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23 June North Korea Special Weapons News

  • U.S. Marines depart Pohang in High Speed Vessel US Forces Korea Release 24 Jun 2003-- More than 500 U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, III Marine Expeditionary Force departed today for their base in Okinawa, Japan, and will make the transit in less than 24 hours using the High Speed Vessel after concluding the Korean Incremental Training Program with 1st Republic of Korea Marine Division in training areas north of the Han River.
  • Implementation of June 15 joint declaration urged in S. Korea KCNA 23 Jun 2003 -- Han Sang Ryol, permanent representative of the Reunification Solidarity for the Implementation of the June 15 South-North Joint Declaration and Peace on the Korean Peninsula, was reportedly interviewed by a reporter of Tongil News on June 13 on the occasion of the third anniversary of the declaration.
  • Guarantee for normal service of Mangyongbong-92 called for KCNA 23 Jun 2003 -- The South Korean Institute for True Education issued a statement on June 18 demanding the guarantee for the normal service of the ship Mangyongbong-92, according to a news report.
  • S. Korean Ministry of Defence hit for increased defense budget KCNA 23 Jun 2003 -- A joint press conference was reportedly held in front of the main gate of the South Korean "Ministry of Defence" on June 17, denouncing the ministry's move to increase the "defence budget" under the co-sponsorship of the National People's Solidarity, the Reunification Solidarity for the Implementation of the June 15 South-North Joint Declaration and Peace on the Korean Peninsula, the Democratic Workers' Party and the Society of Those for Peace and Reunification in South Korea.
  • U.S. moves for sea blockade against north denounced KCNA 23 Jun 2003 -- Co-chairmen of the headquarters of the Movement for Calling for the Anti-U.S. and Anti-War Struggle and Urging the Conclusion of a Non-Aggression Treaty between North Korea and the U.S. issued a statement on June 12 denouncing the U.S. moves for sea blockade against the north, according to a news report.
  • U.S.-South Korea Rsoi exercise denounced KCNA 23 Jun 2003 -- The Secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland on June 20 issued information bulletin no. 841 lashing out at the U.S. troops in South Korea and South Korean forces for staging "reception, staging, onward-movement and integration" exercise under the simulated conditions of "emergency".
  • Japan urged to ponder over consequences of pressure upon DPRK KCNA 23 Jun 2003 -- Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary urges Japan to ponder over what grave consequences the worsening DPRK-Japan relations and the growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula will entail.
  • Peaceful solution to nuclear issue of Korean Peninsula called for KCNA 23 Jun 2003 -- The Australian Peace Committee and Australian organizations of global friends issued a joint statement on June 10 calling for a peaceful solution to the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.
  • U.S.-S. Korea war gamble assailed KCNA 23 Jun 2003 -- Rsoi exercise launched by the U.S. imperialists and the South Korean war hawks is a war gamble aimed at a surprise attack on the DPRK in every way.
  • U.S. anti-north blockade policy flayed KCNA 23 Jun 2003 -- The Reunification Solidarity for the Implementation of the June 15 South-North Joint Declaration and the Peace of the Korean Peninsula reportedly issued on June 17 a statement titled "we condemn the U.S. policy to blockade the north and the south Korea-the U.S.-Japan military cooperation leading the tensions to brinkmanship."
  • KCNA flails Japan for acting shock brigade of U.S. KCNA 23 Jun 2003 -- Japan is now recklessly acting a shock brigade executing the U.S. policy to stifle the DPRK.
  • U.S. sea blockade can never frighten DPRK KCNA 23 Jun 2003 -- The United States is contemplating international cooperation to intercept DPRK-flagged ships in the open sea as a link in the whole chain of its measure to blockade the DPRK in the sea.
  • Staunch anti-U.S. struggle called for KCNA 23 Jun 2003 -- The only way for the South Koreans to terminate their misfortune and sufferings, live in peace and achieve national prosperity is to put an end to the U.S. imperialists' policy of military presence in South Korea, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article.
  • Koreans called upon to bring earlier national reunification by their own efforts KCNA 23 Jun 2003 -- The successful holding of the grand festival for national reunification by the north and the south to mark the 3rd anniversary of the June 15 joint declaration is a clear proof of the unbreakable will of the whole nation to achieve reunification by invariably upholding the joint declaration as the landmark of reunification despite any difficult situation.




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