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June 2000 - North Korea Special Weapons News

  • Text: U.S., ROK, Japan Joint Statement on North Korea 30 June 2000 -- The United States, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and Japan concluded the Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, by jointly releasing a statement.
  • NORTH KOREAN FAMINE Voice of America 28 June 2000 -- The top United Nations representative in North Korea says the country is on the way to recovery from a five-year famine and may be able to feed itself in two years.
  • CLINTON-KOREA MISSILES Voice of America 28 June 2000 -- President Clinton says this month's North-South Korean summit was a positive development, but it has not eliminated U-S concern about Pyongyang's long-range missile program.
  • ALBRIGHT/KOREA, Voice of America, 23 June 2000 -- U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says American troops should stay in South Korea to assure the stability of the region.
  • Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service June 19 - June 25, 2000
  • Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Joung Binn Lee Press conference, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 23 June 2000 -- QUESTION: Concerning the American forces on the Korean Peninsula, the question is to Madame Albright. With the improvements in South-North Korean relations, there is a debate that, if not a withdrawal of the U.S. forces in South Korea, perhaps a change in the status of the forces or perhaps a reduction in the size of your military presence here is inevitable....What are your views on this issue, and along the same line, Minister Lee, what is our government's position on this issue?
  • ALBRIGHT-CHINA Voice of America 22 June 2000 -- Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says the Chinese told her the North Korean ruler was a much different person from the image the world had of him before he visited Beijing last month for his first international appearance in recent years.
  • KOREAN SUMMIT RAISES SECURITY ISSUES Voice of America 22 June 2000 -- Analysts are now contemplating how a less-threatening North Korea, while still maintaining its huge army and potential for long-range nuclear or biological missiles, will change security calculations in Asia and the world.
  • U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 21 June 2000 -- QUESTION: Do you have any comment on Pyongyang's announcement on its renewed missile moratorium?
  • SANCTIONS / U-S BUSINESSES Voice of America 20 June 2000 -- North Korea watcher and consultant Michael Breen thinks what those companies will likely encounter in North Korea are not endless opportunities but stubborn resistance.
  • NORTH KOREA/JAPAN Voice of America 20 June 2000 -- Japan said Tuesday it will consider taking measures to support the inter-Korean dialogue, following the partial easing of sanctions announced by the United States.
  • U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 19 June 2000 -- "Second of all, we'll be giving you a fact sheet on the easing of sanctions on North Korea that we've talked about before. The Federal Register notice is out today with a full and complete description. We'll give you a fact sheet as well. And we are going forward with implementation of these steps that were announced in September of last year, and you'll remember the context was the improvement in relations, the missile talks that we had had, and the continuation of the missile moratorium. All those things continue and remain important to us."
  • U-S-KOREA SANCTIONS Voice of America 19 June 2000 -- The administration decided to ease the economic sanctions last September following contacts with the Pyongyang government by former Defense Secretary William Perry and a North Korean pledge to refrain from further testing of long-range ballistic missiles.
  • NORTH KOREA / U-S Voice of America 19 June 2000 -- Only days after hosting a historic summit to improve ties with South Korea, North Korea is accusing the United States of increasing the danger of war and escalating tensions.
  • Text: State Department Fact Sheet on Sanctions Against North Korea 19 June 2000 -- State's Office of the Spokesman said the decision to ease sanctions was taken in view of North Korea's assurances that it will continue its moratorium on the testing of long-range ballistic missiles.
  • STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT June 19, 2000 -- Since last September, when I announced the measures being implemented today to ease sanctions against North Korea, North Korea has maintained its moratorium on missile tests.
  • Easing of Export Restrictions on North Korea; Final Rules [Federal Register: June 19, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 118)] The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement the President's statement of September 17, 1999 easing sanctions against North Korea. The United States is taking this action in order to pursue improved overall relations.
  • Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service June 12 - June 18, 2000
  • Repeal of Traffic Restrictions to North Korea [Federal Register: June 19, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 118)] On September 17, 1999, the President announced his intention to ease certain sanctions against North Korea in order to pursue improved relations. There is also a need to facilitate transportation to and from North Korea in support of the Agreed Framework of October 1994.
  • CLINTON - KOREA Voice of America 16 June 2000 -- President Clinton - traveling in New York Friday - met with a top South Korean envoy to discuss this week's historic summit between North and South Korea.
  • KOREA SUMMIT Voice of America 16 June 2000 -- An overwhelming majority of South Koreans view this week's inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang as an overwhelming success.
  • KOREA SUMMIT / MEDIA Voice of America 16 June 2000 -- South Korean news media gave unprecedented coverage to the history-making summit between South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il this week.
  • REFLECTIONS ON THE KOREAN SUMMIT Voice of America 16 June 2000 -- The event is being seen by some however, as nothing less than the beginning of the end to the Cold War's final chapter.
  • Pentagon Resists Korea Reunification Euphoria by Blair Case ADA Magazine 16 June 2000 -- Pentagon spokesman Kenneth H. Bacon Thursday termed the prospects of Korean reunification talks cause for "controlled exuberance" but said they do not justify a reduction of U.S. troops in South Korea or cancel the requirement for a National Missile Defense system to protect the United States from missile attacks.
  • U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2000 -- We haven't quite suspended the sanctions that we said we suspended in September -- that we said we were going to suspend in September. The President in September announced, on September 17th, 1999, that we were going to ease certain economic sanctions. I expect that we will soon complete the process of implementing that easing of sanctions, and the details will be made available in public as soon as they are ready.
  • Text: Representative Tony Hall Remarks on Korean Summit 15 June 2000 -- Representative Tony Hall (Democrat of Ohio) said in an extension of remarks in the House of Representatives June 15 that South Korean President Kim Dae Jung should be generous in providing food and medicine to North Korea.
  • TWO KOREAN LEADERS MEET, DIFUSEING TENSIONS Voice of America 15 June 2000 -- Some papers are calling the Korean summit nothing less than the final act of the Cold War. Editorial writers struggled to describe the significance of the three-day meeting between North Korea leader Kim Jong Il and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung.
  • U-S - KOREA Voice of America 15 June 2000 -- Administration officials say preparations are nearly complete for the easing of sanctions against North Korea, and an announcement is expected in the coming days.
  • North-south joint declaration signed (June.15.2000) General Secretary Kim Jong Il together with President Kim Dae Jung, signed a north-south joint declaration on June 14. The north-south joint declaration is a good fruition of the historic Pyongyang meeting reflecting the desire and will of all the fellow countrymen to achieve the sacred cause of reunification and build a prosperous and powerful country by the united efforts of the nation.
  • U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2000 -- I don't think we see in this summit in particular the seeds of any changes that would change the possible threat that we might face. Certainly a reduction in tensions is important, but on the specific issues of possible missile threats I haven't seen nor heard of anything in this summit that negates that.
  • THE TWO KOREAS SUMMIT Voice of America 14 June 2000 -- The meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il and South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung could spell the beginning of the end of the isolationist stance long adhered to by Mr. Kim's father, Kim Il Sung.
  • US-KOREA SUMMIT Voice of America 14 June 2000 -- President Clinton is praising the unprecedented meeting between the leaders of North and South Korea as a hopeful first step toward reunification of the divided peninsula.
  • KOREA SUMMIT Voice of America 14 June 2000 -- Optimism about possible breakthroughs between the two longtime adversaries is running high following Kim Jong-il's warm welcome of Kim Dae-jung on Tuesday.
  • KOREA SUMMIT / SYMBOLISM Voice of America 14 June 2000 -- South Koreans are euphoric over the unexpected warmth shown by North Korea's reclusive leader, Kim Jong-il, during Tuesday's historic first meeting with South Korean President Kim Dae-jung.
  • KOREA SUMMIT OVERNIGHTER Voice of America 13 June 2000 -- The summit got off to a dramatic start when North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-il showed up at the airport to personally greet South Korean President Kim Dae-jung.
  • HISTORIC KOREAN SUMMIT BEGINS Voice of America 13 June 2000 -- Some analysts say the discussions between North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il and South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung could signal dramatic changes in the government of North Korea.
  • U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2000 -- I think we're going to reserve any comment. We'd like to see a continued dialogue and, as I indicated, this is an important step in a process of dialogue, which is the best way to move forward and maintain peace and stability on the Peninsula.
  • KOREA SUMMIT Voice of America 12 June 2000 -- South Korean President Kim Dae-jung meets North Korean leader Kim Jong-il Tuesday at the beginning of an historic three-day summit in Pyongyang.
  • KOREA SUMMIT SCENESETTER Voice of America 12 June 2000 -- The leaders of North and South Korea are scheduled to begin an historic three-day summit Tuesday in Pyongyang.
  • KOREA SUMMIT Voice of America 11 June 2000 -- The long-awaited summit between the leaders of North and South Korea has been delayed by one day at North Korea's request.
  • Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service June 5 - June 11, 2000
  • PUTIN / NORTH KOREA Voice of America 09 June 2000 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin will become the first leader of his country to visit North Korea when he goes to Pyongyang later this year.
  • NORTH - SOUTH KOREA Voice of America 07 June 2000 -- When South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung goes to Pyongyang for a summit next week (June 12-14) with Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, it will mark the first meeting ever between the leaders of the two Koreas.
  • NORTH-SOUTH KOREA Voice of America 07 June 2000 -- Washington is pleased the leaders of North and South Korea will finally meet face to face (June 12-14) to begin working out their differences.
  • Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service May 29 - June 4, 2000
  • CHINA-NORTH KOREA Voice of America 01 June 2000 -- China has acknowledged that reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visited Beijing earlier this week on his first known foreign trip in 17 years.



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