| Home page To receive this publication via e-mail, click here. THE NORTH KOREA REPORT: DECEMBER 1, 2003 Dragon in the Dark: How and Why Communist China Helps Our Enemies in the War on Terror is now available! My book detailing Communist China�s history of aiding terrorist states, Saddam Hussein, the Taliban, and al Qaeda can be ordered here. � D.J. McGuire Our statement on why northern Korea must be liberated can be found here. The New York Times finally notices Saddam Hussein�s missile deal with NK TOP STORY: NK WANTS �COMPENSATION� FOR SUSPENSION OF POWER PLANTS North Korea blasted the U.S. and its allies for suspending construction of two nuclear power plants in the North for one year (see last NKR), and demanded �compensation� (BBC). The plants were suspended over a year after the Stalinists admitted to continuing its nuclear weapons program, a violation of the 1994 deal that spawned them (see 10/21/02 NKR). Stop the North Korean Nuclear Power Plants: Construction on the nuclear power plants from the 1994 agreement has been suspended for one year, but the plants have not been cancelled. Use this China e-Lobby fact sheet and tell the President to kill the power plants from the 1994 agreement that North Korea broke. OTHER AMERICAN-RELATED NEWS WHOOPS! WASHINGTON TIMES ERRS ON TROOP DEPLOYMENT, PATRIOT MISSILE STORIES The Washington Times corrected itself in a report cited in the last NKR. The paper had previously reported that troops from South Korea would be switched to Iraq and Afghanistan. It turns out that the �United States was not planning to transfer major units to those countries or subtract from U.S. capability on the Korean peninsula.� In an earlier correction, the Times admitted to an error regarding the exact placement of Patriot missiles in South Korea (see last NKR). ABDUCTION NEWS NORTH KOREA SAYS ABDUCTION ISSUE MAY KEEP JAPAN AWAY North Korea had the unmitigated gall to tell Japan that it would not be welcome in upcoming six-way talks on the former�s nuclear weapons �if Tokyo insists on discussing the abduction of its citizens by the communist state� (Washington Times, fourth item). The Stalinists admitted to kidnapping thirteen Japanese from 1978 to 1983. Since that admission last September, the North released five survivors, but refused to let their children go with them. It has insisted the other eight are dead, despite having no evidence to back that up (see 9/23/02, 9/30/02, 10/7/02, 10/14/02, 10/21/02, 10/28/02, and 11/18/02 NKRs). OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION DOOMS WOULD-BE JAPANESE SPY SATELLITES Two Japanese satellites that would have conducted surveillance against North Korea never reached orbit after �an unspecified technical failure� (BBC) forced Japan to destroy the rocket that would carry them. JAPAN CONSIDERING MISSILE EXPORTS TO U.S., DUE TO JOINT MISSILE DEFENSE Japan is pondering an end to �a longstanding ban on weapons' exports� (Asahi Shimbun) in order to �manufacture missile parts with the United States.� The need to export missiles to the U.S. is part of the joint efforts between the two on missile defense, driven in large part by Japan�s concern over North Korea�s missile development, and its nuclear weapons. OTHER SOUTH KOREA NEWS ROH VETOES INDEPENDENT COUNSEL FOR PROBE OF FORMER AID Embattled dovish South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun vetoed a bill to hand over the bribery investigation of his former aid (see 10/13 and 10/20 NKRs). The Grand National Party, the hawkish opposition that has 149 of the 273 seats in Parliament, �was considering launching an impeachment� (BBC). The leader of the GNP, Choe Byung-yol, went on a hunger strike, while the GNP legislators are refusing to attend Parliament, which effectively means it can�t conduct any business due to the lack of a quota (CNN). SOUTH KOREA INSISTENT ON SENDING TROOPS TO IRAQ DESPITE ENGINEER DEATHS The deaths of two South Korean engineers in Iraq will not change the plans of the South Korean government to send 3,000 troops to the nation formerly under Ba�athist dictator Saddam Hussein. Reports: CNN, BBC COMMENTARY/ANALYSIS Charles Scanlon, BBC, examines the plight of South Koreans whose relatives were kidnapped by the North, and the betrayal of these families by the dovish South Korean government. Check out the Communist China and the Terrorist War page. Sign the petition for an American boycott of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Miss an Update, Week's Links, or a North Korea Report? Find it via our home page. Feel free to forward this to anyone you think might be interested in receiving it. Anyone who wishes to join can send his/her name and e-mail address to [email protected]. Please feel free to send any news on Communist China or North Korea that you happen to find to the same address. |