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May 2000 - North Korea Special Weapons News

  • Text: State Department Release on Visit to North Korean Facility 30 May 2000 -- The team found conditions at Kumchang-ni unchanged since the first visit in May 1999, i.e. the facility remains an unfinished site, with an underground portion consisting of an extensive, empty tunnel complex.
  • Text: State Department Release on May 24-30 Meetings with North Korea 30 May 2000 -- The two sides also agreed to hold a preparatory session on May 31 for the next round of missile talks. One purpose of this preparatory session will be to set the stage for the next formal round of U.S.-North Korea missile talks in the near future.
  • Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service May 22 - May 28, 2000
  • U-N / NORTH KOREA Voice of America 26 May 2000 -- The United Nations says there has been a slight improvement in the food situation in North Korea. But, it says the crisis is far from over.
  • U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing MAY 24, 2000 -- I wouldn't want to add much to what I didn't say yesterday. We're using this meeting to begin talks on Agreed Framework implementation, and we're going to continue to discuss the full range of issues of common concern, including missiles.
  • Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service May 15 - May 21, 2000
  • KOREAS SUMMIT Voice of America 18 May 2000 -- Officials in Seoul say the two Koreas have fully agreed on the agenda and arrangements for their landmark June summit in Pyongyang.
  • JAPAN/NORTH KOREA RELATIONS Voice of America 18 May 2000 -- North Korea has offered no explanation for its decision Wednesday to delay negotiations with Japan on the establishment of diplomatic ties.
  • JAPAN/NORTH KOREA TALKS POSTPONED Voice of America 17 May 2000 -- Japanese government sources say Tokyo and Pyongyang remain at odds over several key issues.
  • Text: House International Relations Committee on North Korea Oversight 16 May 2000 -- The U.S. House of Representatives has endorsed legislation authored by Representative Ben Gilman (Republican of New York), Chairman of the House International Relations Committee, and Representative Ed Markey (Democrat of Massachusetts) that would ensure no nuclear equipment or technology is transferred to North Korea without Congressional review and approval.
  • Text: Second U.S. Visit to Kumchang-Ni Starts May 23 15 May 2000 -- A U.S. team will make a second visit to the underground construction site at Kumchang-ni in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) May 23.
  • Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service May 08 - May 14, 2000
  • ASEAN-NORTH KOREA Voice of America 11 May 2000 -- North Korea has formally applied to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' regional security forum.
  • NORTH KOREA / AUSTRALIA Voice of America 08 May 2000 -- Australia and North Korea are to restore full diplomatic relations after a 25 year freeze.
  • Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service May 1 - May 7, 2000
  • KOREA AID Voice of America 06 May 2000 -- South Korea says it will provide 200-thousand tons of fertilizer to North Korea as a humanitarian gesture.
  • NORTH-SOUTH KOREAN SUMMIT: SIGN OF A THAW? Voice of America 05 May 2000 -- With the third round of preparatory talks having wound up, the skepticism has given way to another question: why does normally xenophobic North Korea want such a meeting with its arch-enemy.
  • NORTH-SOUTH KOREA: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM BUILDS IN ADVANCE OF JUNE SUMMIT Issue Focus - Foreign Media Reaction 03 May 2000 -- As preparations for the bilateral meeting got underway, however--with the third round of preparatory talks concluding today amid plans to resume again on Monday--observers began to temper their wariness, arguing instead that Pyongyang appeared to be "serious" about the upcoming summit.
  • KOREA / TALKS Voice of America 03 May 2000 -- North and South Korea moved a step closer Wednesday to reaching an agreement for procedures on their long awaited summit.



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