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10 July North Korea Special Weapons News

  • Weekly on North Korea ROK Ministry of Unification -- Serial No. 651 (July 04 to July 10, 2003)
  • U-S / IRAQ / KOREA VOA 10 Jul 2003 -- The U-S-led war in Iraq has had a major impact on North Korea, a country believed to have the material to make at least one or two nuclear weapons. Military and academic experts say the Iraq war demonstrated U-S willingness to use its power against one of the countries President Bush named as part of the axis of evil. But some experts add that instead of being intimidated, Pyongyang is invoking the recent military conflict as the very reason it needs nuclear weapons.
  • NORTH KOREA VOA 10 Jul 2003 -- A North Korean official says his country is ready for dialogue or war in dealing with the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear program. The comment came as talks were beginning with South Korean negotiators in Seoul.
  • North Korea Ready for War and Dialogue Over Nuclear Program VOA News 10 Jul 2003 -- A top North Korean envoy says his nation is ready for both war and dialogue in dealing with the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear program. Kim Ryong Song told reporters before Thursday's talks with South Korean officials in Seoul that North Korea wants to resolve the nuclear issue peacefully. But he said if "outside forces" want war, Pyongyang will be prepared for that as well.
  • N. Korea Wants to Resolve Nuclear Crisis Peacefully VOA News 10 Jul 2003 -- A North Korean official says his country is ready for dialogue or war in dealing with the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear program. The comment came as talks were beginning with South Korean negotiators in Seoul.
  • NK Delegation Arrives for S-N Minister Talks RFE/L 10 Jul 2003 -- The 11th round of Inter-Korean ministerial talks will begin on Thursday (July 10) amid continuing tension over North Korea's attempt to develop nuclear weapons.
  • Message to Kim Jong Il from Norodom Sihanouk KCNA 10 Jul 2003 -- Kim Jong Il received a message from Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk on July 1 on the occasion of the 9th anniversary of President Kim Il Sung's demise.
  • Many foreign decorations awarded to Kim Il Sung KCNA 10 Jul 2003 -- President Kim Il Sung was awarded over 30 orders, medals and prizes and 20 odd honorary titles by different countries and international bodies for the past nine years from July Juche 83 (1994).
  • Anniversary of Kim Il Sung's demise commemorated abroad KCNA 10 Jul 2003 -- Memorial meetings took place in Jordan, Democratic Congo, Romania, Egypt, France and Pakistan from June 30 to July 4 on the occasion of the 9th anniversary of President Kim Il Sung's demise.
  • Undying exploits of Kim Hyong Jik KCNA 10 Jul 2003 -- July 10 is the 109th birth anniversary of Kim Hyong Jik, an indomitable revolutionary fighter.
  • Drop of "theory of principal enemy" urged KCNA 10 Jul 2003 -- The South Korean military authorities' advocacy of the "theory of principal enemy" is aimed to direct the people's hatred against the U.S. imperialists to the fellow countrymen in the north.
  • U.S. loudmouthed "naval blockade" against DPRK blasted KCNA 10 Jul 2003 -- Some days ago, Luis, member of the policy advisory committee of the U.S. Defense Department, when interviewed by the Japanese Sankei Shimbun, asserted the need to make naval blockade against the DPRK.
  • North side's delegation leaves for Seoul KCNA 10 Jul 2003 -- The north side's delegation led by Kim Ryong Song, chief councillor of the DPRK cabinet, left here today to participate in the 11th inter-Korean ministerial talks to be held in Seoul.




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