Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
25 December North Korea Special Weapons News
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- NORTH KOREA DEFENSE VOA 25 Dec 2003 -- North Korea increased military spending more than planned this year because of rising tensions over its development of nuclear weapons. The communist nation also is sending signals that it will not make concessions to resolve a 15-month-old nuclear standoff.
- Evening Gala of Ministry of People's Armed Forces Held KCNA 25 Dec 2003 -- An evening gala of the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces was held at Jonsung Square on Tuesday to celebrate the 12th anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's assumption of the supreme commandership of the Korean People's Army.
- Women's Celebration Meeting Held KCNA 25 Dec 2003 -- Members of the Korean Democratic Women's Union held a meeting to sing songs of loyalty under the title "Let us become loyalists devotedly defending General Kim Jong Il, supreme commander of the Korean People's Army" in Pyongyang on Dec. 23 on the occasion of the 12th anniversary of his assumption of the supreme commandership of the KPA and the 86th birth anniversary of Kim Jong Suk, an anti-Japanese war hero.
- KCNA Blasts Japan's Move to Establish MD KCNA 25 Dec 2003 -- The Japanese government reportedly made a final decision on Dec. 19 at the National Security Meeting and ministerial meeting to introduce the Missile Defense System (MD).
- Kim Jong Il Lauded As Champion of Justice KCNA 25 Dec 2003 -- Humankind has long looked for a just and peaceful world. Justice prevails over injustice as progressive humankind is led by Kim Jong Il, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article.
- FM Spokesman Castigates U.S. for Pulling up DPRK over Religion and Drug Issues KCNA 25 Dec 2003 -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry today gave the following answer to a question put by KCNA as regards the fact that the U.S. pulled up the DPRK again over religion and drug issues: On December 18 the U.S. State Department in its "annual report on international religious freedom" listed the DPRK and other countries as nations of special concern as if it were a world religious judge. On December 19 the U.S. Congressional Research Service issued a report on drug trafficking in which it said effective measures for blockade of the DPRK drug trafficking should be taken.
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