In an extraordinary afternoon briefing on July 16 (Thursday), the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Unification revealed that it would conduct office inspections of 25 selected North Korean human rights and resettlement civil society organizations registered with the Ministry of Unification. In addition, on July 17 (Friday) and July 20 (Monday) the Ministry demanded that 64 accredited non-governmental organizations active in the area of North Korean human rights and resettlement programs each submit an entire body of documentation proving that they satisfy the requirements of a not-for-profit civil society organization, as a condition to maintain their status of registration with the Ministry.