Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
03 May North Korea Special Weapons News
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- NUCLEAR NORTH KOREA VOA 03 May 2003 -- The United States has rejected North Korea's offer to shutter its nuclear weapons factories in exchange for a raft of concessions and U-S aid. President George W. Bush said North Korea was "back to the old blackmail game." U-S Assistant Secretary of State, James Kelly had met in Beijing with North Korean and Chinese officials to discuss how to put an end to North Korea's nuclear weapons program. But at the talks, instead of trying to ease tensions, North Korean negotiators ratcheted them up. They declared that the communist regime of Kim Jong-Il not only possesses nuclear weapons, it might begin to sell the weapons around the world. The U-S is still pursuing diplomacy but will not be blackmailed, said Secretary of State Colin Powell.
- Anniversary of three principles of national reunification marked KCNA 03 May 2003 -- On May 3, Juche 61 (1972) President Kim Il Sung clarified the three principles of national reunification when meeting a delegate of the south side to the north-south high-level political talks who was staying here for the talks. Rodong Sinmun today dedicates a signed article to this day.
- Senior officials of DPRK congratulates workers on May Day KCNA 03 May 2003 -- Senior party and state officials and leading officials of ministries, national institutions and local party and power bodies visited industrial establishments on Thursday to congratulate workers on May Day, the international day of the working class.
- Japan assailed for evading its responsibility for its past crimes KCNA 03 May 2003 -- Shotaro Oshima, ambassador of the Japanese mission in Geneva, referring to the issue of "violence against women" at the 59th meeting of the un commission on human rights, told the sheer lie that Japan has "fulfilled its legal responsibility" for its past crimes including the issue of "comfort women for the Japanese army".
- KPA birthday celebrated abroad KCNA 03 May 2003 -- Meetings, round-table talks, book and photo exhibitions and film shows were organized in Guinea, Switzerland, Egypt, Singapore and Peru between April 23 and 25 to celebrate the 71st birthday of the heroic Korean People's Army (KPA).
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