Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
12 January North Korea Special Weapons News
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- Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service January 6 - January 12, 2003
- U.S. urged not to run amuck KCNA 12 Jan 2003 -- If the U.S. evades its responsibility and recklessly challenges the DPRK, the army and people of the DPRK will never miss the chance but certainly make them pay for the blood and turn the stronghold of the enemy into a sea of fire. Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed commentary
- Rodong Sinmun on DPRK withdrawal from NPT KCNA 12 Jan 2003 -- Rodong Sinmun Sunday carries an editorial titled "blow to pressure and punishment to 'chastisement'" The DPRK Government's measure for withdrawal from the NPT is the manifestation of do-or-die spirit of the Korean army and people and their high consciousness of national independence to resolutely smash with its toughest hard-line posture the anti-DPRK, anti-socialist moves of the U.S. imperialists who are violently trampling down the principle of impartiality and publicly recognized international law, the editorial notes
- KCNA hails DPRK's withdrawal from NPT KCNA 12 Jan 2003 -- As was reported, the DPRK Government issued a statement Friday, as regards the dangerous situation of the Korean Peninsula where the sovereignty of the Korean nation and the DPRK's security are seriously violated due to the U.S. vicious hostile policy toward the DPRK, and declared its withdrawal from the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty). This is an important measure taken to protect the supreme interests of the DPRK and the country and nation's sovereignty, right to existence and dignity. It is also a legitimate self-defensive step against the U.S. moves to stifle the DPRK and the unreasonable behavior of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) which is being used as a tool for executing the U.S. hostile policy towards the DPRK.
- Seoul Urges NK to Scrap NPT Withdrawal Korea-net 12 Jan 2003 -- The government Frirday called on North Korea to cancel its declared withdrawal from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) immediately and take steps to resolve the nuclear issue through dialogue
- NORTH KOREA / THREAT VOA 12 Jan 2003 -- North Korea is threatening to turn its enemies into a "sea of fire" if Washington continues to challenge the communist state. State run media also deny that Pyongyang told U-S officials it has a nuclear weapons program. The tough talk comes two days after Pyongyang withdrew from a global arms treaty
- SIA/JAPAN/NKOREA VOA 12 Jan 2003 -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has called on officials in Russia's far eastern region to help convince North Korea to abandon its nuclear program. Mr. Koizumi spent the final day of his Russian visit in an area, which, geographically, is far closer to Tokyo than to Moscow
- JAPAN / NORTH KOREA VOA 12 Jan 2003 -- A Russian official has told Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that a softer approach may be the best way to resolve the growing dispute over North Korea's nuclear ambitions. But a senior official traveling with Mr. Koizumi in Russia indicates Tokyo may soon take a harder line against Pyongyang
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