DATE=6/21/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-250907
TITLE=N. KOREA / G-8 (S-O)
BYLINE=JOCELYN FORD
DATELINE=TOKYO
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: NORTH KOREA IS LASHING OUT AT THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN
AND OTHER GROUP OF EIGHT NATIONS FOR WHAT IT SAYS IS A POLICY OF
HOSTILITY AGAINST IT. LEADERS OF THE WORLD'S MOST
INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS AND RUSSIA (AT A SUMMIT MEETING IN
COLOGNE, GERMANY, THIS WEEKEND) EXPRESSED DEEP CONCERN ABOUT
NORTH KOREA'S MISSILE PROGRAM. JOCELYN FORD REPORTS FROM TOKYO.
TEXT: NORTH KOREA SAID MONDAY THE GROUP OF EIGHT IS PLOTTING A
HOSTILE POLICY TOWARD PYONGYANG, AND IT SINGLED OUT THE UNITED
STATES AND JAPAN AS THE MAIN PROMOTERS OF THAT AGENDA.
NORTH KOREA ALSO ACCUSED WASHINGTON AND TOKYO OF INTERFERING WITH
ITS SOVEREIGNTY. THAT IS ACCORDING TO A REPORT BY NORTH KOREA'S
STATE-RUN RADIO, MONITORED IN TOKYO BY THE RADIO PRESS AGENCY.
DURING THE SUMMIT, JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER KEIZO OBUCHI PUSHED
FOR A STATEMENT AGAINST NORTH KOREA'S BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM.
LAST AUGUST, NORTH KOREA SURPRISED ITS NEIGHBORS BY FIRING A
MISSILE OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF JAPAN. U-S OFFICIALS SAY THEY
HAVE EVIDENCE THAT NORTH KOREA IS PREPARING TO TEST FIRE ANOTHER
MISSILE, PERHAPS BY THE END OF THE YEAR. (SIGNED)
NEB/JF/JO/KL
21-Jun-99 7:57 AM EDT (1157 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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