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| NKorea Nullifies SK/NK Nuke Accord - U.S. has "Sinister Agenda" |
| 2003-05-12 |
| EFL - spittle removal North Korea said Monday a 1992 agreement with South Korea to keep the Korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons was nullified, citing a "sinister" U.S. agenda. The accord was the last remaining legal obligation under which North Korea was banned from developing atomic arms. In January, Pyongyang withdrew from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, a global accord to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Oooohhh sinister hmmm? I thought we were being pretty damn straightforward - no blackmail, no nukes, or no aid "The joint (inter-Korean) agreement to keep the Korean Peninsula nuclear free was nullified because of a sinister and hostile U.S. policy against North Korea," the North's official news agency KCNA said. "We have realized that as long as the United States does not abandon its hostile policy against the North, efforts to keep the Korean Peninsula nuclear free is nothing more than an illusion," KCNA said. "We will further boost our already mighty military power." The two Koreas signed the agreement in January 1992, pledging to renounce hostilities and ban the development and deployment of nuclear weapons on the divided peninsula. Only one side kept it's agreement Monday's announcement came as South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun was in the United States on a weeklong trip that will focus on seeking a peaceful solution to the crisis over North Korea's suspected nuclear weapons programs. Roh, who is scheduled to meet President Bush at the White House on Wednesday, paid a solemn visit Monday to ground zero in New York City. |
| Posted by:Frank G |