Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
20 February North Korea Special Weapons News
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- Weekly on North Korea ROK Ministry of Unification -- Serial No. 631 (February 14 to February 20, 2003)
- S. Korea and U.S. to stage joint war exercises KCNA 20 Feb 2003 -- The South Korea-U.S. combined forces command announced on Feb. 17 that it would stage two joint military exercises from March 4 to April 2, according to South Korean KBS. They are the "reception, staging, onward movement and integration" exercise, a combined commanding exercise, and "Foal Eagle" exercise, a large-scale field mobile exercise.
- POWELL-ASIA VOA 20 Feb 2003 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell interrupts intensive diplomacy on the Iraq later today (Eds: Friday) as he begins a five-day mission to Asia where the focus will be on North Korea and its recent nuclear moves. He'll visit Japan and then China and complete the trip by representing the United States at the inauguration of incoming South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun.
- U.S. accused of turning away from proposal for non-aggression treaty KCNA 20 Feb 2003 -- A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK issued a statement on Tuesday accusing the United States of persistently turning down the DPRK's proposal for the conclusion of a non-aggression treaty aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula and pushing the situation to the phase of confrontation.
- Rodong Sinmun on U.S. military policy KCNA 20 Feb 2003 -- Now that the United States is seeking to attack us by force of arms, we have no choice but to take strong counteraction against it. In case it is considered to be unavoidable, we will do everything we can for our self-defence and settle accounts with the U.S.
- Songs about Jong Il Peaky KCNA 20 Feb 2003 -- number of songs about Jong Il Peak are popular in the DPRK. The peak rises high behind the native home in the secret camp in Mt. Paektu, the birthplace of Kim Jong Il.
- Rodong Sinmun on army-based idea of Kim Jong Il KCNA 20 Feb 2003 -- The army and people of the DPRK will emerge ever-victorious in the confrontation with the U.S.-led imperialists and certainly build a powerful nation of Juche under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il, who models the whole society after the army-based idea, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article.
- NON-ALIGNED SUMMIT VOA 20 Feb 2003 -- Against a backdrop of war looming in the Middle East, senior officials and ministers from 114 nations grouped under the Non-Aligned Movement, or NAM, are in Malaysia ahead of a two-day summit. While Iraq is expected to dominate discussions, North Korea Thursday took center-stage with a controversial resolution.
- NOKOR/JAPANESE WIVES VOA 20 Feb 2003 -- The Japanese wife of a North Korean returned to Japan last month after a harrowing journey through China. Her plight is raising awareness of thousands of other Japanese women who followed their spouses to the North decades ago in search of a better life, only to find that their dreams were an illusion.
- NOKOR HUNGER VOA 20 Feb 2003 -- U-N officials say malnutrition has dropped significantly in communist North Korea in the past four years and are calling on donor nations to boost food aid so famine does not return.
- NOKOR JET VOA 20 Feb 2003 -- North Korean fighter jet crossed briefly into South Korean air space [Thursday], the first such incident in 20 years. The incursion is the latest provocative step taken by North Korea in the international dispute over its nuclear programs.
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