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13 February North Korea Special Weapons News

  • CONGRESS / NORTH KOREA VOA 13 Feb 2003 -- U-S lawmakers are expressing new concerns about the Bush administration's approach to resolving tensions with North Korea. The top U-S official for East Asia, Assistant Secretary of States James Kelly, told a congressional hearing Thursday that diplomacy remains the best option right now.
  • ALEX VATANKA VOA 13 Feb 2003 -- China and Russia have warned against United Nations Security Council involvement in the North Korean nuclear issue. The Russian Foreign Ministry Thursday called the International Atomic Energy Agency decision to refer the matter to the Security Council premature and counterproductive. China voted with the agency in favor of passing the matter on to the Security Council. But Chinese officials warn Security Council involvement may further complicate the issue -- and that the only solution is face-to-face talks between Washington and Pyongyang.
  • U.S. "secret operation" against S. Korean people assailed KCNA 13 Feb 2003 -- A spokesman for the National Democratic Front of South Korea (NDFSK) issued a statement on Feb. 8 denouncing the U.S. vicious "secret operation" to quell the South Koreans' daily mounting anti-Americanism.
  • U.S. massive arms buildup under fire KCNA 13 Feb 2003 -- The U.S. air force present in South Korea was put in a "semi-war" state to cope with "contingency" and the U.S. command in South Korea issued a decision to extend for six months the stay of thousands of soldiers in South Korea even after the expiry of their service term against the backdrop of the deployment of more aggression forces in and around the Korean Peninsula.
  • "Biography of Comrade Kim Jong Il" vol. 2 published KCNA 13 Feb 2003 -- "Biography of Comrade Kim Jong Il" vol. 2 was brought out by the Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House. This book is a biography of a peerlessly great man dealing with the glorious revolutionary history and great personality of Kim Jong Il, the sun of the 21st century.
  • NDFSK representative on mindset of S. Koreans KCNA 13 Feb 2003 -- Chief Pak Kwang Gi of the Pyongyang mission of the National Democratic Front of South Korea had an interview with domestic and foreign reporters here yesterday in the run-up to the birthday of Kim Jong Il.
  • Minju Joson on plutonium reported missing in Japan KCNA 13 Feb 2003 -- Minju Joson today, commenting on plutonium reported missing in Japan despite international surveillance and control, says that Japan has already set nuclear armament as its most important state affair and strategic target for its future destiny and pushed it ahead in secret.
  • U.S. urged to stop moves for arms reinforcement KCNA 13 Feb 2003 -- The south headquarters of the national alliance of youth and students for the country's reunification reportedly issued a statement on Feb. 9 as regards the U.S. moves for drastic reinforcement of armed forces around the Korean Peninsula. The U.S. design for reinforcement of armed forces is part of preparations for a war against the DPRK after a war against Iraq
  • 7th Kimjongilia Show opens KCNA 13 Feb 2003 -- The 7th Kimjongilia Show was opened in Pyongyang today on the occasion of Kim Jong Il's birthday. Large posters were seen standing in front of the Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia exhibition, its venue.
  • U.S. Defense Secretary's anti-DPRK remarks KCNA 13 Feb 2003 -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry gave an answer to a question put by KCNA today as regards remarks terming the DPRK a "terrorist regime" made by U.S. Secretary of Defence Rumsfeld.
  • Kim Jong Il receives congratulatory message and gifts from Putin KCNA 13 Feb 2003 -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il received a congratulatory message and gifts from Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation.
  • Kelly Says U.S. Would Welcome a New Relationship to North Korea Washington File 13 Feb 2003 -- Despite growing tensions, the United States would still welcome an opportunity to forge a new relationship with North Korea, says James Kelly, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs.
  • Rumsfeld Sees Proliferation as Greatest Threat from North Korea Washington File 13 Feb 2003 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told members of Congress February 13 that North Korea is more of a threat as a global proliferator of weapons technology than as a nuclear aggressor on the Korean Peninsula.
  • NOKOR / U-N / ASIA REACT VOA 13 Feb 2003 -- China and other Asian powers are calling for diplomacy and patience to solve the dispute over North Korea's nuclear programs. Officials in Beijing, Tokyo, and Seoul spoke out after the U-N nuclear agency voted to refer the issue to the Security Council - a step that could lead to sanctions.
  • RUSSIA / NORTH KOREA VOA 13 Feb 2003 -- Russia is criticizing the International Atomic Energy Agency's decision to send the problem of North Korea's nuclear program to the U-N Security Council for discussion.
  • NOKOR NUKES VOA 13 Feb 2003 -- North Korea is warning that it can strike U-S military targets around the world. The statement comes a day after the top U-S intelligence officer said Pyongyang may have a nuclear-capable missile able to hit the West Coast of the United States.




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