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12 March North Korea Special Weapons News

  • U-S MILITARY/NORTH KOREA VOA 12 Mar 2003 -- The top U-S military commander in South Korea has told Congress there are no signs the North is planning a conventional military attack. But he and another senior military officer, say U-S and South Korean military forces are fully prepared to handle any eventuality.
  • CONGRESS NORTH KOREA VOA 12 Mar 2003 -- A senior U-S official defended Bush administration policy toward North Korea to a skeptical Congress Wednesday.
  • Life in North Korea VOA 12 Mar 2003 -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, better known as North Korea, has attracted renewed media attention with its recent provocative actions. While demonstrating its military prowess, North Korea is struggling with one of the worst humanitarian crises on record. Persistent shortages of food, clean water and energy have resulted in dire poverty, famine and epidemics of deadly diseases
  • CHARLES MORRISON VOA 12 Mar 2003 -- North Korea has condemned ongoing U-S-South Korean military exercises, accusing Washington of preparing a plan to attack its nuclear facilities. The state-run news agency K-C-N-A claimed Wednesday the United States is using joint military exercises with South Korea this month to watch for an opportunity to launch a pre-emptive attack on its nuclear facilities. The U-S Defense Department says the war games are conducted each year for defense preparedness and have nothing to do with the international dispute over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. Meanwhile, South Korea's foreign minister again urged Washington to consider direct talks to resolve its dispute with Pyongyang.
  • Steep drop in aid for DPR of Korea could endanger child health, UNICEF warns UN News Centre 12 Mar 2003 -- Warning that the dramatic fall-off in humanitarian aid for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) may soon leave clinics without medicines and supplies - wiping out recent hard-won gains in child health care - the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reiterated an urgent appeal for donations today.
  • North Korea Pursuing Mutually Exclusive Goals, Kelly Says Washington File 12 Mar 2003 -- North Korea can't have nuclear weapons and expect to end its international isolation, says Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James A. Kelly.
  • DPRK-U.S. direct talks called for KCNA 12 Mar 2003 -- The nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula is not an issue to be solved through multilateral talks but it is quite possible to find a solution to the issue if the DPRK and the U.S. sit face to face for sincere discussion. Rodong Sinmun Tuesday says this in a signed commentary.
  • KCNA urges Japan to redress its past first KCNA 12 Mar 2003 -- Japanese Foreign Minister Kawaguchi recently said that "it is the basic policy of the Japanese Government to settle the abduction issue and the issue of nuclear development, etc. in the direction of normalizing the relations between Japan and the DPRK."
  • Russian radio assails U.S. military exercises KCNA 12 Mar 2003 -- The Voice of Russia in a commentary on March 5 said that the "Foal Eagle" launched by the U.S. and South Korean military authorities and their projected "Rsoi" prove the U.S. intention to escalate the military offensive against the DPRK and aggravate the situation on the Korean Peninsula.
  • Remarks of Japanese Foreign Minister accused KCNA 12 Mar 2003 -- Japanese Foreign Minister Kawaguchi said at the recent talks that it is the basic policy of the government to settle kidnapping and nuclear issues to aspire after normalization of Japan-DPRK relations. Her remarks reflect the wrong stand of the Japanese Government which does not want early solution of the DPRK-Japan relations.
  • Anniversary of Wangjaesan meeting commemorated KCNA 12 Mar 2003 -- North Hamgyong provincial meeting was held in Chongjin on March 10 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the historic Wangjaesan meeting organized and guided by President Kim Il Sung.
  • U.S. troops and South Korean army stage river-crossing drill KCNA 12 Mar 2003 -- The U.S. troops and South Korean army on Sunday reportedly staged a river-crossing drill on the River Rimjin flowing along the MDL, part of the foal eagle military exercise aimed at invasion of the DPRK.
  • Measure committee against abduction and detention formed in S. Korea KCNA 12 Mar 2003 -- Over 30 representatives of the reunification solidarity, the solidarity with the people and other civic and public organizations in South Korea reportedly held an emergency meeting in Seoul on March 7 in connection with the kidnapping and detention of Sin Chang Gyun, honorary chairman of the south headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification and pro-reunification patriotic figure.
  • Candlelight demonstrators vow to settle accounts with U.S. KCNA 12 Mar 2003 -- Figures and citizens of different social standings in South Korea participating in the candlelight procession on March 5, 100 days after the candlelight demonstration staged at Kwanghwamun in Seoul, renewed their faith and will to settle accounts with the U.S. imperialists.
  • President of Hyundai Asan arrives here KCNA 12 Mar 2003 -- Jong Mong Hon, president of Hyundai Asan of South Korea, and his party arrived here today.
  • S. Korean delegation here KCNA 12 Mar 2003 -- A delegation of trade unions of South Korea co-headed by Ri Nam Sun, chairman of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions, and Ryu Tok Sang, acting chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, arrived here today.




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