Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
January 2004 South Korea Special Weapons News
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- Overview of Intra-Korean Exchanges & Cooperation for Jan 2004 ROK Ministry of Unification
- Inter-Korean Trade Rises 12.9 Percent Last Year ROK Ministry of Unification 30 Jan 2004 -- Two-way inter-Korean trade totaled $724 million last year, up 12.9 percent from a year earlier, according to monthly data released by the unification ministry.
- Moscow, Seoul call for early multilateral talks over DPRK's nuclear issue PLA Daily 29 Jan 2004 -- Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov and his South Korean counterpart Ban Ki-moon called on Wednesday for the earliest holding of a new round of six-party talks on the nuclear issue of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
- Koreas negotiate border travel security Korea-net 28 Jan 2004 -- The Koreas opened three days of talks on Tuesday aimed at resolving differences over how to guarantee the security of cross-border travelers, South Korean officials announced on Tuesday (Jan. 27).
- Inter-Korean Sea Freight Gains 10.7 Percent in 2003 Korea-net 28 Jan 2004 -- Throughout 2003, the number of shipping operations between South and North Korea totaled 2,022 on a one-way basis, up 10.7 percent from a year earlier, while the cargo volumes carried by those ships during the same period amounted to 1.04 million tons, a decrease of 0.7 percent from the previous year, the Ministry of Unification reported on Thursday (January 15).
- Koreas to hold ministerial talks Feb. 3-6 Korea-net 27 Jan 2004 -- Seoul will urge Pyongyang to rejoin six-party talks over its nuclear weapons program when South and North Korea next month hold their first ministerial talks of the year, the Unification Ministry announced on Monday (Jan. 26).
- All US troops in Seoul to be relocated PLA Daily 18 Jan 2004 -- South Korea and the United States agreed Saturday (Seoul time) in a meeting held in Hawaii, US, to relocate all the US troops currently stationed in Seoul.
- U.S. delegation in Seoul after visit to N.K. Korea-net 13 Jan 2004 -- A top Chinese official expects the next round of six-party talks aimed at defusing the North Korean nuclear stand-off to be held in February, as reported in the Monday (Jan. 12)edition of The New York Times.
- US delegation's DPRK trip confirms nothing: S.Korean official PLA Daily 13 Jan 2004 -- The civic US delegation's recent trip to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) confirmed nothing, said an official of South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) on Monday night.
- North Korea Data Center Available to Users in Seoul ROK Ministry of Unification 13 Jan 2004 -- The unification ministry's North Korea Data Center, which doubles as the exclusive library for North Korea-related materials, is serving the public on the sixth floor of the Gwanghuamun Post Office downtown Seoul.
- Press Release of 1st Meeting on Inter-Korean Settlement and Clearance - Pyeongyang ( December 20, 2003 ) ROK Ministry of Unification 13 Jan 2004 -- Joint Press Release of the 4th Working-level Consultation for the Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation System
- Joint Press Release of the 4th Working-level Meeting for Inter-Korean Economic - Pyeongyang ( December 20, 2003 ) ROK Ministry of Unification 13 Jan 2004 -- Joint Press Release of the 4th Working-level Consultation for the Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation System
- Delegation to brief Seoul on NK visit Korea-net 12 Jan 2004 -- South Korea could get more insight into the North's nuclear activities when American congressional aides brief officials in Seoul on Sunday (Jan. 11).
- US delegation members arrive in S.Korea after DPRK visit PLA Daily 12 Jan 2004 -- Two delegates of a US delegation which recently concluded a five-day visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) arrived in South Korea for a trip, reported South Korean Yonhap News Agency.
- Minister Jeong urges inter-Korean defense talks Korea-net 09 Jan 2004 -- South Korea will urge North Korea to agree to resume talks between their defense ministers when the two sides meet for a Cabinet-level meeting next month, Seoul's top North Korea policymaker said on Thursday (Jan. 8).
- N. Korea proposes talks on family reunion center Korea-net 08 Nov 2004 -- North Korea offered a counterproposal to South Korea for working-level talks on building a permanent reunion center on the North's east coast for families separated by the Korean War more than a half-century ago, South Korean officials said Tuesday (Jan. 6).
- Minister Yoon welcomes N. Korea's offer Korea-net 08 Nov 2004 -- South Korea's foreign minister on Wednesday (Jan. 7) welcomed North Korea's offer to freeze its nuclear program as an expression of its willingness to resolve the nuclear standoff with the United States through dialogue.
- NOKOR / NUCLEAR VOA 07 Jan 2004 -- Japan and South Korea say North Korea's latest offer to freeze its nuclear programs could pave the way for more talks on ending the nuclear crisis.
- Six-way talks unlikely to be held this month Korea-net 06 Jan 2004 -- Major holidays will likely push back to next month, or later, the second round of six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear stalemate, a senior presidential official said on Monday (Jan. 5).
- Seoul denies report on disallowing DPRK peaceful use of nuclear plant PLA Daily 05 Jan 2004 -- The South Korean government on Sundaydenied a report that Seoul, Washington and Tokyo are planing to demand Pyongyang completely scrap nuclear program even for peaceful use.
- Seoul's Top Priority-Nuke Crisis Korea-net 03 Jan 2004 -- Foreign Minister Yoon Young-kwan said on Friday (Jan. 2) that the nation's top diplomatic priority for 2004 will be a peaceful resolution of the North Korean nuclear crisis.
- President Roh Moo-hyun's New Year Message to the Nation Korea-net 02 Jan 2004
