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01 August North Korea Special Weapons News

  • Secretary Colin L. Powell Interview by Regional Syndicates Dept. Of State 01 Aug 2003 -- "I would not say that China is not a gorilla in using your context, not my context. But what North Korea has been doing is in direct contravention to understandings and agreements they have with some of their neighbors, especially South Korea, and it is the Chinese President, Jiang Zemin, who said at Crawford last fall that the Chinese policy is a denuclearized peninsula. And therefore, North Korea has to explain and answer to China, South Korea, Japan, Russia, the United States the nature of their policies and everybody has an equity. So I think it is quite appropriate, in fact, I think it is essential that all of the parties be involved."
  • Bush Optimistic About Multilateral Talks with North Korea Washington File 01 Aug 2003 -- President Bush says he is optimistic that the multilateral talks with North Korea that he has long hoped for will, in fact, take place.
  • U-S-North Korea Talks VOA 01 Aug 2003 -- President Bush says he is optimistic that North Korea's acceptance of multi-lateral talks will lead to the verifiable dismantling of that country's nuclear weapons program. U-S officials are reiterating there will be benefits for Pyongyang if it does so
  • BUSH / NORTH KOREA VOA 01 Aug 2003 -- President Bush says he is optimistic that North Korea's acceptance of multi-lateral talks will lead to the dismantling of its nuclear weapons program. White House officials say they will not meet separately with North Korea on the sidelines of those talks which could begin next month in China.
  • North Korea: Pyongyang Agrees To Multilateral Talks, Thanks Perhaps To Russian Diplomacy RFE/L 01 Aug 2003 -- The South Korean Foreign Ministry today confirmed that North Korea says it has agreed to six-nation talks to resolve the nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula. The announcement represents a significant policy shift by Pyongyang, which has long demanded one-on-one negotiations with Washington.
  • Annan backs idea of 6-way talks on DPR of Korea's nuclear programme UN News Centre 01 Aug 2003 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today lent his support to the idea of six-way talks on the nuclear programme in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
  • THAILAND / NOKOR ASYLUM VOA 01 Aug 2003 -- Japanese Embassy officials in Thailand spent Friday interviewing 10 suspected North Korean asylum seekers who burst into their diplomatic compound the day before.
  • NOKOR/NUCLEAR UPDATE VOA 01 Aug 2003 -- The top U-S arms control official has cautiously welcomed North Korea's agreement to hold multi-lateral talks on its nuclear-weapons programs. But Undersecretary of State John Bolton noted that talks alone will not guarantee an end to the nuclear crisis in Korea.
  • U.S. termed sheer liar KCNA 01 Aug 2003 -- "Information" used by the United States for justifying the Iraqi war has proved totally false, creating a great furor.
  • Dangerous U.S. military move under fire KCNA 01 Aug 2003 -- Some of the rapid deployment brigade, an elite combat unit of the United States equipped with ultra-modern precision weapons, are due to arrive in South Korea on August 1 for training.
  • Koreans called upon to carry out WPK's line of national reunification KCNA 01 Aug 2003 -- The line of national reunification of the Workers' Party of Korea serves as a great line of national independence and patriotism as it guarantees the sovereignty and the dignity of the country and the nation and the prosperous development of a reunified country and the prosperity of the nation, declares Rodong Sinmun in a signed article today.
  • Mt. Paektu biosphere reserve KCNA 01 Aug 2003 -- A survey of the Mt. Paektu biosphere reserve is going on in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
  • Election system of DPRK KCNA 01 Aug 2003 -- The entire Korean people are willing to take part in the elections of deputies to the 11th Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and to the provincial (municipal), city (district) and county people's assemblies to be held on August 3, so as to further strengthen the people's government.
  • DPRK ready for dialogue and total war KCNA 01 Aug 2003 -- A spokesman for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland said that the DPRK is ready for dialogue with the U.S. and a total war.
  • Kim Jong Il inspects KPA unit on frontline KCNA 01 Aug 2003 -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il inspected KPA unit 669 honored with the title of O Jung Hup-led Seventh Regiment.
  • South side urged to opt for halting@anti-north broadcasting KCNA 01 Aug 2003 -- Head of the delegation of the north side to the inter-Korean ministerial talks Kim Ryong Song Wednesday sent a telephone message to chief delegate of the south side delegation Jong Se Hyon.
  • South side urged to cancel projected war exercises KCNA 01 Aug 2003 -- Kim Ryong Song, head of the north side delegation to the inter-Korean ministerial talks, today sent a telephone message to chief delegate Jong Se Hyon of the south side delegation.
  • Inter-Korean Trade Totals $269 Million for First Half of 2003 ROK Ministry of Unification 01 Aug 2003 -- Two-way inter-Korean trade totaled $269.2 million for the first half of this year, up 25.2 percent from a year earlier. South Korea imported $112.3 million worth of goods, 17 percent increase year on year, while goods valued at $156.8 million were shipped to North Korea, a jump of 31.9 percent.
  • Number of Inter-Korean Shipping Gains 7.4 % in 1st Half of 2003 ROK Ministry of Unification 01 Aug 2003 -- The number of inter-Korean shipping operations in the first half of 2003 totaled 817 on a one-way basis, up 7.4 percent from a year earlier, and the quantity of goods carried came to 304,201 tons, down 15.3 percent from the previous year.




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