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 SKorean Reports Claim as Many as 3,000 Killed or Injured in NKorean Train Explosions ap.tbo.com 4/22/4 ["In another sign of the accident's magnitude, the secretive North Korean government cut international phone lines to prevent news of the collision from leaking across its borders"]
 S Koreans hold rallies against impeachment ndtv.com 4/17/4 [""There's no solution in Iraq that doesn't involve the UN in a major role," McNamara said."]
 Cheney shows China new proof of N. Korea nukes thestar.com 4/15/4 [" Chinese officials have raised doubts that North Korea, its neighbour and one-time ally, has working nuclear weapons."]
 U.S. to Leave Outpost at Koreas Border newsday.com 4/13/4 ["means that U.S. troops will no longer patrol the tense border, except for a small contingent at the truce village of Panmunjom. "]
 North Korea says standoff with US at "brink of nuclear war" sg.news.yahoo.com 4/10/4 ["The Stalinist state's official news agency accused Washington of "driving the military situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war" with plans for a pre-emptive strike on North Korea."]
 Bill to bar ships from ports goes to Diet japantimes.co.jp 4/7/4 ["would allow the government to bar North Korean ships from entering Japanese ports."]
 South Korea to send 3,000 troops to Iraq telegraph.co.uk 4/2/4 ["Plans to dispatch the contingent to the Kirkuk region were abandoned last month because of Iraq's worsening security situation."]
 North Korea won't dismantle its nuclear program goasiapacific.com 3/27/4 ["calls the U.S. demand made at six-way talks last month a plot aimed at subjugation."]
 SKorea, US conduct military exercises close to NKorea border goasiapacific.com 3/27/4 ["18 kilometres south of the demilitarized zone"]
US, South Korean troops launch massive joint exercises spacewar.com 3/22/4 ["The week-long exercise included part of the US troops based here, 5,000 US soldiers from abroad and South Korean military contingents, as well as a US aircraft carrier backed by cruisers and destroyers."]
North Korea threatens to increase nuclear deterrent in 'quality and quantity' thestaronline.com 3/19/4 ["The increased military threat the U.S. poses to the DPRK, whiling away time with lip-service to 'dialogue,' will only compel it to increase its nuclear deterrent force both in quality and quantity as a corresponding measure"]
N. Korea: Joint US, South Korean Exercise Hurts Nuclear Talk voanews.com 3/19/4
N. Korea: Disarming Will Lead to Invasion ap.org ["as proven by the U.S.-led war in Iraq."]
US warns NKorea to stop exporting dangerous weapons or face world action news.yahoo.com 3/13/4 ["If North Korea will not act, it will find the United States, its allies and other partners equally prepared to respond with measures that ensure North Korea cannot threaten our countries or international stability"]
Thousands Protest S. Korea Impeachment ap.org 3/12/4
NKorea "increases nuclear deterrent" reuters.co.uk
SKorea to deploy Russian tanks along border with North goasiapacific.com
North Korea says US using talks to prepare for war ahead of drills spacewar.com ["...[US] would stage a week-long joint military drill from March 22, that would include the 37,000 US troops based in South Korea reinforced by 5,000 from the US mainland and other Asia-Pacific bases as well as South Korean military contingents."]
Japan considers banning N. Korean ships washtimes.com 3/2/4
U.S. upgrades N.Korea nukes risk swissinfo.org 2/14/04 ["As we now see it, maintaining a nuclear arsenal apparently has become a core, not peripheral, element of North Korea's national defence strategy"]
N. Korea Ups Stakes With Missile Peddling story.news.yahoo.com 1/30/4
N. Korea: Time On Our Side cbsnews.com 1/20/04
‘North Korea showed reprocessed plutonium to US team’ jang.com.pk 1/12/04
N Korea shows off its 'nuclear deterrent' independent.co.uk 1/11/04
Chinese scientists develop superior underwater GPS system peopledaily.com.cn 1/12/04
Delegation Visit to N. Korea Is 'Private Initiative', say US Officials voanews.com 1/2/4
Kim Jong-Il goes underground worldtribune.com 12/9/3
'Coordinated Steps' Proposed to Disarm North Korea reuters.com 12/8/3
Pyongyang rejects US demand to renounce nukes straitstimes.asia1.com.sg 12/1/3 ["such conditions amounted to 'slavery' and that the country would 'rather die' first."]
South Korea, Japan Sending Troops to Iraq reuters.com 12/1/3
North Korea urges EU to keep Bush at bay guardian.co.uk 12/1/3 ["North Korea called on Europe to prevent the peninsula from becoming a "second Iraq" yesterday" - sad thing is, looking at how we are handling Iraq, the EU might agree]
N.Korea says Rumsfeld worse than Hitler swissinfo.org 11/22/3
Rumsfeld brands N Korea 'evil'  news.bbc.co.uk 11/18/1 ["a comment which is likely to worsen already tense relations"]
Thousands of North Korean tunnels hide arms secrets seattletimes.nwsource.com 11/15/3 ["Deters pre-emptive action"]
N. Korea Willing to Halt Nuclear Program, Washington Times Says quote.bloomberg.com 11/14/3 ["in exchange for a U.S. security guarantee and compensation for two canceled nuclear reactors"]
North Korea has test-free nuclear weapons: CIA abc.net.au 11/8/3 ["validated the designs without conducting yield-producing nuclear tests"]
It's full steam ahead in hunt for terror arms shipments straitstimes.asia1.com.sg 10/25/3 [Ship Interception]
N. Korea Says It's Solved Nuke Problems thestate.com 10/3/3 ["all the technological matters"]
North Korea boosting its nuclear programme 9/30/3 ["not interested" in further negotiations]
US spy planes set to irk N Korea bbc.co.uk 9/25/3
Japan warns that it will attack if North Korea aims missile independent.co.uk 9/15/3
Feds: N. Korea Missile Could Reach US  story.news.yahoo.com 9/12/3
North Korea has developed long range missile thestar.com.my 9/8/3
North Korea 'greatest threat' to world peace: Carter smh.com.au 9/7/3
U.S., Allies Push on with Ship Interception Plan story.news.yahoo.com 9/5/3
N Korea did threaten to test nukes: Powell channelnewsasia.com 9/3/3
N. Korean Parliament OKs Nuclear Force abcnews.go.com 9/3/3
N. Korea Vows Test to Prove It Has Nukes news.yahoo.com 8/29/3
Sub hunt risks stirring up China, North Korea usatoday.com 8/20/3
Bush Calls DPRK Leader 'Dangerous Man' english.peopledaily.com.cn [thank's for helping negotiations...]
The intelligence 'black hole' over N Korea news.bbc.co.uk 8/15/3 [if our info on WMD in Iraq is bad, what about info on NK?]
Iran is reportedly purchasing ballistic missiles from North Korea  pravda.ru 8/10/3 [good comparison to 'Iraq and uranium']
N Korea a smokescreen for China taipeitimes.com 8/8/3
US has not asked for rolling back N-plan  dawn.com 7/3/3
Japan: Preemptive response to North Korea asahi.com 6/27/03
North Korea warns of war prelude www.cbsnews.com 6/29/03
N Korea Ready For War or Dialogue cuttingedge.org 7/11/3
China, North Korea jointly backing Iran's WMD  cuttingedge.org 7/10/3
Pre-nuclear blasts in North Korea smh.com.au 7/10/3 [70 blasts!]
North Korea calls for the cancellation of 'war games' goasiapacific.com
N Korean warns Australia could face nuclear strike smh.com.au 7/17/3
Korean guards exchange fire 7/17/3 news.bbc.co.uk
North Korea says it's ready to produce nuclear weapons startribune.com 7/15/3
N Korea making more nuclear weapons theage.com.au [NK told US they've reprocessed]