| THE NORTH KOREA REPORT: DECEMBER 9, 2002 Our statement on why North Korea must be liberated, and how it can happen, can be found here. NEWS NORTH KOREA LOOKING FOR HELP ON NUKES FROM COMMUNIST CHINA Stalinist North Korea is looking for help from �several Chinese companies� to advance its nuclear weapons program, according to Bill Gertz (Washington Times). In particular, the Stalinists are trying to get their hands on tributyl phosphate, a chemical that can be used to make weapons-grade uranium. The North has been developing uranium-based weapons for years, in violation of the 1994 nuclear deal with the U.S.; the Stalinists admitted to the program in October (see 10/21/02 NK Report). Communist China has been an ally of the Stalinists for over fifty years. CONCERN ABOUT MISSILE LAUNCHES FROM TERRORISTS FOCUS ON PRC, NK MISSILES The U.S. is growing increasingly worried about �rogue states or proxy terrorist groups� (Newsmax.com) launching a short-range ballistic or cruise missile attack against the U.S. The concern is focused upon North Korean Nodong missiles and Communist Chinese C-800s (Silkworms), both of which are eagerly sought by Libya, Iraq, and Iran. The latter two are both weapons customers of the Stalinist regime. COMMUNIST CHINA SAYS IT KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT NORTH KOREA�S NUCLEAR WEAPONS Prior to news getting out about North Korea and Communist Chinese firms (see above), the PRC � the oldest and strongest ally of the Stalinist regime � says it know nothing about the Stalinists� nuclear weapons program, outside of �media reports� (CNN). The Communist spokesperson making that assertion also repeated the PRC boilerplate calling for a �de-nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.� Stop the North Korean Nuclear Power Plants: North Korea�s nuclear weapons program and its nuclear weapons themselves are no longer secret, but the 1994 agreement to build two nuclear power plants for the Stalinists has yet to die. Use this China e-Lobby fact sheet and tell the President to move beyond the suspension of fuel oil shipments and end the 1994 deal, now. NORTH KOREA TO IAEA: BUZZ OFF North Korea responded to the International Atomic Energy Agency�s request to inspect its nuclear weapons program (see last NK Report) with a resounding �No.� Despite the rebuff, which the U.S. called �disappointing� (CNN), the IAEA is talking to the Stalinists about �implementing the (1994) agreement,� which the North�s nuclear weapons program is already violating. Also reporting: BBC, Washington Post JENKINS, HUSBAND OF ABDUCTEE, IN NORTH KOREAN HOSPITAL Charles Robert Jenkins, the American married to Japanese kidnap victim Hitomi Soga, is now in a North Korean hospital, suffering from unnamed physical ailments. The doctor said Jenkins� illness was due to �separation� (BBC) from his wife, now in Japan. Of course, the Stalinists refuse to let Jenkins leave. Four other abductees, both married couples, are in Japan, but the North kept their children behind. How Jenkins, an American soldier, ended up in North Korea is a mystery: the U.S. military says he deserted, while Jenkins� family insists he was kidnapped (CNN). The Stalinists have admitted to thirteen kidnappings of Japanese citizens, but claims eight of them died, and a flood washed away their graves (see 9/23/02, 9/30/02, and 11/18/02 NK Reports). For obvious reasons, few believe this. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME PLEADS FOR MORE CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH KOREA The UN World Food Programme made another plea for contributions from the U.S., Japan, and others to its North Korean program. According to the Washington Times, the U.S. cited �restrictions placed on food aid monitoring� as one of its main reasons for halting food aid. The fact that the North routinely steals the food and hordes it for the Party and the military (see 4/15/02 NK Report) was not mentioned. MAJOR DONORS RETHINKING WISDOM OF FOOD AID IN LIGHT OF ADBUCTIONS, NUKES Meanwhile, the two major aid donors to the Stalinists � Japan and South Korea � are also wondering just how deserving the Stalinists are of help. This is especially true in Japan, where the North�s ridiculous and cruel handling of the abduction issue (see above) has led Japan to bring all government aid to a halt, and even private aid has slowed to a trickle, in reaction to a furious population. Report: Washington Post Meanwhile, the U.S. is considering redirecting North Korean aid to friendlier nations that are suffering, and South Korea is ten days away from a presidential election that could see �a much tougher course toward Pyongyang� from Lee Hoi-Chang, the candidate of the Grand National Party. Lee has been in a tight race since one of two his more dovish opponents dropped out of the race, and backed the other one. COMMENTARY/ANALYSIS WHEN EXAMINING NORTH KOREA�S NUKE PROGRAM, DON�T FORGET COMMUNIST CHINA Edward Timperlake and William C. Triplett, II, take note of Communist China�s role as ally and weapons supplier to Pakistan and North Korea, and the possible role the PRC had in the Pakistan-NK trade that made the Stalinists a probable nuclear power, in the Washington Times. HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REPORT BRINGS WASHINGTON TIMES ON BOARD FOR LIBERATION In a scathing lead editorial, the editors of the Washington Times cite a recent report by Human Rights Watch as making �the moral case for putting Pyongyang out of business.� The editors also cite the venerable Dr. Norbert Vollertsen, and rip Communist China�s complicity in returning North Korean refugees to the Stalinists, in its harrowing look inside North Korea. THE JOURNEY OF NORBERT VOLLERSTEN One of the most tireless advocates and supporters of North Korean refugees is Doctor Norbert Vollertsen, who had unrestricted access to the North until his railings against the Stalinists� human rights abuses and stealing of food from their own people got him kicked out. Vollertsen is now dedicated to �the overthrow of the North Korean regime� (Robert Marquand, Christian Science Monitor, via the Washington Times). Seeing how the East German exodus in 1989 ended Communism in Germany, Vollertsen is working for liberation helping the hundreds of thousands of North Koreans, including those hiding in Communist China, escape to freedom, and by continuing to highlight the North�s human rights abuses. COLDER TIMES IN THE NORTH ON THE WAY Sarah Buckley, BBC, examines the effects of the fuel oil suspension on the upcoming winter in North Korea, and hears from two aid workers who seem to have forgotten that due to continuing its nuclear weapons program, the Stalinist regime did this to its own people. Sign the Boycott Petition: In reaction to the 2008 Olympic Games being awarded to Beijing, the China e-Lobby has begun a petition for an American boycott of those games. Miss an Update, Weekly Links, or a North Korea Report? Find it on our web site. Check out the latest on Communist China and the Terrorist War. Feel free to forward this to anyone you think might be interested in receiving it. 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