North Korean Official Speaks.
This morning in the Philippine Times this story was run:
The first thing that strikes me as odd is "The speaker of North Korea's legislature". What legislature? Also, I seriously doubt it has any power.
As far as the rest of it goes I am at a loss. They broke their agreement to not develop nuclear weapons, an agreement worked out by Jimmy Carter. They refuse to take part in multi-lateral talks, why should the neighboring nations be left out?
No, North Korea is the odd man out over in East Asia even by Chinese standards it is a brutal repressive regime and the people there suffer greatly.
North Korea Demands US Apology for 'Tyranny' Label
By VOA News
05 April 2005
The speaker of North Korea's legislature, Choe Tae Bok, had demanded the United States apologize for labeling his country an "outpost of tyranny."
Speaking at a conference of regional lawmakers in the Philippines, Mr. Choe also asked U.S. officials to drop what he called a "hostile policy" aimed at regime change in North Korea.
He said the dispute over North Korea's nuclear program is a result of U.S. policies toward the Communist dictatorship.
Last week, a North Korean official demanded that U.S. officials remove all nuclear threats from the Korean peninsula before new talks on the nuclear issue.
The United States says it has no nuclear weapons on the peninsula, and has repeatedly asked Pyongyang to return to six-party talks.
Some information for this report provided by AFP and AP.
By VOA News
05 April 2005
The speaker of North Korea's legislature, Choe Tae Bok, had demanded the United States apologize for labeling his country an "outpost of tyranny."
Speaking at a conference of regional lawmakers in the Philippines, Mr. Choe also asked U.S. officials to drop what he called a "hostile policy" aimed at regime change in North Korea.
He said the dispute over North Korea's nuclear program is a result of U.S. policies toward the Communist dictatorship.
Last week, a North Korean official demanded that U.S. officials remove all nuclear threats from the Korean peninsula before new talks on the nuclear issue.
The United States says it has no nuclear weapons on the peninsula, and has repeatedly asked Pyongyang to return to six-party talks.
Some information for this report provided by AFP and AP.
The first thing that strikes me as odd is "The speaker of North Korea's legislature". What legislature? Also, I seriously doubt it has any power.
As far as the rest of it goes I am at a loss. They broke their agreement to not develop nuclear weapons, an agreement worked out by Jimmy Carter. They refuse to take part in multi-lateral talks, why should the neighboring nations be left out?
No, North Korea is the odd man out over in East Asia even by Chinese standards it is a brutal repressive regime and the people there suffer greatly.
posted by Marcus Aurelius at 7:55 AM
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