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14 July North Korea Special Weapons News

  • U.S., North Korea Conclude Remains Recovery Talks 14 Jul 2003 -- The Department of Defense announced today that U.S. and North Korea representatives concluded talks in Bangkok about arrangements to conduct joint operations aimed at recovering the remains of American servicemen still missing from the Korean War.
  • U-N / NO KO VOA 14 Jul 2003 -- North Korea has complained to the United Nations Security Council that the United States is committing hostile acts against Pyongyang and advised the world body not to get involved in the dispute over its nuclear program.
  • North Korea Tells UN: US Committing Hostile Acts VOA News 14 Jul 2003 -- North Korea has complained to the United Nations Security Council that the United States is committing hostile acts against Pyongyang and advised the world body not to get involved in the dispute over its nuclear program.
  • Conflicting Reports Received from South Korea About N. Korean Nuclear Activities VOA News 14 Jul 2003 -- There are conflicting reports out of South Korea on whether it believes North Korea has reprocessed spent nuclear fuel that can be used in making weapons.
  • South Korea: No Evidence N. Korea Has Reprocessed Nuclear Rods VOA News 14 Jul 2003 -- South Korea says it has no proof that North Korea has reprocessed spent nuclear fuel to extract plutonium for nuclear weapons.
  • No Evidence N. Korea Reprocessing Nuclear Rods, Says Seoul VOA News 14 Jul 2003 -- South Korea has said there is no evidence to confirm Pyongyang's claim it has finished reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods, which could yield weapons-grade plutonium. The latest statement comes amid a series of conflicting reports on North Korea's nuclear activities.
  • NORTH KOREA / NUCLEAR VOA 14 Jul 2003 -- South Korea has said there is no evidence to confirm Pyongyang's claim it has finished reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods, which could yield weapons-grade plutonium. The latest statement comes amid a series of conflicting reports on North Korea's nuclear activities.
  • Chinese senior officials on Sino-Korean relations KCNA 14 Jul 2003 -- It is the steadfast policy of the Chinese party and government to develop the China-DPRK friendly and cooperative relations, said Gu Xiulian, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China.
  • "Military alliance" targeted against DPRK under fire KCNA 14 Jul 2003 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld met with Jo Yong Gil, South Korean "Minister of Defence," in Washington, a few days ago, to promise to continue cooperation for intensified alliance with South Korea, pulling up the DPRK. even after the confab he said that they agreed to further increase the military deterrent force, stressing the need to unite the allied countries based on a strong deterrent force while talking about the "threat of North Korea's nuclear development".
  • Meeting of voters at constituency no. 649 held KCNA 14 Jul 2003 -- A loyal meeting of voters at constituency no. 649 took place at the April 25 House of Culture on July 12 to repay the deep trust of supreme commander Kim Jong Il who decided to have his candidacy for the 11th Supreme People's Assembly registered at the constituency.
  • Japan's moves to bedevil DPRK-Japan relations flailed KCNA 14 Jul 2003 -- The director general of the Japan defense agency said that if the united states mounts a preemptive attack on North Korea, the "self-defense forces" may take a military response to it and that it is not unconstitutional to mount a preemptive attack on missile launching place of North Korea.
  • Anniversary of DPRK-China treaty marked KCNA 14 Jul 2003 -- The Chinese consul-general in Chongjin hosted a reception on Friday evening to mark the 42nd anniversary of the conclusion of the DPRK-China treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance.
  • Feats of President Kim Il Sung lauded KCNA 14 Jul 2003 -- Meetings for remembering President Kim Il Sung took place in Germany, South Africa, Uganda, Austria and Poland on July 2 and 4. At the meeting, the chairman of the C.C., the Communist Party of Germany said that the president built powerful socialism in Korea and performed immortal exploits for the Korean and the world revolution.
  • Unity of world progressive forces called for KCNA 14 Jul 2003 -- The international situation today proves that it is impossible to defend the sovereignty of the country and the nation, to say nothing of the building of an independent new society unless the anti-imperialist independent forces of the world unite close and wage a vigorous struggle against the imperialists' ever-more undisguised arbitrary and high-handed practices and their moves for domination, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article.
  • U.S. unreasonable stand under fire KCNA 14 Jul 2003 -- U.S. State Secretary Powell at a recent interview with a TV reporter blustered that the U.S. would not reward someone's bad behavior, creating impression that the U.S. call for North Korea's "scrapping of its nuclear program before dialogue" and its "multilateral talks" are commanding broad-based support from the international community.
  • Inter-Korean ministerial talks close KCNA 14 Jul 2003 -- The 11th inter-Korean ministerial talks which were opened in Seoul closed on July 12.
  • Kim Jong Il sends open letter to all voters KCNA 14 Jul 2003 -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il sent an open letter to all the voters across the country on July 10.
  • NK Agrees to Multilateral Talks on Nuke Issue Korea-net 14 Jul 2003 -- South and North Korea inched a step closer to the realization of expanded multilateral talks on the North's controversial nuclear weapons program at the 11th ministerial talks, which ended in Seoul on Saturday.




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