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08 January North Korea Special Weapons News

  • Text: U.S. Sends Message to N. Korea Via United Nations Mission Washington File 08 Jan 2003 -- Following is the text of the response to a question taken at the January 7 regular State Department press briefing regarding the Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group (TCOG) and North Korea
  • Daily Press Briefing State Department 08 Jan 2002 -- Statement/Reaction from North Korea / Assistant Secretary Kelly's Travel to Asia / Under Secretary Bolton's Travel to Asia
  • U-S-North Korea VOA 08 Jan 2002 -- The Bush administration says it is up to North Korea to take the next step if it wants dialogue with the United States on dismantling its nuclear weapons program. Top U-S diplomats, meanwhile, are preparing for missions to Asia to coordinate policy on Pyongyang's nuclear actions
  • U.S. Will Talk to North Korea but Not Negotiate or Offer Inducements Washington File 08 Jan 2003-- The "ball is now in North Korea's court to respond," White House says
  • PETER PELLA/NORTH KOREA VOA 08 Jan 2002 -- The United States says it is willing to talk with North Korea. But Washington is not willing to make any concessions to get Pyongyang to give up its nuclear program. Peter Pella says this willingness to talk is a welcome development
  • NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR VOA 08 Jan 2003-- North Korea says the United States is pushing the Korean Peninsula toward nuclear war. This strident message comes as South Korea welcomes Washington's offer to hold discussions with Pyongyang to end the current dispute over the North's nuclear ambitions
  • KCNA urges U.S. to drop its anachronistic policy toward DPRK KCNA 08 Jan 2003-- The U.S. bellicose forces should clearly know that their strategy to dominate Korea is a pipe-dream, stop the provocative and military pressure and withdraw their aggression forces from South Korea without delay, urged the Joint New Year Editorial published by newspapers Rodong Sinmun, Josoninmingun and Chongnyonjonwi on the occasion of the New Year, 2003. Last year they listed the DPRK as part of an "axis of evil" and as a target of their nuclear attack instead of giving up their anachronistic policy toward it, while openly calling for a "preemptive attack" in a desperate bid to increase their military pressure upon it.
  • U.S. urged to apologize and compensate for its piracy against DPRK ship KCNA 08 Jan 2003-- U.S. Secretary of State Powell was reported to have said that "The United States will stop and search ships from North Korea if it feels the need" and "we would intercept anything we think deserved to be intercepted. We have the right to intercept and take whatever action we believe appropriate in the circumstances." These outbursts clearly indicate what an alarming phase the Bush administration's illegal and inhuman hostile policy toward the DPRK and its unilateralism have reached as they are little short of a declaration that it would commit more piratical acts against DPRK trading cargo ships in the days ahead.
  • DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM: KIM JONG-IL 'PLAYING A DANGEROUS GAME' Foreign Media Reaction 10 Jan 2003-- Kim Jong-Il's goal remains "bringing the U.S. to the negotiating table." / Writers said the U.S. should be more "flexible and pragmatic," with leftists wanting the U.S. to accept Kim's "call for a non-aggression pact" as part of a "package deal" with the DPRK. / Some termed the contrast in U.S. Iraq and DPRK policies an "infringement on logic."




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