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14 January North Korea Special Weapons News

  • Special envoy of UN Secretary General arrives KCNA 14 Jan 2003 -- Moris Strong, special envoy of the UN Secretary General, and his party arrived here today by air.
  • DPRK, too, has option KCNA 14 Jan 2003 -- If the U.S. and its followers respond to the DPRK's recent exercise of its option with new sanctions, blockade and pressure offensives, it will exercise the second and third corresponding options, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article
  • U.S. frantic moves to stifle DPRK under fire KCNA 14 Jan 2003 -- Recently the bush group spread a rumor that some economic difficulties in the DPRK are attributable to its wrong policy. Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary dismisses it as a shrill cry of those who are upset by the might of the DPRK dynamically advancing to speed up the building of a powerful nation under the banner of the army-based policy
  • Headquarters of anti-U.S. movement inaugurated KCNA 14 Jan 2003 -- The headquarters of the movement against the U.S. and war and for the conclusion of a non-aggression treaty between the north and the united states was reportedly formed by the South Korean anti-U.S., anti-war and anti-nuke joint council on Jan. 11. The joint council that has waged an anti-U.S. struggle since it was formed in June last year declared that it would reorganize the council for the purpose of intensifying the anti-U.S. and anti-war struggle to cope with the crisis of war sparked by the Bush administration on the Korean Peninsula over its "nuclear issue" from the outset of the New Year
  • U.S. anti-DPRK policy under fire abroad KCNA 14 Jan 2003 -- The U.S. hostile policy towards the DPRK was condemned abroad. The Tanzania-DPRK Friendship Association and the Tanzanian National Coordinating Committee of the Juche Idea Study Groups in a joint statement on Jan. 4 urged the U.S. to drop its hostile policy towards the DPRK and conclude a non-aggression treaty with the DPRK
  • KCNA refutes U.S. sophism about DPRK's decision KCNA 14 Jan 2003 -- Some of the international community are reported to have made such unreasonable remarks as expressing "serious concern" and "regret" over the DPRK's decision to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The U.S. President, Vice-President and other senior U.S. officials let loose a whole string of sheer sophism misrepresenting the nature and cause of the grave situation
  • KCNA accuses U.S. of mocking at UN and international community KCNA 14 Jan 2003 -- The U.S. is scoffing at the UN and the international community over the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula and the IAEA and some countries are acting its spokesman and servant dancing to its tune. The U.S. is working hard to internationalize the nuclear issue of the DPRK in a desperate bid to misrepresent the cause of the issue and the responsibility for it and create the impression that it is the issue between the DPRK and the international community
  • U.S. obstructions to Korean reunification under fire KCNA 14 Jan 2003 -- The U.S. imperialists are escalating the tensions on the Korean Peninsula in a bid to chill the daily growing desire of the Korean nation for reconciliation, unity, reunification, hamstring the implementation of the north-south joint declaration and thus bring the inter-Korean ties back to those of confrontation, says Minju Joson today in a signed commentary
  • Rodong Sinmun on DPRK's withdrawal from NPT KCNA 14 Jan 2003 -- The DPRK Government's recent decision to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was a self-defensive measure for safeguarding the whole nation against the U.S. reckless moves to stifle the DPRK and the partial behaviour of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), follower of the U.S. Rodong Sinmun says this in a signed commentary today
  • Rallies held to vow to frustrate U.S. moves KCNA 14 Jan 2003 -- Rallies were held in north and South Phyongan provinces and Kaesong city on January 12 and 13 to support the DPRK Government's statement on its withdrawal from the NPT. At the rallies the government statement was read out and representatives of all strata made speeches
  • White House Press Briefing Transcript Washington File 14 Jan 2003-- FLEISCHER: Well, we welcome this step. We think it's appropriate for these officials to talk. And we believe that the message that will be given has been very unified as far as our approach to North Korea. The world has condemned North Korea's actions in stepping out of its international obligations. And we anticipate that North Korea will hear that message.
  • U-S / N. KOREA / OPTIONS VOA 14 Jan 2003 -- The Bush administration has several options for trying to resolve the North Korean nuclear problem. But analysts say none of those options are especially good ones
  • HUNTER NOKOR VOA 14 Jan 2003 -- Diplomatic efforts are continuing in hopes of finding a peaceful settlement of the nuclear standoff between North Korea and the United States. Helen-Louise Hunter is a former C-I-A intelligence officer in East Asia, and has written a book titled "Kim Il-Sung's North Korea". She tells V-O-A's Kent Klein she sees the North's tough talk as an act of desperation, and she's optimistic the situation will be resolved peacefully.
  • BUSH NORTH KOREA VOA 14 Jan 2003 -- President Bush is holding out the possibility of resumed aid to North Korea if Pyongyang dismantles its nuclear program
  • RUSSIA-NOKOR-IRAQ VOA 14 Jan 2003 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is sending a special envoy to North Korea, China, and the United States, in a bid to defuse the stand-off over North Korea's nuclear program
  • U.S. urged to behave with decorum KCNA 14 Jan 2003 -- The DPRK Government's decision to completely withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the International Atomic Energy Agency was a legitimate measure taken to cope with the grave situation where the supreme interests of the state are seriously threatened, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary. As already known, the DPRK, a non-nuclear state, acceded to the NPT and signed the safeguards agreement with the IAEA mainly for the purpose of removing the U.S. threat of a nuclear war from the DPRK
  • U.S. warned against any more piratic acts against DPRK trading cargo ships KCNA 14 Jan 2003 -- The United States, instead of making an apology and compensation for the piracy committed against the DPRK trading cargo ship Sosan, blustered that it would seize DPRK ships loaded with missiles. In this regard Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary dismisses this as a preposterous outcry and a blatant provocation to the DPRK
  • US May Guarantee Survival of NK Regime: Kelly Korea-net 14 Jan 2003 -- Visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly said on Tuesday (Jan. 14) the United States may guarantee the survival of North Korean regime.
  • CHA NOKOR VOA 14 Jan 2003 -- The Bush administration says North Korea can expect a resumption of U-S energy assistance, but only if it dismantles its nuclear development operation. Washington says it would be willing to address North Korea's acute fuel shortages if Pyongyang will agree to re-admit international inspectors and comply with previous nuclear safeguards agreements
  • DPR of Korea: Annan sees signs diplomatic solution is possible UN News Centre 14 Jan 2003 -- Although recent statements by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on its nuclear programme pose a "grave" threat to peace and security, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said he remained optimistic that a diplomatic solution to the crisis could be found
  • NORTH KOREA/DIPLOMACY VOA 14 Jan 2003-- An Australian delegation goes to Pyongyang in search of a peaceful solution to the North Korean nuclear standoff
  • CHINA/NOKOR/US VOA 14 Jan 2003-- China says it is willing to let the United States and North Korea hold talks in Beijing to resolve their nuclear standoff. The comment comes as a senior U-S envoy arrives in the Chinese capital to seek China's help in persuading Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear weapons program
  • NORTH KOREA UN ENVOY VOA 14 Jan 2003-- A United Nations envoy is heading to North Korea to assess the impoverished country's food supply




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