Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
13 August North Korea Special Weapons News
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- S-N Join for Liberation Day Celebrations Korea-net 14 Aug 2003 -- A group of 339 South Korean civic leaders will fly to North Korea to take part in this year's anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, the Yonhap News Agency reported quoting organizers.
- U-S / NORTH KOREA VOA 13 Aug 2003 -- Senior U-S diplomats convened with colleagues from Japan and South Korea Wednesday to map strategy for the six-party talks opening August 27th in Beijing, on the North Korean nuclear weapons program. As the Washington meeting got underway, Secretary of State Colin Powell downplayed a published report the Bush administration was considering economic incentives for Pyongyang to give up its weapons ambitions.
- NORTH KOREA TALKS VOA 13 Aug 2003 -- North Korea is reiterating that it wants a non-aggression pact and diplomatic ties with Washington before it will give up its nuclear weapons program. The statement comes a few weeks before talks on Pyongyang's weapons program.
- RUSSIA / NORTH KOREA VOA 13 Aug 2003 -- Russia is holding separate talks with diplomats from North and South Korea in an effort to ease tensions over North Korea's nuclear program.
- Russia: Talks With Korean Officials Begin In Moscow RFE/RL 13 Aug 2003 -- Russian officials have today opened separate talks with North Korean and South Korean delegates in Moscow.
- S. Korean Army Commits Military Provocation KCNA 13 Aug 2003 -- The south Korean army today committed such a military provocation as bringing tanks to the verge of the Military Demarcation Line to take a firing posture at the north side, military sources said.
- U.S. Urged to Make Switchover in Its Korea Policy KCNA 13 Aug 2003 -- A solution to the nuclear issue between the DPRK and the U.S. can hardly be expected unless the United States makes a switchover in its hostile policy toward the DPRK, declares Minju Joson today in a signed commentary as regards the six-party talks for the solution of the issue slated to open in Beijing soon.
- Pyongyang Cosmetics Factory Reconstructed KCNA 13 Aug 2003 -- The Pyongyang Cosmetics Factory has begun to run at full capacity after its reconstruction on an expansion basis. Various kinds of Unhasu-branded cosmetics produced by it are popular among Pyongyang citizens for their good quality.
- Achievements in Forestry KCNA 13 Aug 2003 -- Forestry workers of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have made great achievements in the efforts to make a comprehensive and effective use of the country's rich forest resources and increase the timber production, encouraged by "On Further Developing Forestry", a historic letter of leader Kim Jong Il published in August Juche 81 (1992).
- August 15 National Rally KCNA 13 Aug 2003 -- The Korean nation's fervor for reunification is warmer than the sunshine in August. The Koreans in the north, south and abroad are showing deep interests in the "August 15 National Rally for Peace and Reunification" to be held with splendor in Pyongyang on the occasion of the August 15 liberation of the country.
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