Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
February 2013 - South Korea Special Weapons News
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- In call to new President, Ban pledges commitment to stability on Korean peninsula UN News Centre 27 Feb 2013 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his strong commitment to promoting peace and stability on the Korean peninsula, during his discussion with the new President of the Republic of Korea (ROK), Park Geun-hye.
- South Korea's Park Seeks Economic Change, Dialogue With North VOA 25 Feb 2013 -- South Korea's new conservative president, Park Geun-hye, has used her inaugural address to send a mixed message to Pyongyang about her approach to dealing with long-running tensions on the Korean peninsula.
- U.S. and S. Korean Manoeuvres KCNA 25 Feb 2013 -- The U.S. forces and the south Korean air force staged a drill for wartime operation from February 12 to 15.
- Projected Key Resolve, Foal Eagle KCNA 25 Feb 2013 -- The U.S. and the south Korean forces are mulling staging joint military exercises Key Resolve and Foal Eagle.
- Joint Statement of The Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue DoD 22 Feb 2013
- N Korea warns US forces of 'destruction' ahead of joint drills Iran Press TV 23 Feb 2013 -- North Korea has warned the top US commander in South Korea of "miserable destruction" if his forces ignite a war by staging the scheduled joint military drills with Seoul.
- South Korea Brushes Off North's 'Final Destruction' Threat VOA 20 Feb 2013 -- South Korea's top national security official, in an exclusive VOA interview, says there is no cause for alarm amid a fresh North Korean threat to destroy the South.
- Rising Voices in S. Korea, Japan Advocate Nuclear Weapons VOA 15 Feb 2013 -- North Korea's nuclear test is prompting some in South Korea and Japan to advocate possessing their own such weapons.
- S. Korea Asks UN for Right to Inspect N. Korean Ships VOA 15 Feb 2013 -- A top South Korean diplomat said Seoul is seeking a United Nations resolution that would permit military action against North Korea, following Pyongyang's latest nuclear test.
- South Korea Unveils New Guided Missile to Counter North VOA 14 Feb 2013 -- Just days after North Korea declared it had conducted its third nuclear test, South Korea has unveiled a new missile it says is capable of hitting any target in the North.
- Readout of Secretary Panetta’s Call with Korea’s Minister of National Defense Kim DoD 13 Feb 2013
- Japan, S. Korea Agree to Push for Tougher Sanctions on N. Korea VOA 13 Feb 2013 -- North Korea's latest nuclear test appears to have thawed, at least temporarily, the chilly relationship between South Korea and Japan.
- Readout of the President's Call with Republic of Korea President Lee Myung-bak The White House 12 Feb 2013
- S. Korea, Japan Move to Bolster Defenses After North's Nuclear Test VOA 12 Feb 2013 -- North Korea is being sharply criticized for conducting a third nuclear test Tuesday.
- Rodong Sinmun Warns S. Korean Regime KCNA 11 Feb 2013 -- The south Korean "Ministry of Defense" recently called for "developing concrete, substantial and definite strategy" to cope with the "the north's potential nuclear threat" and declared that the conception of "pre-emptive attack" would be included in the "strategy of nuclear deterrence against the north" to be worked out with the U.S.
- North Korean Nuke and Missile Tests Undermine Stability AFPS 01 Feb 2013 -- North Korea’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs constitute a serious threat to international peace and security and undermine the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula as well as the Northeast Asia region.
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