North Korea in the News
by Richardson ~ October 13th, 2006. Filed under: News Links. Yonhap: Suspension of inter-Korean business only hurts S. Korea: official
Joongang Ilbo: Mass weapons: Where did the North get cash? [~US$1.7 billion]
Asia Times: Time plays into Pyongyang’s hands (Don Kirk)
Chosun Ilbo: UN Security Council Gives Nod to N.Korea Sanctions
IHT: France says firm hand needed against NK as warning to Iran
Chosun Ilbo: U.S. Nuclear Umbrella to Dominate Allied Meeting Agenda
Chosun Ilbo: Japan Seeks Powers to Intercept N.Korean Vessels
Dong-a Ilbo: China Mediating Between U.S., North
NYT: North Korea Warns of More Nuclear Tests
AP: North Korea arms trade seen as threat
USA Today: Rx for North Korea: Blockade, regime change
Washington Times: Intelligence failure cited in Korean crisis
Times Online: An economy built on drug dealers, ivory poachers and counterfeiters
Dong-a Ilbo: Pro-North Radio Speaker Riles GNP
AFP: North Korea could benefit from UN’s swift relief fund: Egeland
Joongang Ilbo: Spy asked official for secret cypher
KCNA: 10 October | 11 October | 12 October | 13 October
A gem from the 12th’s KCNA:
The DPRK’s nuclear test does not contradict the September 19 joint statement under which it committed itself to dismantle nuclear weapons and abandon the existing nuclear program. On the contrary, it constitutes a positive measure for its implementation.
