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12 June North Korea Special Weapons News

  • Weekly on North Korea ROK Ministry of Unification -- Serial No. 647 (June 06 to June 12, 2003)
  • EDITORIAL: NORTH KOREAN REPRESSION CONTINUES VOA 12 Jun 2003 -- Andrew Natsios, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, said in testimony to the U.S. Congress that "no totalitarian regime of the last century has exercised a greater degree of absolute control over its society" than that of North Korea's Kim Jong Il.
  • Koreas Examine Railway Links Korea-net 12 Jun 2003 -- Armed forces personnel from South and North Korea crossed the military demarcation line (MDL) on Wednesday (June 11) for the first time since the 1950-1953 Korean War to inspect each other's progress on reconnecting transportation links in the west and east of the peninsula, the Defense Ministry said.
  • CHINA NORTH KOREA VOA 12 Jun 2003 -- China is urging the United States, Australia and other countries to avoid actions that could raise tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The Foreign Ministry comment follows reports that some nations are discussing ways to stop the export of North Korean weapons of mass destruction.
  • China Cautions Others in Dealing With North Korea VOA 12 Jun 2003 -- China has urged the United States and other countries to exercise caution when dealing with North Korea, so that the crisis over its nuclear development does not worsen.
  • China Urges Restraint on Korean Peninsula VOA 12 Jun 2003 -- China is urging the United States, Australia and other countries to avoid actions that could raise tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The Foreign Ministry comment follows reports that some nations are discussing ways to stop the export of North Korean weapons of mass destruction.
  • Message to all Koreans supported KCNA 12 Jun 2003 -- The Western Regional Federation of Koreans in the United States issued a statement on June 2 in support of the message to all Koreans published by the Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland and the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland.
  • U.S. arms buildup plan blasted KCNA 12 Jun 2003 -- A spokesman for the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea in a statement on June 10 warned that the United States' announcement of a new "plan" for beefing up its armed forces in South Korea under the tense situation on the Korean Peninsula where the nuclear stand-off between the DPRK and the U.S. is inching close to the brink of explosion may trigger off an all-out war.
  • Seminar on Kim Jong Il's Songun revolutionary line held KCNA 12 Jun 2003 -- -- Trade union officials of the DPRK held a seminar on leader Kim Jong Il's Songun revolutionary line here on June 10.
  • Japanese authorities' action against DPRK passenger boat assailed KCNA 12 Jun 2003 -- A spokesman for the Korean Marine Transport Committee in a statement on June 10 denounced the anti-DPRK action of the Japanese authorities to suspend the call of ship "Mangyongbong-92" at a Japanese port.
  • DPRK quite different from Iraq KCNA 12 Jun 2003 -- Rodong Sinmun today carries a commentator's article in connection with the lapse of 10 years since the DPRK-U.S. New York joint statement was published.
  • Day of Withdrawal of U.S. Military Bases from Libya observed KCNA 12 Jun 2003 -- Minju Joson today dedicates a signed article to the Day of the Withdrawal of the U.S. Military Bases from Libya.
  • U.S. senior officials' remarks under fire KCNA 12 Jun 2003 -- Laporte, commander of the South Korea-U.S. combined forces, in a lecture said that investment in the fighting power of the South Korean army should be made in step with the U.S. "arms buildup plan" and, earlier, U.S. deputy Defence Secretary Wolfowitz who visited South Korea stressed the "need" to increase defence budget of South Korea at a round-table talk with "members of the National Defence Committee of the South Korean National Assembly."
  • U.S. urged to reexamine its policy of confrontation with DPRK KCNA 12 Jun 2003 -- Though ten years have passed since the publication of the DPRK-U.S. New York joint statement, no article of the statement has been implemented but the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula has got more serious and the DPRK-U.S. hostile relations have been further bedevilled.
  • Kim Jong Il provides field guidance to fish farm KCNA 12 Jun 2003 -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il on June 10 provided field guidance to the fish farm of the fish breeding company managed by Ra Hyo Jin.




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