NDC Policy Department
Has NDC absorbed the United Front Department?
Last Friday (28 May), the National Defense Commission held a press conference in Pyongyang “denouncing the Lee Myung Bak group of traitors of south Korea for having recently kicked off a racket of confrontation with […]
SPA Session to Issue Statement on Cheonan?
The ROK Ministry of Unification anticipates that the DPRK is expected ” to announce its positions and principles on issues it is faced with, such as the outcome of an investigation into the Choenan incident” […]
Nerve Center of DPRK's anti-ROK Operations
Kim So-hyun has a comprehensive report in the Korea Herald about the NDC Reconnaissance Bureau, which would manage an attack such as the Cheonan. Government sources also reportedly said that the “130-ton Yeono class submarines,” […]
HRC in ROK
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton dropped in to Seoul, to meet with and provide a US show of support for ROK President Lee Myung-bak, and South Korea, following the conclusion of the Cheonan […]
ROK Defines NK as "Main Enemy," NK Severs All Inter-Korean Contact
Kim So-hyun reports in Korea Herald that ROK officials plan to revive and define the DPRK as “the main enemy” as part of its military response to the sinking of the Cheonan. Another presidential aide […]
ROK "To Immediately Exercise Right of Self Defense"
The full English text of ROK President Lee Myung-bak’s remarks is available here. In a nationally televised address on the March 2010 sinking of ROK naval corvette Cheonan, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak declared his […]
Official Reaction on the Cheonan
The official reactions to the findings of the investigation into the sinking of the Cheonan continue. An executive summary of the official, international investigation can be read here. Yonhap provides a chronology of related events. […]
