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09 July North Korea Special Weapons News

  • N. Korea Takes Steps in Nuclear Weapons Development, charges Seoul VOA News 09 Jul 2003 -- For the first time, South Korea's intelligence agency has said North Korea has recently reprocessed a small number of spent nuclear fuel rods. It also says the North has carried out high-explosive tests related to the development of nuclear arms.
  • NORKOR/NUCLEAR VOA 09 Jun 2003 -- For the first time, South Korea's intelligence agency has said North Korea has recently reprocessed a small number of spent nuclear fuel rods. It also says the North has carried out high-explosive tests related to the development of nuclear arms.
  • AUSTRALIA/NORKOR/WEAPONS VOA 09 Jun 2003 -- Representatives from 11 countries are meeting in Australia to discuss U-S proposals for halting trade in weapons of mass destruction.
  • KOREAS/TALKS VOA 09 Jun 2003 -- A North Korean delegation has arrived in Seoul for Cabinet-level talks with South Korean officials. The meeting's official focus is on joint projects, but the talks are expected to be overshadowed by concerns about the North's nuclear weapons programs.
  • 1,000 Southerners to Visit NK Next Month Korea-net 09 Jul 2003 -- Hyundai Asan, the operator of the Mt. Geumgang tourism project in North Korea, plans to invite 1,000 South Koreans, including its pro-league basketball players, to Pyongyang next month.
  • 3rd Meeting Agreement on Connection of Inter-Korean Rails, Roads - Munsan (July 04, 2003) Korea-net 09 Jul 2003 -- Following is an unofficial English-language translation of the text of the agreement reached after the third meeting of working-level consultations on the connection of the inter-Korean railways and roads held in Munsan July 2-4, 2003
  • 7th Round Inter-Korean Reunion of Separated Families Korea-net 09 Jul 2003 -- Between June 27 and July 2, 2003, a total of 899 families living in separation in South and North Korea were reunited at Mt. Geumgang in two batches
  • Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Gaeseong Industrial Complex Korea-net 09 Jul 2003 -- South and North Korea held a groundbreaking ceremony June 30 marking the beginning of construction for the Gaesung Industrial Complex in North Korea. The ceremony took place off one section of the temporary utility road connecting the two Koreas through the complex site. Some 300 representatives from the two sides attended the ceremony, which was arranged by civilian businesses involved in the construction project.
  • Floral basket laid before Kim Il Sung's Statue KCNA 09 Jul 2003 -- military attaches corps here laid a floral basket before the statue of President Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill on July 7 on the occasion of the 9th anniversary of his demise.
  • Kim Jong Il pays tribute to Kim Il Sung KCNA 09 Jul 2003 -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il,together with KPA commanding officers, visited the Kumsusan Memorial Palace at 00:00 on July 8 to pay homage to President Kim Il Sung.
  • Halt to trial of those related to "remittance to north" demanded KCNA 09 Jul 2003 -- The Reunification Solidarity for the Implementation of the June 15 South-North Joint Declaration and Peace on the Korean Peninsula reportedly issued a statement on July 4 opposing a legal action against those related to the "remittance to the north."
  • KCNA refutes Japan's talk about "threat from North Korea" KCNA 09 Jul 2003 -- Japan is working in real earnest to establish the Missile Defence System (MD) under the pretext of a missile threat from the DPRK. It recently decided to establish the MD by introducing standard missiles capable of intercepting missiles in outer space and patriot missile under the pretext of "coping with a threat of ballistic missiles from North Korea."
  • Meetings to remember Kim Il Sung held KCNA 09 Jul 2003 -- A meeting of schoolchildren in Pyongyang and an evening of members of the Korean Democratic Women's Union took place on July 7 to remember President Kim Il Sung on the occasion of the 9th anniversary of his demise.
  • Great life of President Kim Il Sung KCNA 09 Jul 2003 -- The Korean people and the world progressives are recollecting the great life of President Kim Il Sung which adorned the 20th century.
  • Boundless reverence for President Kim Il Sung KCNA 09 Jul 2003 -- President Kim Il Sung was a peerlessly great man who made an imperishable contribution to the independence of humankind. He founded the immortal Juche idea to indicate the way of human emancipation for the first time in the history.
  • U.S. urged to clarify its stand KCNA 09 Jul 2003 -- Some days ago, Rice, special assistant to the U.S. President for National Security, in a lecture given at the international institute for strategic studies in London, asserted that the United States' efforts to check North Korea's access to nukes should be supported and it does not rule out a military action against North Korea.
  • Grand mosaics erected KCNA 09 Jul 2003 -- A grand mosaic "The Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung and the Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il on Mt. Paektu" was erected in the central district, Pyongyang city.
  • "Theory of principal enemy" peddled by S. Korean military under fire KCNA 09 Jul 2003 -- Rodong Sinmun today comes out with a commentary accusing the South Korean military authorities of vociferating again about the "theory of principal enemy".
  • DPRK will shine forever as Kim Il Sung's Korea, say papers KCNA 09 Jul 2003 -- here today say in editorials dedicated to the 9th anniversary of President Kim Il Sung's demise that the DPRK will shine forever as the great Kim Il Sung's Korea advancing true to his intention and triumphing and prospering with his achievements.
  • Floral baskets laid before statues of President Kim Il Sung KCNA 09 Jul 2003 -- People in all parts of the country and servicemen of the Korean People's Army laid floral baskets before the statues of President Kim Il Sung on the occasion of the 9th anniversary of his demise.
  • Homage paid to Kim Il Sung KCNA 09 Jul 2003 -- Senior officials of the party and the state, servicepersons and people from all walks of life visited the Kumsusan Memorial Palace to pay tribute to President Kim Il Sung on July 8 on the occasion of the ninth anniversary of his demise.
  • US Join Call on NK to Attend Multilateral Talks Korea-net 09 Jul 2003 -- The United States on Tuesday (July 8) joined the latest call by South Korea and China on North Korea to join a multilateral round of talks aimed at resolving an international standoff over the Stalinist country's nuclear program.




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