically after it blamed Pyongyang for the sinking of the ROKS Cheonan in March.
Denying its role, North Korea has threatened war if it is punished for the sinking that killed 46 sailors.Earlier this month, North Korea conducted a sweeping reshuffle in a rare extra parliamentary session, a step that analysts said appears to have set the stage for a hereditary power succession.
Since apparently suffering a stroke 2008, 68-year-old Kim has stepped up his public activities. The number of his outings in 2009 came in at 200, which tied his highest number of public appearances in a year that was set in 2001.
Isn't this report straight from Yonhap? It would be helpful to readers if you differentiated analysis/reporting that is your own with that from other sources.
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ReplyDeleteI believe you are correct on the source of this report. I have differentiated my own analysis from those that I have posted from other sources for my past postings by inserting a by-line at the very beginning of each posting. Missed it this time. Thanks for pointing it out, and I apologize for any inconvenience/confusion it might have caused.