16 December 2004 - North Korea Special Weapons News |
- US / NORTH KOREA VOA 16 Dec 2004 -- The U.S. ambassador to South Korea says there is a united front among the five countries negotiating with North Korea on its nuclear program, despite suggestions from China, South Korea and Japan that the United States be more flexible or creative in the negotiations. VOA's Stephanie Ho reports from Washington, where the U.S. ambassador and South Korea's ambassador to Washington recently addressed the issue.
- 2004 And Beyond: Iran, North Korea Nuclear Crises Still Unresolved RFE/RL 16 Dec 2004 -- Nuclear proliferation was a hot issue in 2004 with world attention focused on suspicions that both Iran and North Korea were secretly pursuing atomic weapons programs. But the crisis over Iran took center stage as a trio of European countries repeatedly sought to persuade Tehran to abandon any plans to become a nuclear power. Meanwhile, the crisis over North Korea got little public attention as regional talks to solve it made no apparent progress.
- JAPAN-NOKOR VOA 16 Dec 2004 -- Japan says North Korea has rejected scientific findings concerning human remains Pyongyang recently handed over. This response comes as the Japanese foreign minister says that economic sanctions could be imposed against North Korea if the issue of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea is not resolved.
- U.S. Dangerous Attempt to Threaten Regional Peace Flailed KCNA 16 Dec 2004 -- A confidential document called "measures to perform a regional role" was recently disclosed in south Korea against the backdrop of the continued disclosure of facts that the "reduction" and "relocation" of U.S. troops in south Korea aimed to preempt military attacks on the DPRK and China.
- U.S. Scenario for Preemptive Attack under Fire KCNA 16 Dec 2004 -- The United States officially announced on November 30 that it completed the deployment of "PAC" units in south Korea by finishing the deployment of two "PAC-3" battalions under the "plan to bolster the combat capability" of the U.S. troops in south Korea.
- "War on Terrorism"--U.S. Aggressive Doctrine KCNA 16 Dec 2004 -- U.S. President Bush, during his Canada visit some time ago, twaddled that " the three goals of U.S. diplomacy were building effective multilateral institutions for such security issues as weapons nonproliferation, fighting terrorism and promoting freedom and democracy in the broader Middle East to enhance the security."
- Conference of Korean Union of Architects Held KCNA 16 Dec 2004 -- The conference of the Korean Union of Architects was held at the People's Palace of Culture in Pyongyang on Tuesday.
- Technical Modernization in DPRK KCNA 16 Dec 2004 -- An extensive campaign for retooling existing equipment is being conducted in different sectors of the national economy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
- First Model Factory Commissioned in Kaesong Industrial Zone KCNA 16 Dec 2004 -- The first model factory in the one million phyong (one phyong equals to about 36 square feet) development district at the first phase of the Kaesong Industrial Zone (KIZ) has been completed and commissioned Wednesday.
- Kim Jong Il Gives Field Guidance to Steel Complex KCNA 16 Dec 2004 -- Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, gave field guidance to the Songjin Steel Complex which is taking the lead in effecting a great surge in the production.
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