| Home page To receive this publication via e-mail, click here. THE NORTH KOREA REPORT: JUNE 16, 2003 Our statement on why North Korea must be liberated can be found here. TOP STORY: U.S. AND ALLIES PLANNING TO STOP NK�S MISSILE AND DRUG TRADES The United States, Japan, and Australia are talking about �seeking changes to international law so that North Korean vessels could be stopped on the high seas� (BBC) in order to stop Stalinist North Korea from selling missile parts, weapons technology, and/or drugs to the rest of the world. Also reporting: MSNBC Australia, which recently busted a major Stalinist drug shipment (see 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, and 5/27 North Korea Reports), is particularly worried about �the North Korea problem� (Cybercast News). AXIS OF EVIL NEWS NORTH KOREA SENDING MORE MISSILES TO IRAN North Korea is at it again. The Stalinist regime �shipped missiles to Iran aboard cargo planes� at least six times since April, according to South Korea�s JoongAng newspaper, cited by Agence France Presse. It was merely the latest of several examples of the North giving military support to the Islamic regime � another example follows below. IRAN DID INDEED SEND REPS TO NORTH KOREA FOR NUCLEAR HELP Confirming what was first mentioned in the 5/19 North Korea Report, Newsmax, citing the Times of London reported that the Islamic regime �made secret visits to North Korea seeking advice on concealing nuclear weapons.� The mullahs sent representatives to the Stalinist regime �in March . . . for several days, with further visits in April and May.� Check out the Communist China and the Terrorist War page. OTHER NUCLEAR NEWS RUSSIA OFFERS ITS HELP ON NORTH KOREA �DIALOGUE� Russia, one of North Korea�s few friends not named Communist China, offered to �play a more active part� (MSNBC) in ending Stalinist regime�s nuclear ambitions. However, Russia�s help would only be for �dialogue� not any efforts by the U.S. and its allies to force the regime to end its nuclear ambitions. SOUTH KOREAN ADVISOR FLIP-FLOPS ON ECONOMIC SANCTIONS Dr. Cho Soon-sung, a key advisor to South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, came out in favor of sanctions against North Korea, claiming �North Korea will discard its nuclear program if economic sanctions are imposed on the country� (Korea Herald). This is a reversal for Cho, who opposed sanctions two weeks ago (Parapundit, founded by Randall Parker, member since 2003). Stop the North Korean Nuclear Power Plants: Despite North Korea�s new boast of nuclear weapons, a brazen violation of the 1994 agreement to freeze its nuclear ambitions, the two nuclear power plants that were part of the deal have still not been canceled. Use this China e-Lobby fact sheet and tell the President to stand firm against the Stalinist regime, and not to build the power plants. HIROSHIMA INVITES KIM JONG-IL TO AUGUST CEREMONIES The Japanese city of Hirsohima, the first of two cities hit by an atomic bomb during World War II, has invited Kim Jong-il to their ceremonies commemorating the August 1945 bombing. The city elders are using the event �to illustrate the destructive power of nuclear weapons and push the case for worldwide nuclear disarmament� (CNN). ABDUCTION NEWS SOUTH KOREANS KIDNAPPED BY NK GET A STUNNINGLY COLD RECEPTION UPON ESCAPE One would think when a cruel, ruthless dictatorship kidnaps people and they escape years later, the place from which they were captured would welcome them home. For hundreds of abducted South Koreans, this is far from the case, thanks to the dovishness of South Korea�s past and current governments. Time Asia has the horrifying and outrageous report. Despite the fact that the kidnappings appear to have continued all the way to a mere three years ago � �a minister who vanished in 2000 is believed to be the latest victim� � the South Korean government is unwilling to change its �indifference to the human rights catastrophe unfolding just north of the comforts and bright lights of Seoul.� Chalk up another disgusting legacy of the �sunshine� policy. AMERICAN-RELATED NEWS BUSH ADMINISTRATION MULTIPLE POLICY DISORDER CONTINUES Two officials from the Bush Administration accidentally revealed its multiple policy disorder on North Korea. In response to the Stalinist regime�s announcement it was developing nuclear weapons (see last North Korea Report), Press Secretary Ari Fleischer demanded that the regime �fully and immediately dismantle their nuclear weapons program� (CNN). He went on to note, �The greatest threat to the security of the people of North Korea comes from the government of North Korea that starves its own people.� Hours later, Secretary of State Colin Powell took a far gentler tone, saying, �The president continues to believe that there is an opportunity for a diplomatic solution, a political solution� (BBC). The only thing the two had in common was their refusal to mention liberation for the people of northern Korea. Sad. NEWS ON COMMUNIST CHINA�S ROLE YANG BIN ON TRIAL Yang Bin, the �private� businessman who was supposed to run North Korea�s �free trade� zone, faced several charges of corruption in a Communist Chinese court last week. The PRC arrested Yang mere days after its ally appointed him (see 10/7/02 and 10/14/02 North Korea Reports). The trial took three days, but is could be �several weeks� (BBC) before the Communists hand down their verdict. SOUTH KOREA NEWS RAILWAY LINKING NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA COMPLETED The first post-Korean War railroad track between North and South Korea was completed last week. It is one of two railroads connecting the Stalinist North and the democratic South to be built. The connection comes despite growing concern in the South about the North�s nuclear weapons program (BBC 6/14), and could net the Stalinists �$100m a year in railway fees if the connections become operational� (BBC 6/13). COMMENTARY/ANALYSIS ON NUCLEAR NORTH KOREA Jong-Heon Lee, United Press International, examines recent American and Japanese moves against North Korea, and hears from analysts who say this is all a ploy to get the U.S. and its allies to guarantee the regime�s survival � and write it some fat checks � in the Washington Times. Meanwhile, Daniel Drezner, an Assistant Professor of the University of Chicago, finds the likelihood of a preemptive strike on North Korea very slim (The New Republic). ON JAPAN AND NORTH KOREA Thanks to numerous reports of espionage, the nuclear weapons issue, and of course, the 1978-1983 abductions, the Japanese people continue to grow more hawkish on North Korea, according to CNN. ON SOUTH KOREA South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun�s political problems come under John Larkin�s microscope in Time Asia. Larkin also examines the changes coming to the infamous National Intelligence Service, which has a history of ugly behavior. ON THE DMZ James Brady, a former associate editor of the New York Post returns to the demilitarized zone � he served in the Korean war � and reports on his trip to his old paper. ON COMMUNIST CHINA�S ROLE William Goldcamp, in the Washington Times, praises the Administration�s quest for a �multilateral solution,� and seems to think Communist China would be willing to help us � without ever mentioning why. This is an even more glaring omission than usual given that Goldcamp sees the extinction of the Stalinist regime as inevitable. 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 on our web site. 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]m. Please feel free to send any news on Communist China or North Korea that you happen to find to the same address. |