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BUSH / NORTH KOREA VOA 31 Dec 2002 -- President Bush says he wants to resolve a crisis over North Korea's nuclear weapons program without resorting to military action. North Korea Tuesday, expelled two U-N inspectors who were monitoring a facility that the international community believes can produce fuel for a nuclear weapon
I-A-E-A / NORTH KOREA VOA 31 Dec 2002 -- A spokeswoman for the International Atomic Energy Agency says the agency hopes North Korea will change its mind and allow I-A-E-A inspectors to return. But he says until then the agency has no way of monitoring North Korea's nuclear activities. The statement follows the departure from North Korea earlier Tuesday of inspectors who had been expelled by the North Korean government
YEARENDER: NORTH / SOUTH KOREA RELATIONS VOA 31 Dec 2002-- North Korea's nuclear brinkmanship of the last several weeks has created tremendous uncertainty in its already rocky relationship with South Korea.
NOKOR / INSPECTORS OUT VOA 31 Dec 2002-- Two inspectors for the United Nations nuclear monitoring agency have arrived in Beijing after North Korea expelled them
U-S / NORTH KOREA VOA 30 Dec 2002-- The United States Monday continued to stress a non-confrontational approach toward North Korea and its renewed drive for nuclear weapons. A senior Bush administration envoy will go to South Korea and Japan, and, possibly, to other Asian countries, as early as next week to try to coordinate policy among the allies
State Department Noon Briefing Transcript Washington File 30 Dec 2002-- Reeker: Broadly in this subject, we share the view of the international community that North Korea's recent actions intended to advance its nuclear weapons capability and violating its International Atomic Energy Agency Safeguards Agreement, these are a challenge to all responsible nations. The entire international community has made clear that North Korea's relations with the outside world hinge on the elimination of its nuclear weapons program. So we continue to call on North Korea to reverse its current course, to take all steps necessary to come into compliance with its IAEA Safeguards Agreement, and to eliminate the nuclear weapons program in a verifiable manner.
Daily Press Briefing State Department 30 Dec 2002 -- US Policy Toward North Korea/ Secretary Powell's Remarks / Secretary Powell's Calls to Foreign Ministers / Others re North Korea / IAEA Board of Governors Meeting/Prospects for UNSC Action / Assistant Secretary Kelly's Travel to Consult with Friends and Allies / IAEA Safeguards Agreement and North Korean Violation of Agreement / Prospects for Re-imposing Economic Sanctions on North Korea / South Korean President Kim's Statement on US Policy / Reported North Korean Withdrawal from Non-Proliferation Treaty / US Diplomatic Stance with North Korea versus with Iraq
RUSSIA / NORTH KOREA VOA 30 Dec 2002-- A top Russian official has criticized North Korea for ordering international arms inspectors to leave North Korea and urged it to follow its agreements regarding nuclear issues
White House Daily Briefing Transcript Washington File 30 Dec 2002-- MCCLELLAN: Yes. North Korea is the one that is isolating itself by its action. The international community is unified and is in agreement that North Korea's actions are a challenge to all responsible nations. And it has made clear that North Korea's relations with the outside world hinge on the elimination of its nuclear weapons program. So that's the point I would emphasize, that the international community is unified in its approach.
Powell Says U.S., Allies Trying for Sense from North Korea AFPS 30 Dec 2002-- North Korea's move to build nuclear weapons is "a matter of great concern" to the United States and that "all options are open," Secretary of State Colin Powell said Dec. 29.
NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR VOA 30 Dec 2002-- South Korea is warning that communist North Korea may be about to pull out of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. But, at the same time, South Korea's outgoing president says imposing new sanctions will not resolve the escalating nuclear dispute.
Struggle against imperialism without concession called for KCNA 30 Dec 2002-- The revolutionary people, all the countries and nations of the world should win in the cause of independence against imperialism by firmly struggling against it without the slightest concession and hesitation, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article. A concession to imperialists leads to eternal submission to them, which will deprive the nation and the country of their dignity and sovereignty, bringing humiliation, death, subordination and slavery to them, the paper says, and goes on:
KCNA urges U.S. to do soul searching KCNA 30 Dec 2002-- The DPRK decided to lift the temporary freeze of its nuclear facilities to cope with the United States' decision to stop the supply of heavy oil to the DPRK from Dec. which had been under way under the DPRK-U.S. Agreed Framework (AF). And it twice urged the International Atomic Energy Agency to remove monitoring cameras and seals from its nuclear facilities. Instead of accusing the U.S. of its unilateral and extreme acts of ditching the AF by stopping the supply of heavy oil to the DPRK, the IAEA has gone the length of clamoring about the DPRK's "serious violation" to please the United States and threatening to bring it to the un security council.
Rodong Sinmun on Rumsfeld's utterances about "nuclear threat" KCNA 30 Dec 2002-- U.S. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld recently made much ado about fictitious "nuclear threat" from the DPRK, talking about "concern" and "deterrence". His utterances are no more than a sophism to justify the U.S. aggressive nuclear domination strategy, Rodong Sinmun today says in a signed commentary.
POWELL / NORTH KOREA VOA 29 Dec 2002-- Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United States is not planning to attack North Korea, and is willing to communicate with Pyongyang through third channels about its nuclear program
NORTH KOREA / NUCLEAR VOA 29 Dec 2002-- North Korea blames the United States for increased tensions on the Korean Peninsula, and vows to resist pressure to give up its nuclear programs.
Powell: U.S., Allies Keeping Diplomatic Channels to North Korea Open Washington File 29 Dec 2002-- Patience and pressure, not force, will resolve issue, secretary says
Powell Interview on CNN's Late Edition Washington File 29 Dec 2002-- POWELL: Well, I don't like the word "crisis." It suggests we're about to move forces or there's a war about to break out, and that's not the case at all. We have a very serious situation which are treating as a serious situation. North Korea, notwithstanding its obligations under the 1994 Agreed Framework, started a second production system for the development of nuclear weapons, enriching uranium.
Powell Interview on Fox News Sunday Washington File 29 Dec 2002-- POWELL: It certainly has that capability. It doesn't make sense to reactivate it for electrical production. It's only five megawatts. It's peanuts. It'll barely produce enough electricity to run itself. And so there's a danger, then, that it could be used for reprocessing spent fuel rods into weapons grade plutonium, and that's of concern to us. The North Koreans say they're doing it for electricity. I don't know if this is brinkmanship or whether or not they're serious, but we're taking it seriously.
Powell Interview on ABC's This Week Washington File 29 Dec 2002-- POWELL: Well, I think it is a very serious situation and we're taking a number of steps. First and foremost, we're working with our friends and allies, and not just in a rhetorical sense, but to ask them to bring pressure to bear on North Korea to make sure the North Koreans understand the foolhardy nature of their actions. This is a country that is in deep distress. Its economy is not working. It can't feed its people. And they are investing in the wrong kinds of things.
Powell Interview on CBS's Face the Nation Washington File 29 Dec 2002-- POWELL: It's not a crisis because I believe there are still diplomatic tools that we can use to deal with it and because nobody is mobilizing armies, nobody is threatening each other yet. We are involved in a very serious situation. Some have called it a crisis. I think it's a serious situation. And what we're trying to do is control it. We're going to control it, I think, by working with our friends and allies in the region, bringing international pressure to bear. North Korea is already paying a price for its misbehavior. The Japanese, which were moving toward normalization with a huge economic package for North Korea, have stopped moving. They have to. The South Koreans, who would like to do more for the North Koreans, have just elected a new president who is committed to unification and helping the North, but he has had to speak out strongly about North Korean behavior. The European Union has just said this is a problem between North Korea and the whole world, not just North Korea and the United States.
Powell Interview on NBC's Meet the Press Washington File 29 Dec 2002-- POWELL: Well, it's a very serious situation and we're taking it seriously, but I think it's important to put it in perspective. The Agreed Framework of 1994, entered into by North Korea and the United States, capped the plutonium efforts at this place called Yongbyon that's of such attention now. What we found out, though, is that within a few years of agreeing to cap that program, the North Koreans began another program to enrich uranium. We discovered that over the last six or seven months. Our intelligence sources told us this was happening.
NORKOR/NUCLEAR VOA 28 Dec 2002 -- South Korea says it will send envoys to Russia and China to talk about ways to convince North Korea to halt its revived nuclear program. Japan is also concerned, following the North's announcement that it would expel U-N inspectors from a nuclear complex
I-A-E-A / NORTH KOREA VOA 28 Dec 2002 -- Inspectors monitoring North Korea's nuclear program are getting ready to leave that country. The International Atomic Energy Agency, the I-A-E-A, has confirmed it is making arrangements for the departure. That would mean the agency would have no possibility of monitoring nuclear activities in the communist state.
Weekly on North Korea Ministry of Unification Serial No. 624 (December 27 to January 02, 2003)
Text of a letter from North Korea's General Department of Atomic Energy to Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency 27 December 2002 -- We will resume once suspended construction of the atomic energy power plants and will embark on preparation to operate the radiochemical laboratory as a preparatory step to secure safe storage of large quantity of spent-fuel rods that would come out once these power plants are in operation.
BUSH /NORTH KOREA VOA 27 Dec 2002 -- The Bush Administration says it will not negotiate with North Korea in response to what it calls "threats" about the country's nuclear weapons program. North Korea says it is expelling monitors from the International Atomic Energy Agency
U-S-North Korea VOA 27 Dec 2002 -- The United States Friday called on North Korea to shut down its nuclear weapons program and to back off plans to expel U-N monitors. Spokesmen said the Bush administration will not be pressured into negotiations by threats or broken commitments by Pyongyang
IAEA/NORTH KOREA VOA 27 Dec 2002 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency has asked North Korea to allow its inspectors to stay in the country and monitor activities at the Yonbyon nuclear reactor. The agency was responding to moves by Pyongyang early Friday to expel the inspectors
NOKOR NUCLEAR VOA 27 Dec 2002-- North Korea says it is expelling International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors, the latest move Pyongyang has taken in its effort to reactivate its illegal nuclear program
IAEA/NORTH KOREA VOA 26 Dec 2002 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency says North Korea can have no peaceful use for the plutonium its Yongbyon nuclear reactor will produce, if it goes ahead with plans to activate the facility. The agency's chief, Mohamed El Baradei, expressed concern about North Korean actions again on Thursday
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR VOA 26 Dec 2002-- South Korean President Kim Dae-jung says his nation must be at the forefront of efforts to halt North Korea's nuclear brinkmanship.
RUSSIA / NORTH KOREA VOA 25 Dec 2002-- Russia has urged North Korea to discuss its nuclear program with the International Atomic Energy Agency as a way to allay international concerns. Russia's comments come as worries grow over the apparent restart of North Korea's nuclear program
U.S. urged to stop reckless pressure on DPRK KCNA 25 Dec 2002-- Deputy secretary of the U.S. State Department Armitage in a press conference during his visit to Japan, accusing the DPRK of "its nuclear development," blustered that those countries around the Korean Peninsula have to denuclearize it in keeping with the efforts of the IAEA and that the U.S. has also such intention. Rodong Sinmun today says his remarks disclosed the U.S. criminal attempt to misuse the issue of denuclearizing the peninsula for pressurizing and encircling the DPRK.
U.S. accusations against DPRK rebuffed KCNA 25 Dec 2002-- The U.S. is busy with the anti-DPRK smear campaign, groundlessly accusing it of "proliferating mass destruction weapons" over the issue of its missile dealing. Minju Joson today in a signed commentary dismisses this as an improper act of those who neither feel ashamed nor know well about their difficult position.
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR VOA 25 Dec 2002 -- North Korea's confirmation last Sunday that it has dismantled monitoring cameras at its nuclear sites and cut seals on facilities holding eight-thousand nuclear fuel rods is the subject of concerned editorials in newspapers across the United States. The editorial writers condemn North Korea for breaching the agreement it signed in 1994 to forgo its nuclear weapons program in exchange for aid, but there is disagreement over how the Bush administration should react
NORTH KOREA / NUCLEAR VOA 24 Dec 2002 -- Concerns about North Korea's efforts to open frozen nuclear facilities are mounting in South Korea and Japan. As V-O-A's Amy Bickers reports from Tokyo, the two nations on Tuesday underscored their commitment to peacefully solving the problem
IAEA / NORTH KOREA VOA 24 Dec 2002 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency is becoming increasingly worried by what it calls "the rapidly deteriorating situation" in North Korea
U-S / NORTH KOREA VOA 24 Dec 2002 -- U-S Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke with his Japanese counterpart Tuesday as he continued telephone diplomacy for a fourth straight day on the confrontation with North Korea over its nuclear program. Aides say Mr. Powell does not want to see any further escalation of tensions with Pyongyang
U-S-NORTH KOREA VOA 23 Dec 2002 -- The Bush administration has launched wide-ranging diplomatic contacts on the latest nuclear crisis with North Korea. U-S officials say they want a peaceful resolution of the situation, but will offer no inducements for North Korea to roll back its announced moves to reopen the reactor complex at Yongbyon
Defense Department Briefing Transcript Washington File 23 Dec 2002-- Rumsfeld: Second, we are capable of fighting two major regional conflicts, as the national strategy and the force-sizing construct clearly indicates. We're capable of winning decisively in one and swiftly defeating in the case of the other. And let there be no doubt about it.
Will Not Give In to North Korea "Blackmail," U.S. Says Washington File 23 Dec 2002-- While the United States is determined to find a peaceful solution to North Korea's resumption of its nuclear weapons program, it refuses to be "blackmailed" by the regime of Kim Jong-Il, says Philip Reeker, State Department spokesman.
NORTH KOREA / NUCLEAR VOA 23 Dec 2002-- North Korea is raising new concerns about its nuclear program after it broke open seals guarding spent nuclear fuel. Experts say that material can be used to make nuclear weapons.
Work of removing seals and monitoring cameras from frozen nuclear facilities to start KCNA 23 Dec 2002-- The Korean Central News Agency issued the following report on Dec. 22: As already reported, the DPRK Government on Dec. 12 issued a decision to lift the measure of nuclear freeze taken on the premise that 500,000 tons of heavy oil would be annually supplied to the DPRK under the DPRK-U.S. Agreed Framework and resume the operation and construction of nuclear facilities to generate electricity to cope with the U.S. stop of the supply of heavy oil to the DPRK from December in serious violation of the AF.
Daily Press Briefing State Department 23 Dec 2002 -- Update on Disabling IAEA Monitoring Devices in Nuclear Facility / International Consensus on DPRK Responsibilities
DPRK's mode of counter-action remains unchanged KCNA 23 Dec 2002-- It is the DPRK's invariable mode to react to the U.S. imperialists' hard-line policy with the toughest stand. The DPRK's mode of counter-action will remain as ever toughest. Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed commentary.
NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR VOA 22 Dec 2002 -- North Korea confirms it has disabled surveillance devices at an old nuclear reactor suspected of being used to make plutonium for nuclear weapons. The International Atomic Energy Agency, the United States, and South Korea are urging Pyongyang not to restart the power plant
IAEA/INSPECTORS VOA 22 Dec 2002 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency, based in Vienna, says it is keeping communications open with North Korea, despite Pyongyang's action at the weekend to disable the agency's surveillance equipment at a nuclear reactor. The I-A-E-A also is currently involved in inspections in Iraq, and has confirmed that it will visit Iran in February
SENATORS/KOREA VOA 22 Dec 2002 -- Two key U-S Senators say, with concern mounting about North Korea's nuclear weapons program, the Bush administration must engage its allies in the region. The call follows confirmation by North Korea that it has disabled surveillance devices at an old nuclear reactor
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service December 16 - December 22, 2002
No one can find fault with DPRK lifting of nuclear freeze KCNA 21 Dec 2002-- The DPRK's step to lift its nuclear freeze is a just countermeasure taken by it to cope with the situation where all the articles of the DPRK-U.S. Agreed Framework (AF) have been ditched by the United States, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article.
Rodong Sinmun on DPRK's legitimate right to self-defence KCNA 21 Dec 2002 -- The U.S. imperialists should clearly understand that if the U.S. has a right to use nuclear weapons, the DPRK is entitled to counter it, Rodong Sinmun today says in a signed commentary. A war against Iraq, to be ignited amid the escalating U.S. nuclear threat to the DPRK, may be a preliminary war and a test war for a new Korean War.
EDITORIAL: NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM VOA 20 Dec 2002 -- The U.S. and its Asian allies, Japan and South Korea, are united in calling for a denuclearized Korean peninsula. This call has been echoed by Russia, China, and the European Union. But North Korea is now violating various commitments not to go nuclear
RICHARD LUGAR VOA 19 Dec 2002 -- It's difficult to tell how serious the North Korea threat may be for the moment. I hope not very serious and that they will take very seriously our view that they should stop a highly enriched uranium program, if they have one going. They should not commence to do things further with their plutonium program.
JAPAN-NORKOR ABDUCTEES VOA 19 Dec 2002-- Five Japanese abducted by North Korea say they want to live in their homeland permanently.
CHINA US NORTH KOREA VOA 18 Dec 2002-- A U-S senator calls on China to allow the United Nations to evaluate the status of North Koreans fleeing persecution at home.
Daily Press Briefing State Department 17 Dec 2002 -- Consultations Regarding Proliferation in North Korea / Nuclear Weapons Program / Acquisition of Chemicals from China
DPRK PROLIFERATION: 'THE REAL PROBLEM IS NORTH KOREA,' NOT IRAQ Foreign Media Reactions 17 Dec 2002-- According to Asian writers, North Korea is a more severe 'threat to world peace' than Iraq. / Observers worldwide speculated on U.S. motives for such a 'first-class embarrassment' as the abortive seizure of missiles aboard the North Korean ship on its way to Yemen. / Most saw the DPRK's 'brinkmanship' as aimed at restarting dialogue with the U.S. / Some criticize lack of 'coherent North Korean policy' in Washington.
AIDAN FOSTER-CARTER/North Korea VOA 17 Dec 2002-- North Korea has accused the United States of using humanitarian aid as a political weapon. The comments follow a dispute over what the United States says is a secret North Korean nuclear weapons program. A U-S-led coalition suspended fuel oil shipments to North Korea after accusing Pyongyang of developing nuclear weapons in violation of a 1994 agreement.
KOREAS/TALKS VOA 17 Dec 2002-- Red Cross officials from North and South Korea have agreed on a sixth set of reunions for families long-separated by divisions of the Korean Peninsula. The reunions were arranged amid growing tensions over North Korea's reactivated nuclear program.
Dangerous U.S. military moves flailed KCNA 17 Dec 2002 -- Now the situation of the Korean Peninsula is on the verge of a war. The only way of preventing a catastrophic crisis of a war on the Korean Peninsula is to conclude a non-aggression treaty between the DPRK and the U.S. at an early date.
POWELL-NORTH KOREA VOA 16 Dec 2002-- Secretary of State Colin Powell assured North Korea Monday that the United States has no intention of attacking that country. But he rejected the idea of a non-aggression treaty, which Pyongyang is demanding to settle the crisis over its nuclear weapons program
NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR VOA 16 Dec 2002-- Pyongyang's official newspaper says the Korean peninsula is on the "verge of war" and that the only way to avoid a conflict is for the United States to sign a non-aggression pact with North Korea
NORTH KOREA AID VOA 16 Dec 2002-- North Korea accuses Washington of using food aid to pressure Pyongyang about its nuclear program and says the United States attaches unreasonable conditions to food donations.
KOREAS-TALKS VOA 16 Dec 2002-- Representatives of the two Koreas are scheduled to begin talks on Monday
IAEA urged to remove monitoring cameras KCNA 16 Dec 2002 -- The IAEA is requested to take necessary measures to remove the seals and monitoring cameras from all of our nuclear facilities at the earliest possible date. If the IAEA fails to expeditiously take measures to meet our request, we will take necessary measures unilaterally.
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service December 9 - December 15, 2002
Daily Press Briefing State Department 13 Dec 2002 -- President Bush’s Call to the South Korean President / Development of Nuclear Program/Talks with China / U.S. Policy of Direct Talks and Verification with North Korea / KEDO Board of Directors / Distinction between Iran, Iraq and North Korea on Nuclear Programs and other Weapons of Mass Destruction / United States’ Strong Non-Proliferation Policy
Bush, South Korean Leader Discuss Bilateral Ties, North Korea Washington File 13 Dec 2002-- President Bush and South Korea's President Kim Dae Jung spoke by telephone December 13 about United States-South Korean relations and developments in North Korea, Fleischer told reporters.
YEMEN / SCUDS VOA 13 Dec 2002 -- controversial shipment of Scud missiles from North Korea was delivered to Yemen Saturday. Discovery of the shipment on the high seas touched off international tensions among Yemen, North Korea and the United States
DPRK Gov't to immediately resume operation and constr. of its nuclear facilities KCNA 13 Dec 2002-- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry in a statement today said that the prevailing situation compelled the DPRK government to lift its measure for nuclear freeze taken on the premise that 500,000 tons of heavy oil would be annually supplied to the DPRK under the DPRK-U.S. Agreed Framework (AF) and immediately resume the operation and construction of its nuclear facilities to generate electricity.
BUSH / NORTH KOREA MISSILES VOA 13 Dec 2002-- South Korean President Kim Dae-jung Friday said North Korea's decision to restart its nuclear program is "unacceptable."
NORKOR NUCLEAR VOA 13 Dec 2002-- North Korea has told the International Atomic Energy Agency to stop monitoring its nuclear facilities. This follows Pyongyang's announcement that it will reactivate its nuclear operations, which were mothballed under a 1994 agreement with Washington
White House Regrets North Korea Decsion on Nuclear Facility Washington File 12 Dec 2002-- The White House says it regrets North Korea's decision to reactivate a controversial nuclear power plant that U.S. officials say is capable of producing weapons-grade material.
BUSH / NORTH KOREA VOA 12 Dec 2002 -- The White House says it regrets North Korea's decision to reactivate a controversial nuclear power plant that U-S officials say is capable of producing weapons-grade material. This is the latest development in a growing dispute surrounding Pyongyang's nuclear intentions
U-S-NORTH KOREA VOA 12 Dec 2002 -- The United States is expressing regret over North Korea's announced intention to re-activate a nuclear power plant shut down as part of a 1994 agreement with Washington. The move by Pyongyang would be a further unraveling of the "agreed framework" under which Pyongyang committed to stop its nuclear program
NOKOR NUKE REACT VOA 12 Dec 2002 -- Seoul has expressed "grave concern" over North Korea's announcement that it will reactivate its nuclear power facilities, and has called on Pyongyang to reverse its decision. North Korea's announcement could have an impact on the South's presidential elections next week
CHINA / US / NOKOR VOA 12 Dec 2002-- A top visiting U-S diplomat says China appears willing to put pressure on North Korea to drop its nuclear program
NORKOR NUKES VOA 12 Dec 2002-- North Korea says it will immediately reactivate nuclear power facilities frozen under a 1994 agreement with the United States
STOLL-NORTH KOREA VOA 11 Dec 2002-- The United States says Yemen has given assurances it will not transfer the missiles it ordered from North Korea to a third party. The shipment is making its way to Yemen as the Bush Administration announces a revised approach to countering and deterring an enemy's use of weapons of mass destruction -- a strategy apparently aimed at Iraq. Ric Stoll is a political science professor at Rice University in Houston, Texas
Powell-Yemen Missiles VOA 11 Dec 2002-- Bush administration officials say they are satisfied with promises from Yemen that it will no longer buy missiles from North Korea or transfer them to third parties. The Yemeni assurances prompted the U-S decision Wednesday to allow the ship carrying North Korean "Scud" missiles, that had been stopped on the high seas earlier this week, to proceed to Yemeni port
YEMEN/MISSILES VOA 11 Dec 2002-- The United States has allowed a ship stopped at sea by U-S and Spanish warships to proceed to Yemen loaded with scud missiles from North Korea
BUSH / NORTH KOREA MISSILES VOA 11 Dec 2002-- U-S officials are allowing a North Korean ship carrying Scud missiles to continue on its way to Yemen
SPAIN / MISSILES VOA 11 Dec 2002-- Spain has released details on the seizure by its navy of a ship in the Arabian Sea that was carrying 15 Scud missiles
YEMEN / NORTH KOREA VOA 11 Dec 2002-- Authorities in Yemen have acknowledged the government ordered a shipment of Scud missiles that were seized aboard a vessel in the Arabian Sea
RUMSFELD / DJIBOUTI MISSILE VOA 11 Dec 2002-- U-S Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld concluded his two day, first ever, tour of the Horn of Africa Wednesday, visiting the tiny, but strategically positioned nation of Djibouti. During his stop, Mr. Rumsfeld has held talks with Mr. Ishmail Omar Guelleh
CHINA ARMITAGE VOA 11 Dec 2002-- A top U-S diplomat says the discovery of smuggled missiles aboard a North Korean ship is no surprise - and will not change American policy toward the isolated communist state
NOKOR MISSILES REACT VOA 11 Dec 2002-- News that North Korea may have been smuggling Scud missiles to the Middle East is taking center stage in South Korean politics ahead of next week's presidential election. The ruling party - which has favored engaging North Korea - is fending off new criticism for its liberal policies
NORTH KOREA / MISSILES VOA 11 Dec 2002-- A ship carrying at least a dozen Scud missiles has been intercepted in the Arabian Sea
Daily Press Briefing State Department 11 Dec 2002 -- North Korean Shipment of Missiles to Yemen / US-Yemen Relations
Daily Press Briefing State Department 10 Dec 2002 -- Deputy Secretary Armitage’s Visit to the Region / Human Rights Initiatives and Food Aid / Reaction to Allegations of Kim Jong-il Diverting Funds / US Position on North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Program
CHINA US VOA 10 Dec 2002 -- A senior U-S congressman is asking China to do more to help stop North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Representative Henry Hyde put the request to China's President Jiang Zemin Tuesday in Beijing
Armitage Says Diplomacy Has Time to Work with North Korea Washington File 09 Dec 2002-- There is time for diplomacy to do its work in the effort to denuclearize North Korea, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said in Japan.
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service December 2 - December 8, 2002
RED CROSS/NKOREA VOA 07 Dec 2002 -- The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says it is deeply concerned that fuel sanctions on North Korea could have a disastrous effect on aid operations in that country. The United States, Japan and South Korea decided last month to suspend fuel oil shipments to North Korea, for violating a 1994 agreement to end its nuclear weapons program
Daily Press Briefing State Department 06 Dec 2002 -- Deputy Secretary Armitage Travel / Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization Board Meeting / Heavy Fuel Oil Shipment / Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA)
BUSH/RUSSIA VOA 06 Dec 2002 -- President Bush and Russian leader Vladimir Putin Friday discussed ways to stop North Korea's nuclear weapons program
CHINA REFUGEE TRIAL VOA 06 Dec 2002 -- A South Korean man and several other people are being tried in northeastern China on charges of smuggling seventy refugees out of North Korea
South Korea, U.S. Discuss North's Nukes, Forces Agreement AFPS 05 Dec 2002-- The threat of North Korean nuclear weapons and missile technology was the main topic of the 34th Korea-U.S. Security Consultative Meeting, held here Dec. 4 and 5.
Joint Media Availability With Secretary Rumsfeld And Korean Defense Minister 05 Dec 2002-- Rumsfeld: The minister and I discussed the situation with respect to North Korea. We both agreed that the efforts and discussions that are taking place between our respective presidents and the -- some neighboring countries -- Russia, the People's Republic of China, Japan and others -- are the appropriate approach at the present time. And only time will tell what progress or success might be achieved.
PENTAGON/KOREA VOA 05 Dec 2002 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says North Korea has embarked on what he calls a dangerous path through its violations of nuclear agreements
NORKOR IAEA VOA 04 Dec 2002 -- North Korea has rejected a request from the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect its nuclear facilities.
BUSH NORTH KOREA VOA 04 Dec 2002 -- The White House says it continues to believe diplomacy is the best way to handle tensions created by North Korea's nuclear development program. The comments followed Pyongyang's rejection of a U-N request to open its nuclear facilities to inspection
NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES VOA 04 Dec 2002 -- International activists are calling for China to stop returning refugees to North Korea, where they face prison and, in many cases, death. Activists, who recently attended a conference at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, want the international community to put pressure on China to improve its treatment of North Korean refugees
U.S. development of new type of nuclear weapons blasted KCNA 04 Dec 2002 -- Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary assails the United States for its frantic development of a new type of nuclear weapons targeted at the DPRK. The U.S. decision to develop more powerful new type of nuclear weapons only lays bare its hypocritical nature as it is accustomed to making much ado about somebody's "nuclear threat", the commentary notes
U.S. urged not to poke its nose into other's affair KCNA 04 Dec 2002 -- James Soligan, deputy chief of staff of the U.S. Forces command in South Korea who represents the U.S. Forces side at the DPRK-U.S. general-level talks in Panmunjom, blustered that the inter-Korean relations cannot improve while putting aside the "UN forces command." Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary terms this outburst a blatant challenge to the desire of the Korean nation to rejoin the severed ties of the nation and an insolent interference in its internal affairs
KCNA assails U.S. development of new types of nukes KCNA 03 Dec 2002 -- It has been disclosed recently that the U.S. is keen on developing nuclear weapons of the new generation capable of destroying underground plants and facilities, according to press reports. This once again laid bare the hypocrisy of the U.S. which is so much fretful about the development and proliferation of nuclear weapons and other types of weapons of mass destruction and use them as pretexts to interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign countries, pressurize them and launch wars against them
Daily Press Briefing State Department 03 Dec 2002 -- Deputy Secretary Armitage Travel / World Food Program/ United States Food Aid Contribution / TCOG Meeting Cancelled
U.S. "Deeply Concerned" about North Korean Refugees Washington File 03 Dec 2002-- The United States is "deeply concerned" about the fate of North Koreans who have fled to China to escape hunger and persecution, says Lorne Craner, assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor.
Senator Sam Brownback Decries Pyongyang's Brutality to Its People Washington File 03 Dec 2002-- The Pyongyang regime forces its citizens to live under "unspeakable conditions," with North Koreans suffering from hunger, disease, and "brutal oppression by a cruel, totalitarian regime," according to Senator Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Over 170 U.S. espionage flights KCNA 02 Dec 2002 -- The U.S. imperialists made more than 170 espionage flights against the DPRK in November involving high-altitude strategic reconnaissance planes, commanding planes, aircraft for special operations and tactical reconnaissance planes, according to military sources
U.S. unilateralism criticized KCNA 02 Dec 2002 -- Minju Joson today in a signed commentary says it is the strong public opinion on the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula that the issue should be solved through dialogue between the DPRK and the U.S
Transcript: Amb. Baker Defends Allied Approach to North Korea Washington File 02 Dec 2002-- U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker praised what he said was a calm and deliberate approach by Japan, South Korea and the United States to North Korea's recent revelations about its nuclear weapons program.
U-S / NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES VOA 02 Dec 2002-- A U-S official says the Bush administration is deeply concerned about the plight of North Korean refugees fleeing through China. He says he will raise those concerns when he meets with Chinese officials later this month
NORTH KOREA/US DESERTER VOA 02 Dec 2002-- The U-S Ambassador to Japan says that Charles Robert Jenkins, a former American soldier who allegedly defected to North Korea, is likely to face arrest if he goes to Japan
JAPAN/U-S AMBASSADOR VOA 02 Dec 2002-- The U-S envoy to Japan Howard Baker says the United States is willing to talk with North Korea if it abandons its nuclear weapons program
CHINA PUTIN VOA 02 Dec 2002-- China and Russia are calling on North Korea and the United States to stick to an agreement requiring Pyongyang to end its nuclear weapons program. The presidents of Russia and China also urge Washington and Pyongyang to improve their relationship
Daily Press Briefing State Department 02 Dec 2002 -- Missiles Shipped to Yemen / Weapons Program
JOINT DECLARATION BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (Beijing, China, December 2, 2002) Both sides hold that it is crucial to peace and security in North-East Asia to maintain a nuclear-free status of the Korean Peninsula and the system for non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Both sides emphasize that the United States and the DPRK should, as always, abide by all agreements reached before including the 1994 framework agreement, and realize, on this basis, the normalization of their relations in the principle of conducting constructive and equal dialogue for catering to mutual concerns.
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service November 25 - December 1, 2002
November
U-S ALLIES / NORTH KOREA VOA 27 Nov 2002 -- The United States, South Korea and Japan have called on North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, and have suspended fuel shipments to the communist state. Does this mean the three allies have put aside their differences and are now united in their approach toward North Korea?
NORTH KOREA REFUGEES VOA 27 Nov 2002 -- A group of human rights activists are calling on China to stop repatriating refugees from North Korea. They urge Beijing to grant the refugees asylum and give the United Nation access to them
U-S / Pakistan / North Korea VOA 26 Nov 2002 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell says he has told Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf there would be "consequences" if the United States finds that Pakistan is helping North Korea's nuclear program. Pakistan has denied recurring reports of such cooperation with Pyongyang
Concerning Preservation of US-DPRK Framework Agreement 26 Nov 2002 -- We welcome the confirmation made by the DPRK in these documents of its adherence to observance of the agreement and sincerely hope that Washington and Pyongyang will be able via a constructive dialogue to find a mutually acceptable way out of the prevailing situation.
JAPAN KOREA TALKS VOA 25 Nov 2002-- Japan and North Korea held unofficial talks over the weekend but failed to agree on when to resume negotiations on establishing diplomatic ties
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service November 18 - November 24, 2002
N0RTH KOREA UPDATE VOA 23 Nov 2002 -- In a first of its kind appeal, North Korea is asking South Korea's help in pressuring the United States to sign a non-aggression treaty with Pyongyang. The plea came as Pyongyang began showing signs of retreating again into its shell, after a brief period of reaching out to the outside world
NORTH KOREA/UPDATE VOA 22 Nov 2002 -- North Korea has reportedly refused entry to an energy consortium that wants to check the use of fuel oil it has supplied the country under a key nuclear accord with Washington. The move comes one day after North Korea said it considered that 1994 accord to be dead
DPRK Foreign Ministry spokesman on U.S. decision to stop supplying heavy oil KCNA 22 Nov 2002 -- The decision is a wanton violation of article 1 of the framework which stipulates that the United States of America, representing the Korean Energy Development Organization in accordance with the October 20, 1994, guarantee message of the U.S. President, shall adopt a measure to make for the loss of energy in return for the freezing of the graphite moderated reactors and their related facilities of the DPRK till the completion of light water reactor no. 1 and it shall supply heavy oil for the use of heat and electricity production as alternative energy.
KPA navy command on S. Korean military's provocation on West Sea KCNA 22 Nov 2002 -- At around 14:00 on Nov. 20 a patrol boat of the KPA navy rushed to the scene to intercept more than 10 unidentified vessels that had illegally sailed into the territorial waters of the DPRK.
Joint U.S.- S. Korea military drill in S. Korea KCNA 21 Nov 2002 -- The U.S. Forces and the South Korean army recently staged "2002 Joint Training in Firing" in the central sector of the front, according to KBS of South Korea. This war exercise was reportedly aimed to increase the fire capacity and perfect the system of the joint firing operation of the U.S. Forces and the South Korean army. Involved in it were all the artillery units and combat support units of the second U.S. army division and all the artillery units of battalion level and above under South Korea's third field army command.
U.S. hindrance to inter-Korean projects under fire KCNA 21 Nov 2002 -- The United States should stop such an arrogant behavior as interfering in the internal affairs of the Korean nation, renounce its moves for blocking the projects of reconnecting rail and road links between the south and north of Korea and immediately withdraw its aggression forces and nuclear weapons from South Korea. A spokesman for the National Democratic Front of South Korea said this in a statement on Nov. 18.
U.S. blackmail will never work on DPRK KCNA 21 Nov 2002 -- The United States tries to pursue the same strong-arm policy toward the DPRK as it has done toward Iraq but Washington's blackmail will never work on the DPRK, says Minju Joson today in a signed commentary
U.S. bellicose forces urged to stop running amuck KCNA 21 Nov 2002 -- The offensive launched by the U.S. to stifle the DPRK with nuclear weapons after listing it as part of an "axis of evil" is aimed to put the Korean Peninsula under U.S. control and thus create favorable circumstances and conditions for carrying out its strategy to dominate Asia.
NORTH KOREA OIL VOA 21 Nov 2002 -- North Korea says that a 1994 pact with the United States to freeze the communist state's nuclear program has collapsed. The announcement follows last week's decision by Washington and its allies to cut oil supplies to Pyongyang
Transcript: Kelly Says No Final Decision on Status of N. Korea Agreed Framework Washington File 20 Nov 2002-- The U.S. government has not made any final decision about the status of its Agreed Framework with North Korea following North Korea's admission that it has been working on a uranium enrichment program for nuclear weapons, says a top U.S. official.
NORKOR OIL DELIVERY VOA 19 Nov 2002 -- The last shipment of oil to North Korea from a U-S led group has arrived in North Korea. The delivery comes as North Korea clarifies a statement on nuclear weapons development
Japanese bellicose forces urged not to act rashly KCNA 19 Nov 2002 -- The DPRK once expressed its willingness to keep a moratorium on missile launch until after the year 2003 in the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration signed between the DPRK NDC Chairman Kim Jong Il and Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro on September 17.
Japanese bellicose forces urged not to act rashly KCNA 19 Nov 2002 -- If the Japanese bellicose forces persist in their moves to jointly establish the Missile Defence System (MD) with the United States, the DPRK may reconsider the moratorium on its missile launch
U.S. Forces' hindrance KCNA 18 Nov 2002 -- Recently the Bush administration has worked hard to escalate its hostile offensive against North Korea and backpedal the North Korea-U.S. Agreed Framework. The U.S. has already expressed its strong will to stop supplying heavy oil to North Korea. The U.S. assistant secretary of defense in a press conference during his visit to Seoul forced South Korea to revise its policy towards the north, openly expressing displeasure with it.
U.S. has no reason to avoid conclusion of non-aggression treaty KCNA 18 Nov 2002 -- If the U.S. truly wants peace, it has no reason whatsoever to avoid the conclusion of a non-aggression treaty with the DPRK.
DPR of Korea faces 'dire' food shortage unless donors step in, UN official warns UN News Service 18 Nov 2002 -- The top United Nations relief official in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) today warned that the country's food and humanitarian situation is rapidly becoming critical - a situation that could worsen as countries hold back pledges because of concerns over the lack of accounting for aid deliveries.
POWELL-NORTH KOREA VOA 18 Nov 2002 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell has reiterated U-S readiness to help North Korea deal with its economic problems, provided Pyongyang gives up its nuclear-weapons ambitions. Meanwhile, U-S analysts are examining recent North Korean commentaries that may, or may not, have included a claim by Pyongyang that it possesses nuclear arms
Regarding Contradictory Reports from Pyongyang About DPRK's "Rights" to Possess Nuclear Weapons STATEMENT BY ALEXANDER YAKOVENKO, THE OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN OF RUSSIA'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
N. KOREA / NUCLEAR WEAPONS VOA 18 Nov 2002-- South Korean government officials and analysts in two countries now say a North Korean radio broadcast that said the communist state already possesses nuclear weapons may have been misinterpreted by translators
NOKOR NUKES VOA 17 Nov 2002-- A North Korean radio broadcast says the country possesses nuclear weapons. In an unattributed broadcast on state media, Pyongyang blamed the United States for forcing it to pursue nuclear arms.
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service November 11 - November 17, 2002
KOREA DEVELOPMENTS VOA 16 Nov 2002 -- South Korea and Japan express support for the suspension of oil shipments to North Korea and warn of further isolation if the North does not abandon its nuclear program
Bush Backs KEDO Suspension of Fuel Oil to North Korea Washington File 15 Nov 2002-- President Bush welcomed the strong statement by the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) on the need for North Korea to eliminate its nuclear weapons program and the organization's decision to suspend further shipment of fuel oil to North Korea beginning in December.
Hastings Introduces Measure on North Korean Nuclear Program Washington File 15 Nov 2002-- Representative Alcee Hastings (Democrat of Florida) introduced House Concurrent Resolution 517 (H. Con. Res. 517), a measure condemning North Korea for its failure to comply with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework, to the House of Representatives November 13.
KEDO/ NORTH KOREA OIL VOA 14 Nov 2002-- The Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization -- KEDO -- decided late Thursday to stop shipments of heavy fuel oil to North Korea, beginning in December
NORTH KOREA FUEL VOA 14 Nov 2002-- South Korea says the issue of fuel deliveries to Communist North Korea is still under discussion, despite reports from Washington suggesting the United States wants them stopped. The comment comes just hours before a key meeting among the two states and their allies, called to address North Korea's admission that it is developing a nuclear weapons program
NORTH KOREA U-S VOA 13 Nov 2002-- A North Korean diplomat says halting oil shipments to the country would be a hostile act that could prompt a strong reaction from Pyongyang
SORKOR NORKOR OIL VOA 13 Nov 2002-- South Korea says it favors continuing oil deliveries to North Korea although the United States may want to stop the shipments in response to Pyongyang's admission that it has a nuclear weapons program
REISS KOREA VOA 12 Nov 2002-- Japan and South Korea have vowed to step up efforts to press North Korea to end its nuclear program. At a meeting in Seoul, the Japanese and South Korean foreign ministers also pledged to work with the United States to determine how to deal with North Korea's violation of a 1994 nuclear agreement with Washington. Under the accord, Pyongyang agreed to halt its nuclear program in exchange for western energy aid, including oil shipments. But last month, North Korea admitted it has a nuclear weapons program
CHINA NORTH KOREA VOA 12 Nov 2002-- The Chinese government is urging the United States not to back away from a 1994 arms control agreement with North Korea
NORTH KOREA TALKS VOA 11 Nov 2002-- Japan and South Korea have renewed their backing for an accord under which Pyongyang agreed to stop developing nuclear weapons, despite news that North Korea is violating that pact
Anti-U.S., anti-war movement called for KCNA 10 Nov 2002-- Recalling that all guarantees for a peaceful solution to the nuclear issue including the DPRK-U.S. Agreed Framework, the DPRK-U.S. joint statement and NPT are being ignored by the U.S., the appeal accused the U.S. administration of such hostile acts as forcing the DPRK to unconditionally scrap its nuclear program and increasing the danger of war.
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service November 4 - November 10, 2002
KCNA refutes U.S. defense under-secretary's anti-DPRK remarks KCNA 09 Nov 2002-- The present grave situation in the Korean Peninsula where a new war may break out any moment proves that the conclusion of a non-aggression treaty between the DPRK and the U.S. is the best way of reasonably solving all the outstanding issues.
Rodong Sinmun on DPRK-U.S. non-aggression treaty KCNA 09 Nov 2002-- Concluding a non-aggression treaty between the DPRK and the U.S. is the most reasonable and realistic way of saving the grave situation of the Korean Peninsula caused by the U.S. warlike ruling quarters' hostile policy toward the DPRK. Rodong Sinmun says this today in a signed article.
U.S., Japan, South Korea Discuss North Korean Nuclear Program Washington File 09 Nov 2002-- Officials of the United States, Japan and South Korea representing the Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group met in Tokyo November 9 to discuss North Korea's uranium enrichment program for nuclear weapons and to call "upon North Korea to dismantle this program in a prompt and verifiable manner."
Threat to DPRK sovereignty and right to existence should be removed KCNA 08 Nov 2002-- The DPRK is entitled to have not only nuclear weapon but other things more powerful than that to defend its sovereignty and right to existence from the U.S. ever-growing nuclear threat, the article says, and goes on:
U.S. urged to drop its unilateralism KCNA 07 Nov 2002-- The U.S. is well advised to opt for a proper solution to the problem, away from its short-sighted view, way of thinking and self-justified stand.
U-S / JAPAN / NORKOR VOA 07 Nov 2002 -- A senior U-S defense official says North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs threaten Japan and the United States
BUSH/NORTH KOREA VOA 07 Nov 2002 -- President Bush says he is working with Asian allies to stop North Korea's nuclear weapons program
BUSH IRAQ-NORTH KOREA VOA 07 Nov 2002 -- President Bush says he is "optimistic" that the United Nations will pass a resolution Friday forcing Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to give up suspected weapons of mass destruction. The Bush Administration's resolution has been revised several times to reflect the concerns of U-S allies. (...) "With North Korea, we are taking a different strategy"
KOREAS TALKS VOA 06 Nov 2002 -- South Korean officials warn that the North's nuclear weapons program could damage joint economic projects. The comments come as a two-day inter-Korean economic meeting opens in Pyongyang
U.S. urged to drop its unilateralism KCNA 05 Nov 2002-- If the U.S. truly wishes to see the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula peacefully settled, it should drop its unacceptable demand and opt for concluding a non-aggression treaty with the DPRK.
NORTH KOREA JAPAN VOA 05 Nov 2002-- North Korea warns it could resume testing long-range missiles unless progress is made toward normalizing relations with Tokyo
NORTH KOREA GREGG VOA 06 Nov 2002-- A former U-S ambassador reports that North Korea says an international accord requiring it to dismantle its nuclear weapons program is "hanging by a thread."
ASEAN/NORTH KOREA VOA 04 Nov 2002-- The leaders of Japan, South Korea and China have reaffirmed the importance of convincing North Korea to halt its nuclear weapons program
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service October 28 - November 3, 2002
KOREAS / INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENT VOA 02 Nov 2002-- North and South Korean officials, meeting in Pyongyang, have agreed to build a joint industrial park in North Korea
U-S-NORTH KOREA VOA 01 Nov 2002-- The Bush administration is ruling out talks at any level with North Korea until it agrees to dismantle the covert nuclear weapons program U-S officials say Pyongyang admitted to last month. The diplomatic freeze applies even to technical discussions with the North Koreans
NORTH KOREA AMBASSADOR VOA 01 Nov 2002-- North Korea's ambassador to China has repeated his government's assertion it is entitled to have any weapons it wants, including nuclear weapons, because it feels threatened by the United States
October
North Korea's Nuclear Card VOA 31 Oct 2002-- North Korea's recent admission that it has acquired a source of enriched uranium and is developing the capability to produce atomic weapons is forcing regional powers and the United States to reconsider their relations with Pyongyang.
RUSSIA / NORTH KOREA VOA 31 Oct 2002-- Russian officials say North Korea must provide more information about its nuclear weapons program
JAPAN/NORTH KOREA VOA 31 Oct 2002-- A top Japanese diplomat says Tokyo will rethink its strategy for dealing with North Korea.
JAPAN/NORTH KOREA VOA 30 Oct 2002-- Japan and North Korea appear to be making little progress in their second and final day of normalization talks Wednesday
Powell-North Korea VOA 29 Oct 2002-- Secretary of State Colin Powell says North Korea can expect no new rewards from the United States and its allies in return for giving up the nuclear weapons program it confessed to having two weeks ago. He says ending the program is a pre-condition for Western aid and recognition
JAPAN / NORTH KOREA VOA 29 Oct 2002-- In the first day of talks with North Korea on normalizing relations, Japanese negotiators say Pyongyang has rejected demands that it abandon its nuclear weapons program.
NORTH KOREA / BIO WEAPONS VOA 29 Oct 2002-- South Korea's intelligence chief says North Korea may possess up to four-thousand tons of biochemical weapons and three crude nuclear ones
Minju Joson (organ of DPRK government)on best settlement of nuclear issue KCNA 27 Oct 2002-- Pyongyang, October 27 (KCNA) -- The best way of solving the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula under the present situation is to hold negotiations in the wake of removal of threat to the DPRK. This is an expression of the DPRK's greatest magnanimity based on its principled and consistent stand, says Minju Joson in a signed commentary today.
Staunch fight against imperialists called for KCNA 27 Oct 2002-- Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article calls for fighting to the last with the imperialists and other reactionaries, who are the principal enemy blocking the victorious advance of the revolutionary cause of people. Courageously fighting with the imperialist reactionaries in the do-or-die spirit makes it possible to defend the national sovereignty and peace and achieve victory of the revolutionary cause
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service October 21- October 27, 2002
BUSH / NORTH KOREA VOA 26 Oct 2002-- South Korea and Japan have agreed to work with the United States to stop North Korea's nuclear weapons program
NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR VOA 26 Oct 2002-- A high-level economic delegation from North Korea has arrived in South Korea to study that country's market economy
Powell Reports Global Unity on North Korea Nuclear Issue Washington File 26 Oct 2002-- Secretary of State Colin Powell says he believes there is global agreement on the need to exert pressure on North Korea for violating its 1994 Agreed Framework with the United States, under which the Pyongyang government agreed to forego nuclear weapons development.
Joint U.S.-Japan-ROK Trilateral Statement on North Korea Washington File 26 Oct 2002-- President Bush, Republic of Korea President Kim Dae-Jung, and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi agree that North Korea's program to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons is a violation of several agreements and called on North Korea in a statement October 26 to dismantle the program in a prompt and verifiable manner.
BUSH / CHINA / NORTH KOREA VOA 25 Oct 2002-- China and the United States have agreed to work together to stop North Korea's nuclear weapons program
U.S. and China Want Peaceful Resolution to North Korea's Nuclear Threat Washington File 25 Oct 2002-- The United States and China are in agreement on the need to seek a peaceful end to North Korea's nuclear weapons program, according to President Bush.
'DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT' BEST RESPONSE TO DPRK 'NUCLEAR CONFESSION' Foreign Media Reactions 25 Oct 2002-- Most foreign media agreed that the U.S. had "no choice" but to take the diplomatic route with the DPRK and were relieved that military action was "out of the question."
Conclusion of non-aggression treaty between DPRK and U.S. called for KCNA 25 Oct 2002-- "Nevertheless, the DPRK, with greatest magnanimity, clarified that it was ready to seek a negotiated settlement of this issue on the following three conditions: Firstly, if the U.S. recognizes the DPRK's sovereignty, secondly, if it assures the DPRK of nonaggression and thirdly, if the U.S. does not hinder the economic development of the DPRK."
NORTH KOREA NON-AGGRESSION VOA 25 Oct 2002-- North Korea has announced it wants a non-aggression pact with the United States, a week after Washington revealed Pyongyang has breached international accords barring it from developing nuclear arms
JAPAN / NORTH KOREA VOA 24 Oct 2002-- Japan is warning North Korea that relations between the two countries can only be normalized if it addresses international security concerns over its covert nuclear weapons program
NORTH KOREA / NUKES VOA 24 Oct 2002-- When President Bush meets with the leaders of China, Japan and South Korea this week (Note to EDS: With Chinese President at his ranch in Texas and with other leaders at the Apec Summit in Mexico), he is expected to focus on the issue of North Korea's nuclear weapons program and how it can finally be shut down. Earlier this month, Pyongyang admitted to having a secret uranium enrichment project for building nuclear bombs, in spite of a 1994 agreement calling for an end to such programs
CHARLES PENA-NORTH KOREA VOA 23 Oct 2002-- VOA-TV's David Borgida spoke with Charles Peña, Senior Defense Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute, to evaluate the amount of threat North Korean poses to peace in eastern Asia and to the United States in comparison to Iraq's situation. Mr. Peña offers suggestions on how the United States should approach North Korea in efforts to not create an adversarial relationship, as with Iraq.
NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS VOA 23 Oct 2002-- This month, U-S Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly was in North Korea for talks on a variety of issues. While there, he confronted North Korean officials with evidence that North Korea had a secret program to build nuclear weapons. North Korean officials not only acknowledged that they have such a program, they claimed to have built one or more nuclear bombs. The North Koreans also warned that they had developed "other, more powerful weapons." In 1994, North Korea promised to stop its efforts to build nuclear weapons in exchange for aid from the West, including U-S help in constructing civilian nuclear power plants. In addition to violating that agreement, North Korea has continued to develop ballistic missiles, selling the technology to dangerous regimes around the world. The U-S and its allies, said State Department spokesman Richard Boucher, will call on North Korea to comply with its commitments and to eliminate its nuclear weapons programs in a verifiable manner. Boucher said the U-S will seek a peaceful resolution to this situation.
NORTH KOREA / INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS VOA 23 Oct 2002-- Washington's recent revelation that North Korea has a nuclear weapons program has raised concerns around the globe, especially coming after months in which Pyongyang appeared to be reaching out to the rest of the world
KOREAS / NUCLEAR VOA 23 Oct 2002-- North and South Korea have agreed to try and find a peaceful solution to the issue of North Korea's nuclear weapons program. At the end of three days of cabinet level talks in Pyongyang, the two sides issued a statement saying they would pursue dialogue to resolve the nuclear issue
U.S. urged to drop strong-arm policy KCNA 22 Oct 2002-- The U.S. ruling quarters are now resorting to highhanded practices and war to retrieve their foreign and domestic policy setbacks. They should stop such criminal attempts and behave themselves, lending an ear to the demand of the world people for peace.
KOREAS TALKS VOA 22 Oct 2002-- North and South Korea have agreed to the peaceful resolution of North Korea's nuclear program, through dialogue. The announcement came in a joint statement released following three full days of ministerial talks in Pyongyang
NORTH KOREA / NUKES VOA 22 Oct 2002-- When President Bush meets with the leaders of China, Russia, Japan and South Korea this week (Note to EDS: With Chinese President at his ranch in Texas and with other leaders at the Apec Summit in Mexico), he is expected to focus on the issue of North Korea's nuclear weapons program and how it can finally be shut down. Earlier this month Pyongyang admitted to having a secret uranium enrichment project for building nuclear bombs, in spite of a 1994 agreement calling for an end to such programs
U-S / RUSSIA / NUCLEAR VOA 22 Oct 2002-- A senior U-S diplomat has completed two days of talks in Moscow that focused on North Korea's recently revealed nuclear weapons program and other security issues likely to be discussed later this week by the U-S and Russian presidents
BUSH / NORTH KOREA VOA 21 Oct 2002-- President Bush says he is working with other countries to convince North Korea to scrap its nuclear weapons program and believes the matter can be resolved peacefully.
RUSSIA / U-S VOA 21 Oct 2002-- A top U-S arms envoy is in Moscow for talks about North Korea and Iraq's programs to develop weapons of mass destruction
Non-nuclear North Korea in China's Interest, U.S. Officials Say Washington File 21 Oct 2002-- Foreign Press Center Oct. 21 background briefing
KOREAS / NUCLEAR TALKS VOA 21 Oct 2002-- North Korea has officially responded to U-S revelations that Pyongyang has violated a 1994 agreement by conducting a covert nuclear weapons program. While North Korea's number two leader did not publicly admit to such a program, he said Pyongyang would be willing to discuss U-S concerns if Washington stopped treating his country as an enemy
Vigilance against imperialists' vicious and crafty nature called for VOA 20 Oct 2002-- The old forces are getting all the more crafty and vicious as they are coming closer to their end. This is a historical lesson the people should never forget, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article. Modern imperialism is more crafty and vicious than old imperialism in the method of aggression and plunder
NORTH KOREA / NUCLEAR VOA 20 Oct 2002-- South Korea has urged the North to meet its international obligations and end its nuclear weapons program. The call came during the first tense day of ministerial talks in Pyongyang
POWELL-NORTH KOREA VOA 20 Oct 2002-- Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United States is reviewing its obligations under a 1994 agreement providing North Korea with aid in exchange for Pyongyang's promise to freeze its nuclear weapons program
Transcript: Secretary of State Colin Powell on NBC's Meet the Press Washington File 20 Oct 2002-- POWELL: What the agreement is is not an arms accord; it's essentially a framework agreement, a political agreement between the United States and North Korea. When we told North Korea that we knew what they were doing, they came back the next day, admitted it, blamed us for their actions, and then said they considered that agreement nullified. When we have an agreement between two parties and one says it's nullified, then it's hard to see what you do with such an agreement.
Transcript: Secretary of State Colin Powell on ABC's This Week Washington File 20 Oct 2002-- POWELL: Well, the North Koreans are ones who have said it was nullified. And as you recall, the Agreed Framework of 1994 was a political agreement, not a legal agreement but a political agreement, between the United States and North Korea. And when we told North Korea a couple of weeks ago that we knew that they were participating in the enrichment of uranium, which was in violation of a number of agreements, to include this one, they first denied it, then admitted it and said therefore the agreement is nullified. When we have an agreement between two parties and one says it's nullified, then it looks like it's nullified.
Secretary of State Colin Powell on Fox News Sunday Washington File 20 Oct 2002-- POWELL: It has been our best estimate that they may have one or two nuclear weapons, based on earlier developments, and that's been the considered view of the intelligence community for some time. But what's happened now is we have discovered that they have started to move in another direction, to enrich uranium, a program that they've been working on for the last four or five years, back to the previous administration.
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service October 14- October 20, 2002
NORTH KOREA / NUCLEAR VOA 19 Oct 2002-- A top U-S official has called on North Korea to immediately dismantle its nuclear weapons program
SEOUL KELLY NORKOR VOA 19 Oct 2002-- A South Korean government cabinet minister has arrived in North Korea, saying he will warn the North to abandon its recently-revealed nuclear weapons program. At the same time, a top-ranking U-S diplomat is in Seoul to discuss the issue with officials there
PAKISTAN / NORTH KOREA / U-S VOA 18 Oct 2002-- Pakistani government is denying reports that it has supplied critical equipment for North Korea's clandestine nuclear weapons program.
CHINA / KELLY / NOKOR VOA 18 Oct 2002-- Washington's top-ranking diplomats on Asia and arms control are in Beijing, hoping to enlist China in a diplomatic offensive against North Korea's just-revealed nuclear weapons program
White House Says U.S. Will Work with Allies on North Korea Nuclear Issue Washington File 18 Oct 2002-- State Department notes U.S. talks with China
SOKOR NORKOR NUCLEAR VOA 18 Oct 2002-- The South Korean government says it will try to dissuade North Korea from building nuclear weapons during coming ministerial talks
JAPAN NORKOR NUCLEAR VOA 18 Oct 2002-- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Friday that North Korea must observe international agreements on nuclear and other issues if it wants normal ties with Japan
BUSH / NORTH KOREA VOA 17 Oct 2002-- The Bush administration says it wants to deal with North Korea's nuclear weapons program peacefully, and is dispatching top diplomats to other countries for consultations
U-S-North Korea VOA 17 Oct 2002-- The Bush administration says North Korea's admitted nuclear weapons effort is a serious violation of, among other things, its 1994 "agreed framework" nuclear accord with the United States. But any punitive action will await consultation with U-S allies
U-S / NOKOR IMPACT VOA 17 Oct 2002-- North Korea's acknowledgement of a secret nuclear weapons program has sent shock waves through official Washington.
CONGRESS/NOKOR VOA 17 Oct 2002-- Lawmakers are urging a strong response by President Bush to North Korea's admission that it has a nuclear weapons program
PENTAGON/NORTH KOREA VOA 17 Oct 2002-- The Bush administration is calling North Korea's admission that it has a secret nuclear weapons program troubling and sobering
E-U / NORTH KOREA VOA 17 Oct 2002-- The European Union says it is very concerned over reports that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons
N. KOREA / U-S / WHAT NOW? VOA 17 Oct 2002-- North Korea's startling admission that it has maintained a secret nuclear weapons program could complicate Washington's policy toward Pyongyang as well as U-S relations with other countries in East Asia.
Scott Snyder - Korea VOA 17 Oct 2002-- U-S officials say the White House is consulting with Congress and its allies, including Japan and South Korea, following the revelation that North Korea has been conducting a secret nuclear weapons program. Under a 1994 U-S-North Korean accord, Pyongyang was to have scrapped its nuclear weapons program in exchange for Western nuclear plants and other aid.
CHINA KELLY NOKOR VOA 17 Oct 2002-- Washington's top diplomat for Asia has arrived in Beijing for talks on North Korea's nuclear program and next week's summit meeting in the United States.
State Department Daily Briefing Transcript Washington File 17 Oct 2002-- BOUCHER: As we have I think made clear last night and today, this is a serious violation of the Agreed Framework. The fact that North Korea has acknowledged a program to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons constitutes a serious violation of the Agreed Framework. We have consulted and will continue to consult with our allies and with the Congress and determine what the appropriate action will be.
Rumsfeld Believes North Korea "Has Small Number of Nuclear Weapons" Washington File 17 Oct 2002-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said at a Pentagon press briefing October 17 that he believes North Korea "has a small number of nuclear weapons."
U.S. Seeks Peaceful Resolution of North Korean Nuclear Issue Washington File 17 Oct 2002-- The United States seeks a peaceful resolution to North Korea's failure to end its nuclear program, according to Richard Boucher, State Department spokesman.
Rumsfeld: U.S. Plans to Consult Allies on North Korean Nuke Violations AFPS 17 Oct 2002-- United States government officials will consult with friends and allies on what to do about North Korea's admission that it has been developing nuclear weapons, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today.
NOKOR NUKES ASIA VOA 17 Oct 2002-- North Korea's Asian neighbors reacted with surprise and concern Thursday after Bush administration officials revealed that North Korea has undertaken a secret nuclear weapons program
U-S-NORTH KOREA VOA 16 Oct. 2002-- Bush administration officials say North Korea has admitted to American diplomats that it has been operating a secret nuclear weapons program in violation of the 1994 "agreed framework" between the two countries. The surprise development would appear to put the American-North Korean relationship, which had been warming of late, back into a deep freeze.
U.S. hostile policy towards DPRK under fire October 15 (KCNA) -- The special envoy's visit to Pyongyang confirmed the fact that the U.S. administration keeps pursuing a hardline and hostile policy aimed to bring the DPRK to its knees by force and high-handed practice instead of working for the DPRK-U.S. dialogue.
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service October 7 - October 13, 2002
KCNA on DPRK-U.S. relations October 12 (KCNA) -- The special envoy straightforwardly and frankly spelled out the U.S "concerns" in a bid to disarm the DPRK. This policy only causes the people's army and people of the DPRK to be more vigilant against the U.S.
LITTLE OPTIMISM AFTER A/S KELLY'S TRIP TO PYONGYANG Foreign Media Reaction 09 Oct 2002-- Many analysts described Kelly's trip as a "victory" for Pyongyang as it might help them shed their 'axis of evil' designation
U-S / NORTH KOREA VOA 08 Oct 2002-- North Korea responded with angry rhetoric following U-S envoy James Kelly's visit to Pyongyang last week, but some analysts say there is still a possibility the two countries can begin a successful dialogue
Spokesman for DPRK FM on DPRK visit of special envoy of U.S. President October 7 (KCNA) -- Since it has been confirmed that the Bush administration refuses to delist the DPRK as a member of the "axis of evil" and a target of "its preemptive nuclear attack" and still maintains its unilateral hardline policy of hostility towards the DPRK, the latter clarified to the envoy its principled stand towards such position before his departure from here.
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service September 30 - October 6,2002
US/NOKOR VOA 04 Oct 2002-- U-S envoy James Kelly was holding a second day of security talks in North Korea Friday
US/NORTH KOREA VOA 05 Oct 2002-- A top U-S diplomat says he raised Washington's concerns over North Korea's weapons programs during three days of talks in Pyongyang. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly made the comments in Seoul, where he was briefing South Korean officials on his trip
JAPAN / NORTH KOREA SHIP VOA 04 Sept 2002-- The Japanese government says it has confirmed what it long suspected - an armed ship its Coast Guard chased in the East China Sea was indeed a North Korean vessel
U-S / NOKOR VOA 03 Oct 2002-- U-S envoy James Kelly arrived in North Korea Thursday to reopen high-level security talks after a two-year break
US NORKOR VOA 02 Oct 2002-- James Kelly, the top U-S policymaker for Asia, arrives in North Korea on Thursday to launch the Bush administration's first high-level talks with the hard-line Stalinist State. Despite the visit, the administration cautions that it remains deeply concerned about Pyongyang's record on weapons proliferation and human rights
September
WFP NORTH KOREA VOA 30 Sept 2002-- The United Nations World Food Program has begun cutting its aid to North Korea because of a shortfall in donations, and officials say millions of children and pregnant women will go hungry soon
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service September 23 - September 29, 2002
JAPAN-DPRK TALKS SPARK REGIONAL OPTIMISM, JAPANESE ANGER Foreign Media Reaction 26 Sept 2002-- The editorial consensus was the talks reflected nascent reform and openness in Pyongyang
CHINA / US / KOREA VOA 26 Sept 2002-- China and South Korea are welcoming Washington's plan to send a high level envoy to North Korea
BUSH NORTH KOREA VOA 25 Sept 2002-- The Bush Administration is sending an envoy to North Korea to discuss the country's weapons program
KOREAS RELATION VOA 25 Sept 2002-- South Korean President Kim Dae-jung says North and South Korea must take active steps to support what he called "tremendous changes" taking place on the divided peninsula. Mr. Kim says the South will need to help the North reform its collapsed economy and the North will have to abandon its drive to develop weapons of mass destruction for there to be Korean reconciliation and peace in the region.
NORTH KOREA TYCOON VOA 24 Sept 2002-- One of China's richest businessmen has been tapped to head a new commercial zone in North Korea
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service September 16 - September 22,
JAPAN NORTH KOREA VOA 19 Sept 2002-- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi says North Korea will allow international nuclear energy inspectors to examine its nuclear program
PARK JIN HYUNG VOA 18 Sept 2002-- For the second time in two years, North Korea and South Korea have held ceremonies officially launching the construction projects that will restore road and rail links severed since the end of the Korean War. Ceremonies were held Wednesday at sites on both sides of the Demilitarized Zone which divides the Korean peninsula. Work is expected to start Thursday on the clearing of land mines. A similar effort in June of 2000 faltered after a historic inter-Korean summit
NOKOR/JAPAN REACT VOA 18 Sept 2002-- Japan reacts with outrage and deep sorrow to a startling announcement from North Korea on the fate of a group of abducted Japanese citizens
KOIZUMI / NOKOR VOA 17 Sept 2002-- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has confirmed that spies from his country kidnapped 11 Japanese nationals and that just four are living
KOIZUMI/NOKOR VOA 16 Sept 2002-- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is in Pyongyang for a landmark visit, the first by a Japanese leader since World War Two to North Korea
KOREAS/RAILWAY TALKS VOA 15 Sept 2002-- Military officials from North and South Korea have reached an agreement on clearing mines and setting up a military hotline in the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas. The deal is part of a plan to reconnect severed transport links across the peninsula. 2002
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service September 9 - September 15, 2002
BOLTON AND THE AXIS OF EVIL VOA 10 Sept 2002-- President George Bush has described three countries as forming an "axis of evil" because of their support for terrorism and pursuit of weapons of mass destruction. They are Iran, Iraq and North Korea. President Bush described North Korea as a "regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction, while starving its citizens."
U.S. and Allies Note Improvements in Pyongyang's Attitude Washington File 09 Sept 2002-- U.S., South Korean and Japanese officials meeting in Seoul, South Korea September 7 noted that the communist regime in Pyongyang had recently shown an inclination toward international engagement.
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service September 2 - September 8, 2002
BOLTON AND THE AXIS OF EVIL VOA 06 Sept 2002-- "A self-created and self-perpetuated tragedy." That is how U-S Undersecretary of State John Bolton describes North Korea. In a speech in Seoul, South Korea, Mr. Bolton said that the North Korean Communist regime has starved its people while building a massive military force armed with missiles and weapons of mass destruction. Even more troubling, North Korea has become what Mr. Bolton calls "the foremost peddler of ballistic missile related equipment, components, materials, and technical expertise to rogue states around the world."
KOREA / TALKS VOA 06 Sept 2002-- Officials from South Korea, Japan and the United States began two days of talks in Seoul today to coordinate their policies toward North Korea. The discussions get underway as Pyongyang appears increasingly keen to develop links with the outside world
JAPAN / MYSTERY SHIPS VOA 05 Sept 2002-- Japan says an unidentified ship spotted Wednesday near Japanese waters resembled a North Korean spy vessel
PARK JIN-HYUN/ KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKERS VOA 04 Sept 2002-- At least 15 North Korean asylum seekers are believed to be inside the grounds of a German embassy-run school in Beijing. It is the latest group of North Koreans seeking sanctuary in foreign embassies in the Chinese capital hoping to be sent to South Korea
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service August 26 - September 1, 2002
August
U.S. state undersecretary's anti-DPRK remarks under fire August 31 (KCNA) The DPRK clarified more than once that if the U.S. has a will to drop its hostile policy toward the DPRK it will have dialogue with the U.S. to clear the U.S. of its worries over its security.
JAPAN/KOIZUMI/NORTH KOREA VOA 30 Aug 2002-- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi plans an unprecedented trip to North Korea, a nation with which Tokyo has no diplomatic relations
Text: Bolton Says North Korea Deserves "Axis of Evil" Title Washington File 29 Aug 2002-- Bolton: In sharp contrast, as the Secretary has said, North Korea is a self-created and self perpetuated tragedy. For decades Pyongyang has strangled its own economic development and starved its people while building a massive military force armed with missiles and weapons of mass destruction. Without sweeping restructuring to transform itself and its relations with the world, the North's survival is in doubt.
KOREA / TALKS VOA 29 Aug 2002 -- Talks between North and South Korea about reconnecting rail and road links across the demilitarized zone are delayed. Negotiators are ironing out details in Seoul so the talks can resume.
U-S / KOREAS VOA 29 Aug 2002 -- The top U-S arms control negotiator calls North Korea's government an "evil regime" and the world's leading exporter of ballistic missile technology.
Armitage Fields Questions on North Korea, Iraq Washington File 28 Aug 2002 -- "Armitage said the State Department's recent sanctioning of North Korean entities for the alleged sale of missile technology to Yemen was "a very symbolic gesture" because the United States does not have a relationship with North Korea."
NOKOR / JAPAN TALKS VOA 26 Aug 2002-- Japan and North Korea have ended two days of high-level talks in Pyongyang with no significant progress toward resolving long-standing disputes.
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service August 19 - August 25, 2002
State Department Sanctions North Korea on Missile Sales Washington File 23 Aug 2002-- A determination has been made that a North Korean entity has engaged in activities that require the imposition of measures pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, and the Export Administration Act of 1979
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service August 12 - August 18, 2002
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service August 5 - August 11, 2002
NORTH - SOUTH KOREA VOA 08 Aug 2002-- North and South Korea are to hold ministerial talks next week (8/12-14) in the first public high-level meeting between the two sides since last November. Analysts agree that North Korea is showing new signs of openness, but they disagree on whether that will lead to any real progress in the Korean dialogue this year
U-S NORTH KOREA VOA 07 Aug 2002-- An international plan to build two nuclear reactors in North Korea took a symbolic step forward Wednesday
KOREA BORDER TALKS VOA 06 Aug 2002-- A North Korean military delegation, meeting with the U-S-led United Nations Command, demands the establishment of a new maritime border with South Korea
U-S / North Korea VOA 06 Aug 2002-- The Bush administration has sent a senior diplomat to represent the United States at ceremonies in North Korea today (Wednesday) marking a new stage of construction for a U-S-led nuclear power project there. It follows a brief meeting last week in Brunei between Secretary of State Colin Powell and his North Korean counterpart.
COFFEE WITH NORTH KOREA VOA 06 Aug 2002-- It lasted only about 15 minutes, but the coffee table chat last week in Brunei between U-S Secretary of State Colin Powell and North Korea's Foreign Minister made news around the world. It was the highest level contact between the two countries since former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visited Pyongyang, at the very end of the Clinton administration. Relations with the isolated Stalinist state have never been easy for the West, but now the U-S press is wondering whether the door has been opened for a new dialogue.
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service July 29 - August 4, 2002
KOREAS / TALKS VOA 02 Aug 2002-- A South Korean delegation has traveled to North Korea to restart stalled cabinet-level talks
July
POWELL / NOKOR VOA 31 Jul 2002-- U-S Secretary of State Colin Powell has held an informal meeting with North Korea's foreign minister, the highest level contact between the two countries in two years
NOKOR / RUSSIA VOA 29 Jul 2002-- Russia's top diplomat says North Korea is prepared for unconditional talks with the United States and Japan
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service July 22 - July 28, 2002
U-S-NORTH KOREA VOA 26 Jul 2002-- The United States has welcomed this week's conciliatory statements by North Korea including an expression of regret over its naval clash late last month with South Korea. However State Department officials say no decision has been made on re-scheduling a visit to Pyongyang by a senior U-S envoy that was shelved after the patrol-boat incident
CHINA/KOREAS/ASYLUM VOA 26 Jul 2002-- More North Koreans have sought refuge at the South Korean Embassy in Beijing, and talks on the fate of the asylum-seekers are dragging out
KOREAS/DIALOGUE VOA 26 Jul 2002-- South Korea says it believes the North's surprising offer Thursday to resume stalled talks is meaningful and could revive hopes for reconciliation
NOKOR / APOLOGY VOA 25 Jul 2002-- South Korean officials say rival North Korea has expressed regret for a deadly naval clash, which raised tensions on the divided peninsula for nearly a month
CHINA KOREAS ASYLUM VOA 24 Jul 2002-- A new group of North Koreans has sought refuge in the South Korean embassy in Beijing
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service July 15 - July 21, 2002
KOREAS/FLIGHT VOA 20 Jul 2002-- A North Korean passenger jet landed in South Korea Saturday -- the first tentative step toward establishing an air link, despite recent tensions between the two rivals
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service July 8 - July 14, 2002
KOREAS DISPUTE VOA 10 Jul 2002-- North Korea accused South Korean warships of violating its territorial waters Wednesday morning
KOREAS / TENSION VOA 09 Jul 2002-- Tensions on the divided Korean peninsula remain high Tuesday, 10 days after a sea battle between North and South Korea erupted on a disputed maritime border
KOREAS TENSION VOA 08 Jul 2002-- North Korea is accusing South Korea of sending two warships across a disputed maritime border -- a claim Seoul denies as groundless. The bitter talk follows a deadly naval clash between the two sides nine days ago
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service July 1 - July 7, 2002
KOREAS/WRAP VOA 03 Jul 2002-- The U-S-led U-N Command in Seoul blames North Korea for Saturday's sea battle that killed four South Korean sailors and about 30 from North Korea.
U-S-North Korea VOA 02 Jul 2002-- The United States has rescinded an offer to send a senior envoy to North Korea next week to resume high-level security talks after a year-and-a-half of stalemate. The U-S decision was prompted by the North-South Korean naval clash last Saturday and the lack of a North Korean response to the U-S overture
KOREAS CLASH / U-S VOA 02 Jul 2002-- North Korea has accused the United States of orchestrating Saturday's naval clash with South Korea, a claim which Washington flatly denies.
KOREAS / U-S / JAPAN VOA 01 Jul 2002-- South Korean President Kim Dae-jung says he will press ahead with his reconciliation effort with North Korea - despite Saturday's naval clash in which four South Koreans and an estimated 30 North Koreans were killed
The Naval Clash on the Yellow Sea on 29 June 2002 between South and North Korea =The Situation and ROK's Position= Ministry of National Defense, Republic of Korea - July 1, 2002 - As the 2002 Korea/Japan World Cup games was drawing successfully to a close, two North Korean patrol ships crossed the Northern Limit Line, or NLL, over the Yellow Sea. One of the North Korean patrol ships opened surprise fire at a ROK Navy speed boat(PKM: Patrol Killer Medium). The naval clash resulted in the death of four ROK sailors, one missing, and 19 injured. One damaged South Korean PKM sank while being towed. From the North Korean side, one patrol ship was destroyed and we believe that the North Koreans also suffered heavy casualties as well.
June
KOREAS CLASH VOA 30 Jun 2002-- South Korea's military remains on a heightened state of alert after Saturday's lethal clash off the west cost of the peninsula. Four South Korean sailors were killed, 19 wounded and one is missing
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service June 24 - June 30,2002
U-S / North Korea VOA 28 Jun 2002-- The State Department is signaling progress in efforts to convene the first high-level U-S talks with North Korea since President Bush took office last year. The two sides held another working meeting in New York Thursday to discuss arrangements for the dialogue
JAPAN NORKOR SHIP VOA 26 Jun 2002-- Unconfirmed media reports say Japan has found a sophisticated weapon on a suspected North Korean ship that sank in Chinese waters last year
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service June 17 - June 23, 2002
JAPAN KOREA SHIP VOA 21 Jun 2002-- Japan says it soon will begin salvaging an unidentified ship that sank in the East China Sea last December following a shootout with the Japanese coast guard. Friday's announcement comes just days after China consented to the salvage operation
WFP NORTH KOREA FOOD VOA 20 Jun 2002-- A United Nations expert says a shortfall in donations is forcing hungry North Koreans to scrounge for seaweed and grasses to eat. The U-N warns that the country could fall back into famine if no new aid is received
New Opportunity Arises to Improve Relations with North Korea VOA 18 Jun 2002-- There is "a critical opportunity to improve relations with North Korea," according to a joint statement issued June 18 in San Francisco by the Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group (TCOG).
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service June 10 - June 16, 2002
U-S-NORTH KOREA VOA 12 Jun 2002-- Secretary of State Colin Powell says U-S and North Korean officials will meet later this month to resume the stalled political dialogue between the two sides. Pyongyang had proposed a resumption of talks several weeks ago
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service June 3 - June 9, 2002
CONGRESS / NORTH KOREA VOA 06 Jun 2002-- Lawmakers from both U-S political parties are calling on President Bush to stop construction of nuclear power reactors in North Korea as part of a 1994 agreement
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service May 27 - June 2, 2002
May
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service May 20 - May 26, 2002
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service May 13 - May 19, 2002
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service May 6 - May 12, 2002
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service April 29 - May 5, 2002
April
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service April 22 - April 28, 2002
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service April 15 - April 21, 2002
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service April 8 - April 14, 2002
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service April 1 - April 7, 2002
Presidential Determination No. 2002-12 The Bush administration has waived certain requirements regarding North Korea for the release of up to $95 million in funds for nonproliferation efforts on the Korean Peninsula, according to a memorandum for the Secretary of State released by the White House April 2.
March
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service March 25 - March 31, 2002
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service March 18 - March 24, 2002
BUSH-NORTH KOREA VOA 20 Mar 2002-- The Bush administration says it cannot certify to Congress that North Korea is in full compliance with its 1994 "Agreed Framework" accord with the United States, which froze its suspect nuclear program. However, the United States will continue abiding terms of the agreement, including the scheduled provision to North Korea this year of 500-thousand metric tons of fuel oil
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service March 11 - March 17, 2002
NOKOR / U-S VOA 13 Mar 2002-- North Korea has blasted as nuclear blackmail U-S media reports that the United States is reexamining where to target its nuclear arsenal. The communist country says it will not remain what it terms a "passive onlooker" to the Pentagon's contingency plans against seven countries, including North Korea
CHINA NOKOR VOA 12 Mar 2002-- China's government is pushing South and North Korea to restart stalled reconciliation efforts
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service March 4 - March 10, 2002
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service February 25 - March 3, 2002
February
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service February 18- February 24, 2002
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service February 11 - February 17, 2002
Text: Policy Chairman Urges End to Nuclear Subsidies for N. Korea Washington File 13 Feb 2002-- The chairman of the House Policy Committee released a bipartisan letter to President Bush February 13 urging the president to cancel the previous administration's plans to supply nuclear technology to North Korea.
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service February 4 - February 10, 2002
N. Korean leader answers Bush's speech with tough words of his own Stars & Stripes 04 Feb 2002-- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il matched President Bush’s State of the Union tough talk Saturday with some of his own, threatening war in a pep talk to soldiers.
Rice Says "It's Time to Get Serious" about North Korea, Iran, Iraq Washington File 04 Feb 2002-- President's NSC advisor also calls for action from Arafat
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service January 28 - February 3, 2002
NOKOR / BUSH VOA 01 Feb 2002-- North Korea has joined Iraq and Iran in denouncing President George Bush's State of the Union address in which he branded the three countries as an "axis of evil."
U-S-KOREA VOA 01 Feb 2002-- President Bush says his administration remains open to dialogue with North Korea despite his sharp criticism of Pyongyang in his State-of-the-Union address earlier this week. Secretary of State Colin Powell discussed the U-S approach to the North in a New York meeting Friday with South Korean Foreign Minister Han Seung-Soo
January
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service January 21 - January 27, 2002
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service January 14-20, 2002
LEONARD SPECTOR on North Korea VOA 16 Jan 2002-- Three senior inspectors from the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency are in North Korea this week to visit some of that country's nuclear facilities. The International Atomic Energy Agency, or I-A-E-A, says their first stop is the Yongbyon isotope production laboratory north of Pyongyang. North Korea agreed in November to allow agency officials to visit the site, but insisted that the technical experts not carry out a full inspection. The I-A-E-A wants to hold full inspections at the site.
N. Korea tells U.S. that road to resuming talks begins with troop pullout VOA 16 Jan 2002-- North Korea on Wednesday demanded a pullout of U.S. troops from South Korea to set the stage for resuming talks with Washington.
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service January 7-13, 2002
Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service December 31 2001 - January 6, 2002

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

2002 North Korea Special Weapons News