CHRONOLOGY: NORTH KOREA AUGUST 1986

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• Publication Date: September 11, 1986
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DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE
11 September 1986
AUGUST 1986
27 July 33rd anniversary of signing of Korean Armistice
Agreement.
28 July Vice President Yi Chong-ok meets with Chinese
Meteorological delegation led by Zou Jingmeng, director of
Chinese Meteorological Administration. (Beijing
International 29 July 1986)
29 July Three-ship flotilla, led by Navy Commander Kim I1-ch'ol,
returns from Vladivostok, where it reciprocated 25th
friendship treaty anniversary visit from Soviet Pacific
Fleet; Commander Kim meets with Soviet Commander-in-Chief
Vladimir Chernavin. Comment: This marks the first out-
of-country visit by a North Korean flotilla. (Beijing
Xinhua 30 July 1986)
by its chairman, Tooru Kurihara. (KCNA 30 July 1986)
KWP Secretary Kim Hwan meets with delegation of local
assemblyman's groups of the Japan Socialist party, headed
This memorandum was prepared byl I Office of
East Asian Analysis. Information available as of 11 September
1986 was used in its preparation. Comments and queries are
welcome and may be directed to the Chief, Korea Branch, Northeast
Asia Division, OEA,
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30 July
30 July
1 August
30 July 1986)
Vice President Yi Chong-ok attends meeting marking 40th
anniversary of the sex equality law. (KCNA
30 July 1986)
KCNA reports Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega expressed
support for North Korea's proposal for Olympic cohosting
to Communications Minister Kim Yong-ch'ae on 20 July
during an official government visit in Managua. (KCNA
elected chairman. (KCNA 31 July 1986)
North Korea and Czechoslovakia form friendship association
holding first meeting in P'yongyang; Vice Chairman of
State Commission of Science and Technology Kim Ung-ho is
late August in Zimbabwe. (KCNA 30 July 1986)
Japanese press denounces US for "CIA plot" to undermine
the Eighth Nonaligned Summit Conference, scheduled for
Deputy Foreign Minister Choe Su-hon arrives in Tripoli for
official visit to Libya. (Tripoli JANA 30 July 1986)
Denmark. (KCNA 2 August 1986)
Vice President Yi Chong-ok meets with Steen Christensen,
General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party of
Chinese Embassy in P'yongyang marks 59th anniversary of
founding of Chinese People's Liberation Army; KPA Chief of
General Staff 0 Kuk-yol attends. (KCNA 2 August 1986)
1-17 August Delegation from Burkina Faso, headed by Minister of
Territorial Adminstration and Security Ernest Nongma
Ouedraogo, visits P'yongyang; attends meeting marking
third anniversary of Burkinabe revolution and meets with
Kim Il-song. (KCNA 1 August 1986; KCNA 17 August 1986)
2 August Vice Premier Chong Chun-ki heads KWP delegation on
official visits to Zaire, Benin, Ghana and Sierra Leone.
(KCNA 2 August 1986)
3 August KWP Secretary Hwang Chang-yop meets with Japanese
teachers' union group, headed by its chairman, Tsukasa
Matsuo. (KCNA 4 August 1986)
Kim I1-song meets with West German writer Luise Rinser.
(KCNA 3 August 1986)
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4-7 August Kangwon Provincial party delegation, headed by its chief
secretary, Yim Hyong-ku, visits Jiangsu Province in China,
as well as Wuxi, Shanghai and Beijing. Rally in Nanjing
honors delegation. KC NA 4 August 1986; Beijing Xinhua
7 August 1986)
5 August North Korea initiates firing incident in the DMZ, using
small arms and machine guns, according to UN Command.
North Korea claims South Korea is at fault.
Kim I1-song receives greetings commemorating 33rd
anniversary of "victory... in the Great Fatherland War"
from Libya, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Burundi, Syria and Peo le's Democratic Republic
of Yemen. (KCNA 5 August 1986)
At meeting to mark 15th anniversary of a speech by
Kim I1-song, P'yongyang City KWP Secretary So Yun-sok
calls for US to accept latest North Korean peace
proposal. (KCNA 5 August 1986)
6 August "Month of Solidarity" with Cuba to celebrate 33rd
anniversary of Cuban revolution closes with meeting at the
Korea-Cuba Friendship P'yongyang textile machine
factory. (KCNA 7 August 1986)
7-13 August During seven-day tour of Zaire, Vice Premier Chong Chun-ki
meets with Marshall Mobutu Sese Seko. (Kinshasa Azap 8
August 1986)
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8, 9 August North Korea claims that South Korean troops fired north
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9 August. UN Command investigation concludes no firing
took place.
11 August Kim I1-song meets with Cuban Ambassador and Embassy
officials to mark Fidel Castro's 60th birthday; Foreign
Minister Kim Yong-nam, KWP Secretary Hwang Chang-yop and
KWP Deputy Department Director Kil Chae-kyong are
present. (KCNA 11 August 1986)
Kim I1-song meets with head of Pakistani government
delegation Malik Muhammad Ali Khan, Deputy Chairman of the
Senate. (KCNA 11 August 1986)
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12 August Representing Vietnam and North Korea, Deputy Foreign Trade
Ministers Nguyen Mann Cam and Kang Chong-mo sign trade
agreement for 1986-90 and protocol for goods exchange and
payment for 1987 in Pyongyang. (Hanoi VNA 16 August 1986)
Central People's Committee appoints Kim Yun-hyok First
Vice Premier of the State Administration Council.
Comment: Position of First Vice Premier has been expanded
to three positions; probably does not mean a demotion for
Yon Hy nn k (P'yongyang Domestic Service 12 August
1986)
13 August Cuban Embassy celebrates Castro's 60th birthday; Premier
Kang Song-san, Vice President Yi Chong-ok and Vice Premier
Kim Yong-nam are among those present. (P'yongyang
Domestic Service 13 August 1986)
Kim I1-song meets with Polish United Workers' Party
Secretaries Jozef Czyrek and Jan Glowczyk. (KCNA
14 August 1986)
13-28 August External Economics Minister Chong Song-nam heads
delegation to Tanzania and Senegal. In Tanzania, Chong
attends joint cooperation commission;, meets with President
Mwinyi. Chong and Kighoma Malima, Minister of State,
President's Office, sign accord establishing joint
agricultural company. (KCNA 13 August 1986; Dar Es Salaam
External Service 18 August 1986; KCNA 29 August 1986)
15 August 41st anniversary of National Liberation.
Kim I1-song sends greetings on 14 August to Gorbachev and
Gromyko to commemorate 41st anniversary. (Moscow TASS
14 August 1986)
P'yongyang City KWP Secretary So Yun-sok and
Communications Minister Kim Yong-ch'ae attend 41st
anniversary meeting on 14 August at Palace of Culture.
(KCNA 15 August 1986)
So Yun-sok and Kim Yong-ch'ae attend wreath-laying
ceremony at World War II monument to Soviet troops.
(Moscow Pravda 16 August 1986)
15-20 August During six-day tour of Benin, Vice Premier Chong Chun-ki
meets with President Mathieu Kerekou. (Cotonou Domestic
Service 20 August 1986)
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16 August Kim I1-song meets with Choe Tok-sin, a former South Korean
"foreign minister" and Army Corps Commander in the South
Korean army. (KCNA 17 August 1986)
17 August Gift from Kim Chong-il conveyed to South West Africa
People's Organization President Nujoma by Ambassador Pak
Ki-chol. Comment: Unusual for gifts to be attributed to
the younger Kim; may indicate he is being given higher
level of responsibility in foreign affairs. (KCNA 22
August 1986)
17-19 August National meeting of heat controllers takes place in
P'yongyang; calls for expanded use of natural energy. KWP
Secretary Kim Hwan and Deputy Premier of Administration
Council Hong Si-hak attend. (KCNA 20 August 1986)
18 August Iranian Deputy Transportation Minister Mohammad Javad 25X1
Ranaiefar and Ambassador Cho Kyu-il sign air
transportation agreement in Tehran. (Tehran IRNA 20
August 1986) 25X1
18 August - While on vacation in North Korea, Qin Jiwei, Commander of
3 September the Beijing Units of the Chinese People's Army, meets with
Chief of General Staff 0 Kuk-yol and Kim 111-song. (KCNA
21 August 1986; KCNA 25 August 1986) 25X1
19 August Foreign Ministry issues statement supporting Soviet leader
Gorbachev's announcement to extend the Soviet nuclear test
moratorium until 1 January 1987. Comment: First official
endorsement of a Soviet position in 25 years. (P'yongyang
Domestic Service 19 August 1986) 25X1
479th meeting of the Military Armistice Commission
Secretariat at Panmunjom. Comment: UN Command replies to
previous North Korean overtures on US soldiers' remains
issue for first time. (Seoul Yonhap 19 August 1986)
Foreign Trade Minister Ch'oe Chong-kun and Mongolian 25X1
Deputy Foreign Trade Minister B. Delgersuren sign protocol
on delivery of commodities and payments for 1987 in
P'yongyang. (KCNA 21 August 1986) 25X1
North Korea initiates second firing incident in the DMZ,
confirmed by UN Command investigation; claims South Korea
started the shooting.
20 August KWP Secretary Hwang Chang-yop meets with a Chinese Party 25X1
holiday group headed by Chen Yeping, CPC Central Advisory
Commission member; Kil Chae-kyong, Deputy Director of a
KWP Department, also attends. (KCNA 21 August 1986)
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North Korean Democratic Lawyers' Association issues
statement denouncing US support for the Contras in
Nicaragua. (KCNA 21 August 1986)
North Korea claims two more DMZ firing incidents were
initiated by South Korean troops. UN Command
investigation concludes no firing took place.
20-26 August 200-member Chinese youth delegation, headed by Song Defu,
First Secretary of CC of Communist Youth League, arrives
in P'yongyang; KWP Secretaries Kim Hwan and Ho Chong-suk
are present at banquet to honor delegation. Kim I1-song
meets with leading members of delegation. (KCNA 21 August
1986; Beijing Xinhua 26 August 1986)
21 August KWP Secretary Hwang Chang-yop meets with delegation of
Socialist Party of Australia headed by Glen Moorhead,
Control Committee Chairman of the Central Committee.
(KCNA 22 August 1986)
22 August 26th anniversary of founding of Ch'ollima movement.
Foreign Ministry of Lesotho announces expulsion of three
North Korean Embassy personnel "for conduct incompatible
with their diplomatic status," leaving one North Korean
Embassy officer.
23 August North Korean troops fire toward southern part of DMZ.
24 August Vice President Pak Song-ch'ol heads delegation to Eighth
Nonaligned Summit Conference in Harare, Zimbabwe, with
stopovers in Moscow and Budapest. Pak meets with
Yugoslavian Vice President Sinan Hasani in Harare.
P'yongyang Domestic Service 26 August 1986; Moscow
Izvestia 27 August 1986; Belgrade Tanjug 31 August 1986)
Kim I1-song gives guidance at South Hamgyong provincial
party meeting in Hamhung; calls for increased production
in coal, electricity, chemical products and fertilizer, as
well as new plastic material and synthetic rubber plant in
Hamhung. Top leaders attending include Kang Song-san, Yi
Chong-ok, Yon Hyong-muk, Kim Hwan, Yi Kun-mo, Chon Pyong-
ho, Hong Song-nam, Hong Si-hak, Kim Pok-sin, Hyon Mu-
kwang, Kim Yun-hyok, Pak Nam-ki, So Kwan-hui and Kim
Chang-chu. Comment: First official appearance for newly
appointed First Vice Premier Kim Yun-hyok. (KCNA 26
August 1986)
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An Sung-hak, identified as Chairman of the South Hamgyong
Administrative and Economic Guidance Committee, attends
art performance in South Hamgyong province. Comment: An
Sung-hak is starting to appear at low level provincial
functions. He was removed from his position as vice
premier, chairman of light industry, and candidate
Politburo
member in February 1986. (P'yo
ngyang Domes
tic
Service 2
4 August 1986)
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25-30 August
Vice Premi
er Chong Chun-ki continues tour
of Africa w
ith
one-week
the Provi
Rawlings a
official visit in Ghana; meets w
sional National Defense Council
nd announces trade agreement wil
ith Chairman
Jerry John
l be signed
of
.
(Accra Do
mestic Service 25 August 1986; 3
0 August 198
6;
KCNA 3 Se
ptember 1986)
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26 August
Vice Presi
dent Yi Chong-ok meets with a d
elegation of
the
Lebanese
Communist Party headed by 'Abd Al
-Karim Mure
,
Deputy Ge
neral Secretary; KWP Deputy Depa
rtment Direc
tor
Kil Chae-
kyong is present. (KCNA 27 Augu
st 1986)
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North Kore
with meeti
Cultural
a marks 17th anniversary of Lib
ng; Chon Yon-ok, Vice Chairman o
Relations with Foreign Countries
yan revoluti
f Committee
, addresses
on
for
the
meeting.
(KCNA 28 August 1986)
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26-31 August
Foreign Mi
nister Kim Yong-nam, in Zimbabw
e for the Fo
reign
Ministers
Conference
Ministers
meeting held prior to the Eight
of Nonaligned countries, meets
from 25 countries. (KCNA 29, 31
h Summit
with Foreig
August 198
n
6;
KCNA 1 Sep
tember 1986)
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27 August Vice President Yim Ch'un-ch'u meets with a delegation of 25X1
Soviet Buddhists headed by its chairman, Bandido Hambo
Lama Zhimba Zhamso Erdyneyev. (KCNA 28 August 1986)
28 August Soviet press prints article about Kim I1-song's remarks to
the South Hamgyong provincial party meeting in Hamhung.
(Moscow Pravda 28 August 1986) 25X1
Kim I1-song sends messages to Iranian leader Khamenei,
Libyan leader Qadhafi and PLO leader Arafat, replying to
their anniversary greetings. (KCNA 29 August 1986)
28-30 August External Economic Minister Chong Song-nam and delegation
pay official visit to Senegal after visiting Tanzania.
(Dakar Domestic Service 28 August 1986)
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29 August KCNA reports that a joint communique released by
Madagascar and the PLO on 26 August supports North Korea's
proposal for cohosting the Olympics. (KCNA 29 August
1986)
29 August- Yanggang Provincial agricultural investigation
September delegation, led by Provincial Deputy Economic Committee
Chairman Kim Kae-chan, visits Jilin Province in China.
(Changchun Jilin Provincial Service 31 August 1986)
30 August- Vice Premier Chong Chun-ki and delegation pay three-day
1 September visit to Sierra Leone; meets with President Momoh
and Speaker of Parliament William Conteh. (Paris
AFP 30 August 1986)
31 August Vice President Pak Song-Ch'ol, heading delegation to
Eighth Nonaligned Summit Conference in Zimbabwe, meets
with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. (KCNA 3
September 1986)
31 August- Delegation of the Democratic Left Party of Ecuador, led by
2 September Party Presidential Envoy Efren Cocios Jaramillo, holds
talks with a KWP delegation headed by Deputy Department
Director Han Si-hae; exchanges "views on developing
relations..." (KCNA 1 September 1986)
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strengthen bilateral relations with North Korea.
Polish Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski plans to visit
North Korea--returning the 1984 visit of Kim Il-song to
his country--and Mongolia, with China a possibility,
according to press reports. He expects to discuss ways to
20 September - Asian Games scheduled in Seoul. North Korea will
6 October boycott.
22 September 1949 Death of Kim Chong-il's mother, Kim Chong-suk. 25X1
10 October 41st anniversary of the founding of Korean Workers Party
(KWP).
Mid to late East German leader Erich Honecker is scheduled to visit
October North Korea, as well as China and Mongolia, returning the
1984 visit of Kim Il-song to his country, according to
press reports; expects to discuss ways to strengthen
25 October 36th anniversary of entry of Chinese "volunteers" into
Korean war.
Early December
Election of deputies to Eighth SPA.
reunification.
Political organizations from Chile, Costa Rica, Peru and
Nicaragua plan Havana meeting in support of Korean
24 December 1917 Birth of Kim Chong-il's mother.
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SUBJECT: Chronology: North Korea--August 1986
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