Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
22 February North Korea Special Weapons News
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- POWELL/ASIA VOA 22 Feb 2003 -- U-S Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Japan Saturday, the start of a four-day trip to Asia to build support for a U-N Security Council Resolution condemning North Korea's nuclear weapons program, and to repair strained relations with South Korea. He will attend the inauguration of South Korea's new president.
- S. Koreans make overland on-site tour for building Kaesong Industrial Zone KCNA 22 Feb 2003 -- An overland on-site tour was made by those concerned from the south side to build the Kaesong Industrial Zone on Feb. 21 after the completion of the west coastal temporary road, part of the projects to reconnect the west coastal rail and road links between the north and the south amid the ever-growing desire of all the fellow countrymen for reunification.
- Reception given by Iranian Ambassador KCNA 22 Feb 2003 -- Iranian Ambassador to the DPRK Jalaleddin Namini Mianji hosted a reception at the embassy on Feb. 20 on the occasion of the birthday of Kim Jong Il. The ambassador in a speech said that he and the embassy officials have witnessed the DPRK making big progress in the revolution and construction under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il who is carrying forward the revolutionary cause of President Kim Il Sung.
- U.S. plan for military drills under fire KCNA 22 Feb 2003 -- Rodong Sinmun Friday denounces the U.S. projected foal eagle military drill and "reception, staging, onward-movement and integration" exercise as a nuclear test war and a preliminary war, aimed to make a military attack upon the DPRK and stifle it under the pretext of the nuclear issue.
- North-South Joint Academic Symposium held KCNA 22 Feb 2003 -- The north-south joint academic symposium on the crimes related to the Japanese imperialists' forcible drafting of Koreans was held here on Thursday. Present there were scholars in the field of social science, members of the institutions concerned and members of the south side's delegation to the north-south joint exhibition of materials on these crimes including South Korean historians.
- Full play to revolutionary spirit of soldiers called for KCNA 22 Feb 2003 -- The people, once equipped with the revolutionary spirit of soldiers, can firmly defend the country from any enemy's aggression and successfully build a powerful nation, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article.
- 7th Kimjongilia Show closes KCNA 22 Feb 2003 -- The 7th Kimjongilia Show and similar ones in provinces which opened on the occasion of the February Holiday closed. The show was a significant political festival which powerfully demonstrated the perfect unity of the leader, the army and the people and the fixed faith and will of the Korean people to accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche without fail under the wise guidance of Kim Jong Il.
- Transcript: Powell Says He's Thinking of Engaging DPRK Multilaterally Washington File 22 Feb 2003 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke with members of the news media
while en route from Washington, D.C., to Tokyo, Japan, February 21.
The transcript of that media availability follows
- ROH/KOREAN PEACE VOA 22 Feb 2003 -- The incoming president of South Korea says one of his top goals is to sign a peace treaty with North Korea, replacing the armistice that ended the Korean War 50 years ago. The new South Korean leader thinks the first step to a treaty will be a peaceful end to the current dispute over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.
- POWELL/ASIA VOA 22 Feb 2003 -- -S Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Japan Saturday, the start of a four-day trip to Asia to build support for a U-N Security Council Resolution condemning North Korea's nuclear weapons program. He will also attend the inauguration of South Korea's new president.
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