Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
March 2004 South Korea Special Weapons News
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- Overview of Inter-Korean Exchanges & Cooperation for Mar 2004 ROK Ministry of Unification 08 May 2004
- Results of the 124th Consultative Meeting on the Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation Promotion Committee ROK Ministry of Unification 31 Mar 2004
- Progress in Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation ROK Ministry of Unification 29 Mar 2004
- Continuation of Inter-Korean Dialogue ROK Ministry of Unification 29 Mar 2004
- Peaceful Resolution of the North Korean Nuclear Issue ROK Ministry of Unification 29 Mar 2004
- Effort to Resolve Humanitarian Issues in North Korea ROK Ministry of Unification 29 Mar 2004
- SOKOR/IRAQ TROOPS VOA 26 Mar 2004 -- South Korea is assuring the United States and others with troops in Iraq that it will stand by its commitment to send several thousand personnel there. There has been speculation that Seoul would look for a way to cancel its deployment.
- NOKOR/REFUGEES VOA 25 Mar 2004 -- South Korea is trying to confirm reports that about 100 North Korean refugees at a detention center in China are on hunger strike to protest plans to repatriate them. The South Korean authorities say they are willing to accept North Korean refugees who want to go to the South.
- Telephone notification received from North Korea suggesting delay of working-level meetings in Gaeseong to early April ROK Ministry of Unificatino 24 Mar 2004
- SOKOR IRAQ TROOPS VOA 19 Mar 2004 -- South Korea has canceled plans to send troops to the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, citing security concerns. South Korea's defense ministry says it intends to send its troops to a safer location.
- Agreement on Schedule for Working-level Meeting on Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation ROK Ministry of Unification 17 Mar 2004 -- South and North Korea agreed on Thursday, March 11, through telephone notification issued under the names of the chairman of each party's Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation Promotion Committee to hold the 3rd Working-level Consultative Meeting on Clearing Settlement in Paju, March 15-16 (two days).
- Comments from the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Unification ROK Ministry of Unification 17 Mar 2004 -- North Korea sent us notification that it would one-sidedly change the venue for the 3rd Working-level Consultative Meeting on Clearing Settlement, originally scheduled in Paju on March 15, to Gaesong on the grounds of the current situation in South Korea.
- Telephone notification sent urging North Korea to soon hold the 3rd Working-level Consultative Meeting on Clearing Settlement ROK Ministry of Unification 17 Mar 2004
- SOUTH KOREA / TERRORISM VOA 17 Mar 2004 -- South Korea's acting president has put his nation on high alert, saying the country is a potential terrorist target.
- High-Level KEDO Delegation Leaves KCNA 15 Mar 2004 -- The high-level delegation of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) left here by air on March 13.
- S. Korean Delegation Leaves KCNA 15 Mar 2004 -- The delegation of the Headquarters for the Promotion of Joint National Functions in south Korea with Han Sang Ryol, permanent representative of the Reunification Solidarity for the Implementation of the June 15 South-North Joint Declaration and Peace on the Korean Peninsula, as its honorary head and with Kim Jong Su, permanent executive chairman of the headquarters who is also permanent executive chairman of the Headquarters of the Movement of All Compatriots for Going Hand in Hand, as its head left here today.
- Joint Military Exercises of U.S. Troops and S. Korean Army Announced KCNA 13 Mar 2004 -- It was announced that the U.S. troops and the south Korean army would launch reception, staging, onward movement and integration and Foal Eagle joint military exercises from March 22 to 28, according to the south Korean KBS.
- SOKOR POLITICS VOA 13 Mar 2004 -- South Korea's interim head of state, Goh Kun, has pledged to continue his country's alliance with the United States as the cornerstone of Seoul's foreign policy. Mr. Goh spoke a day after the National Assembly staged South Korea's first impeachment of a sitting president, Roh Moo-hyun.
- Two S.Korean fighter jets clash over Yellow Sea PLA Daily 12 Mar 2004 -- Two South Korean air force fighter jets collided in mid-air off the west coast Thursday, Air Force officials said. The fate of the pilots were not known.
- SOKOR POLITICS VOA 12 Mar 2004 -- South Korea's opposition-controlled parliament has impeached President Roh Moo-hyun, just one month before a general election.The political uncertainty is expected to have little lasting effect on the economy and relations with North Korea.
- SOKOR/IMPEACHMENT VOA 12 Mar 2004 -- South Korea's parliament has approved an impeachment motion, stripping President Roh Moo-hyun of his powers and plunging the nation into a power vacuum.
- S. KOREA DEFECTION VOA 11 Mar 2004 -- Media reports in South Korea Thursday quote authorities as saying a former coach of North Korea's national soccer team has defected to the South.
- S. Korean Delegation Arrives KCNA 10 Mar 2004 -- A delegation of the Headquarters for the Promotion of Joint National Functions in south Korea with Han Sang Ryol, permanent representative of the Reunification Solidarity for the Implementation of the June 15 South-North Joint Declaration and Peace on the Korean Peninsula
- Agreement at the 8th Round Meeting of the Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation Promotion Committee - Seoul ( March 05, 2004 ) ROK Ministry of Unification 05 Mar 2004
- Explanation on the 8th Round Meeting of Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation Promotion Committee ROK Ministry of Unification 06 Mar 2004 --
- SOUTH KOREA / U-S VOA 05 Mar 2004 -- South Korea's Foreign Minister says his country and the United States remain closely aligned on policies regarding North Korea's nuclear program. In a wide-ranging speech in Washington (Friday), Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon also said he hopes revelations about a Pakistani scientist's role in selling nuclear secrets may convince North Korea to reveal details about its nuclear program.
- North Korean Ships Allowed to Sail Across South of Jeju Island Korea-net 05 Mar 2004 -- North Korean ships will be allowed to sail across the southern tip of Jeju Island for their east-west navigation around the Korean peninsula, which would reduce shipping distance between Nampo on the West Sea and Wonsan on the East Sea by about 400 miles.
- Koreas seek progress in economic talks Korea-net 03 Mar 2004 -- South and North Korea will open talks on Tuesday (Mar. 2) in Seoul to discuss ways to promote joint economic projects in the communist state.
- Joint Military Maneuvers in MDL Area KCNA 01 Mar 2004 -- The U.S. troops in south Korea and the south Korean army stage joint military maneuvers in the area of the Military Demarcation Line, according foreign news reports. The field maneuvers dubbed Iron Artep which began last week will last till March 5, they said.
- 2nd round six-party nuclear talks very successful: S. Korean top delegate PLA Daily 01 Mar 2004 -- South Korean Deputy Foreign MinisterLee Soo-hyuck, the chief delegate to the just-ended six-party talks on the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula, said Sunday the talks were "very successful."
- KOREA / ROH VOA 01 Mar 2004 -- South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has called for South Korea to reduce its dependence on his country's closest ally, the United States. The statement came during a national address marking the 85th anniversary of an uprising against Japanese colonial rule.
