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U.S.-North Korea insults get personal
SEOUL North Korea said it would reject any settlement of the nuclear
weapons dispute as long as the United States was led by President
George W. Bush, whom a North Korean official called a "cowboy."
Meanwhile, the United States reportedly warned allies that North Korea
might be ready to carry out an underground nuclear test as early as
June.
"Bush is a hooligan bereft of any personality as a human being, to say
nothing of stature as president of a country," a spokesman of the North
Korean Foreign Ministry told the country's official news agency, KCNA,
on Saturday. The official also described Bush as a "half-baked man in
terms of morality," a "philistine whom we can never deal with" and a
"world dictator whose hands are stained with the blood shed by innocent
civilians."
The comments were a reaction to a White House news conference Thursday
in which Bush described the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, as a
"tyrant" and a "dangerous person" who starved his people and ran "huge
concentration camps."
The exchange of barbs underscored an increasingly hostile confrontation
over the resumption of stalled six-nation talks intended to persuade
North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program.
"No one can expect to hear reasonable words from Bush, once a cowboy at
a ranch in Texas," the North Korean spokesman said.
"The DPRK does not expect any solution to the nuclear issue or any
progress in the DPRK-U.S. relations during his term," he said, using
his country's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
He said his government could no longer wait for a shift in U.S. policy.
"Quite just is the path chosen by us and we will keep to it, with our
chests thrown out," he said.
In Vienna, diplomats assigned to the International Atomic Energy Agency
said the United States was telling allies that North Korea had been
preparing for an underground nuclear test since March and might go
ahead as early as June, according to news reports.
Shin Hyun Suk, a spokesman of the South Korean Foreign Ministry, said
Sunday that the Seoul government had not received such a notification.
In the past week, South Korea has said it has seen no signs of North
Korean preparations for a nuclear test.
Concerns over North Korea's nuclear weapons have increased since the
country declared in February that it had become a nuclear power. In
April, it shut down a reactor in what may have been a move to unload
spent fuel and glean more bomb-making materials.
Last Thursday, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency told a
congressional hearing that North Korea had the ability to arm a missile
with a nuclear device.
Although the comments from the United States and North Korea highlight
a seemingly unbridgeable gap between them, analysts noted that the two
sides had become used to each other's rhetoric.
"It's part of a series of verbal exchanges that they have had and will
have," said Lee Sang Hyun, who studies U.S.-North Korean relations at
the Sejong Institute in South Korea. "Bad-mouthing each other doesn't
mean an end to the negotiation process."
Most South Korean analysts, including Lee, said North Korea might show
signs of a possible nuclear test to increase the stakes, but would not
actually test a bomb, because doing so would be the last straw for the
international community, including countries like China and South
Korea, which have so far opposed any U.S. moves to impose economic
sanctions.
Washington has said that taking North Korea to the UN Security Council
for sanctions is an option. China has a Security Council veto and
remains North Korea's main aid supplier. Its participation is crucial
for any sanctions against North Korea to be effective. Speaking on
condition of anonymity last week, a senior South Korean government
official said the Chinese were "getting more and more frustrated" with
North Korea.
On Friday, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, Washington's
top negotiator on the North Korean nuclear crisis, called Bush's
description of Kim "nothing new," and wondered why North Korea could
not "focus on what they think they need in this negotiation, rather
than be concerned about descriptions of them."
SEOUL North Korea said it would reject any settlement of the nuclear
weapons dispute as long as the United States was led by President
George W. Bush, whom a North Korean official called a "cowboy."
Meanwhile, the United States reportedly warned allies that North Korea
might be ready to carry out an underground nuclear test as early as
June.
"Bush is a hooligan bereft of any personality as a human being, to say
nothing of stature as president of a country," a spokesman of the North
Korean Foreign Ministry told the country's official news agency, KCNA,
on Saturday. The official also described Bush as a "half-baked man in
terms of morality," a "philistine whom we can never deal with" and a
"world dictator whose hands are stained with the blood shed by innocent
civilians."
The comments were a reaction to a White House news conference Thursday
in which Bush described the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, as a
"tyrant" and a "dangerous person" who starved his people and ran "huge
concentration camps."
The exchange of barbs underscored an increasingly hostile confrontation
over the resumption of stalled six-nation talks intended to persuade
North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program.
"No one can expect to hear reasonable words from Bush, once a cowboy at
a ranch in Texas," the North Korean spokesman said.
"The DPRK does not expect any solution to the nuclear issue or any
progress in the DPRK-U.S. relations during his term," he said, using
his country's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
He said his government could no longer wait for a shift in U.S. policy.
"Quite just is the path chosen by us and we will keep to it, with our
chests thrown out," he said.
In Vienna, diplomats assigned to the International Atomic Energy Agency
said the United States was telling allies that North Korea had been
preparing for an underground nuclear test since March and might go
ahead as early as June, according to news reports.
Shin Hyun Suk, a spokesman of the South Korean Foreign Ministry, said
Sunday that the Seoul government had not received such a notification.
In the past week, South Korea has said it has seen no signs of North
Korean preparations for a nuclear test.
Concerns over North Korea's nuclear weapons have increased since the
country declared in February that it had become a nuclear power. In
April, it shut down a reactor in what may have been a move to unload
spent fuel and glean more bomb-making materials.
Last Thursday, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency told a
congressional hearing that North Korea had the ability to arm a missile
with a nuclear device.
Although the comments from the United States and North Korea highlight
a seemingly unbridgeable gap between them, analysts noted that the two
sides had become used to each other's rhetoric.
"It's part of a series of verbal exchanges that they have had and will
have," said Lee Sang Hyun, who studies U.S.-North Korean relations at
the Sejong Institute in South Korea. "Bad-mouthing each other doesn't
mean an end to the negotiation process."
Most South Korean analysts, including Lee, said North Korea might show
signs of a possible nuclear test to increase the stakes, but would not
actually test a bomb, because doing so would be the last straw for the
international community, including countries like China and South
Korea, which have so far opposed any U.S. moves to impose economic
sanctions.
Washington has said that taking North Korea to the UN Security Council
for sanctions is an option. China has a Security Council veto and
remains North Korea's main aid supplier. Its participation is crucial
for any sanctions against North Korea to be effective. Speaking on
condition of anonymity last week, a senior South Korean government
official said the Chinese were "getting more and more frustrated" with
North Korea.
On Friday, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, Washington's
top negotiator on the North Korean nuclear crisis, called Bush's
description of Kim "nothing new," and wondered why North Korea could
not "focus on what they think they need in this negotiation, rather
than be concerned about descriptions of them."
SEOUL North Korea said it would reject any settlement of the nuclear
weapons dispute as long as the United States was led by President
George W. Bush, whom a North Korean official called a "cowboy."
Meanwhile, the United States reportedly warned allies that North Korea
might be ready to carry out an underground nuclear test as early as
June.
"Bush is a hooligan bereft of any personality as a human being, to say
nothing of stature as president of a country," a spokesman of the North
Korean Foreign Ministry told the country's official news agency, KCNA,
on Saturday. The official also described Bush as a "half-baked man in
terms of morality," a "philistine whom we can never deal with" and a
"world dictator whose hands are stained with the blood shed by innocent
civilians."
The comments were a reaction to a White House news conference Thursday
in which Bush described the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, as a
"tyrant" and a "dangerous person" who starved his people and ran "huge
concentration camps."
The exchange of barbs underscored an increasingly hostile confrontation
over the resumption of stalled six-nation talks intended to persuade
North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program.
"No one can expect to hear reasonable words from Bush, once a cowboy at
a ranch in Texas," the North Korean spokesman said.
"The DPRK does not expect any solution to the nuclear issue or any
progress in the DPRK-U.S. relations during his term," he said, using
his country's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
He said his government could no longer wait for a shift in U.S. policy.
"Quite just is the path chosen by us and we will keep to it, with our
chests thrown out," he said.
In Vienna, diplomats assigned to the International Atomic Energy Agency
said the United States was telling allies that North Korea had been
preparing for an underground nuclear test since March and might go
ahead as early as June, according to news reports.
Shin Hyun Suk, a spokesman of the South Korean Foreign Ministry, said
Sunday that the Seoul government had not received such a notification.
In the past week, South Korea has said it has seen no signs of North
Korean preparations for a nuclear test.
Concerns over North Korea's nuclear weapons have increased since the
country declared in February that it had become a nuclear power. In
April, it shut down a reactor in what may have been a move to unload
spent fuel and glean more bomb-making materials.
Last Thursday, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency told a
congressional hearing that North Korea had the ability to arm a missile
with a nuclear device.
Although the comments from the United States and North Korea highlight
a seemingly unbridgeable gap between them, analysts noted that the two
sides had become used to each other's rhetoric.
"It's part of a series of verbal exchanges that they have had and will
have," said Lee Sang Hyun, who studies U.S.-North Korean relations at
the Sejong Institute in South Korea. "Bad-mouthing each other doesn't
mean an end to the negotiation process."
Most South Korean analysts, including Lee, said North Korea might show
signs of a possible nuclear test to increase the stakes, but would not
actually test a bomb, because doing so would be the last straw for the
international community, including countries like China and South
Korea, which have so far opposed any U.S. moves to impose economic
sanctions.
Washington has said that taking North Korea to the UN Security Council
for sanctions is an option. China has a Security Council veto and
remains North Korea's main aid supplier. Its participation is crucial
for any sanctions against North Korea to be effective. Speaking on
condition of anonymity last week, a senior South Korean government
official said the Chinese were "getting more and more frustrated" with
North Korea.
On Friday, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, Washington's
top negotiator on the North Korean nuclear crisis, called Bush's
description of Kim "nothing new," and wondered why North Korea could
not "focus on what they think they need in this negotiation, rather
than be concerned about descriptions of them."
SEOUL North Korea said it would reject any settlement of the nuclear
weapons dispute as long as the United States was led by President
George W. Bush, whom a North Korean official called a "cowboy."
Meanwhile, the United States reportedly warned allies that North Korea
might be ready to carry out an underground nuclear test as early as
June.
"Bush is a hooligan bereft of any personality as a human being, to say
nothing of stature as president of a country," a spokesman of the North
Korean Foreign Ministry told the country's official news agency, KCNA,
on Saturday. The official also described Bush as a "half-baked man in
terms of morality," a "philistine whom we can never deal with" and a
"world dictator whose hands are stained with the blood shed by innocent
civilians."
The comments were a reaction to a White House news conference Thursday
in which Bush described the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, as a
"tyrant" and a "dangerous person" who starved his people and ran "huge
concentration camps."
The exchange of barbs underscored an increasingly hostile confrontation
over the resumption of stalled six-nation talks intended to persuade
North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program.
"No one can expect to hear reasonable words from Bush, once a cowboy at
a ranch in Texas," the North Korean spokesman said.
"The DPRK does not expect any solution to the nuclear issue or any
progress in the DPRK-U.S. relations during his term," he said, using
his country's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
He said his government could no longer wait for a shift in U.S. policy.
"Quite just is the path chosen by us and we will keep to it, with our
chests thrown out," he said.
In Vienna, diplomats assigned to the International Atomic Energy Agency
said the United States was telling allies that North Korea had been
preparing for an underground nuclear test since March and might go
ahead as early as June, according to news reports.
Shin Hyun Suk, a spokesman of the South Korean Foreign Ministry, said
Sunday that the Seoul government had not received such a notification.
In the past week, South Korea has said it has seen no signs of North
Korean preparations for a nuclear test.
Concerns over North Korea's nuclear weapons have increased since the
country declared in February that it had become a nuclear power. In
April, it shut down a reactor in what may have been a move to unload
spent fuel and glean more bomb-making materials.
Last Thursday, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency told a
congressional hearing that North Korea had the ability to arm a missile
with a nuclear device.
Although the comments from the United States and North Korea highlight
a seemingly unbridgeable gap between them, analysts noted that the two
sides had become used to each other's rhetoric.
"It's part of a series of verbal exchanges that they have had and will
have," said Lee Sang Hyun, who studies U.S.-North Korean relations at
the Sejong Institute in South Korea. "Bad-mouthing each other doesn't
mean an end to the negotiation process."
Most South Korean analysts, including Lee, said North Korea might show
signs of a possible nuclear test to increase the stakes, but would not
actually test a bomb, because doing so would be the last straw for the
international community, including countries like China and South
Korea, which have so far opposed any U.S. moves to impose economic
sanctions.
Washington has said that taking North Korea to the UN Security Council
for sanctions is an option. China has a Security Council veto and
remains North Korea's main aid supplier. Its participation is crucial
for any sanctions against North Korea to be effective. Speaking on
condition of anonymity last week, a senior South Korean government
official said the Chinese were "getting more and more frustrated" with
North Korea.
On Friday, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, Washington's
top negotiator on the North Korean nuclear crisis, called Bush's
description of Kim "nothing new," and wondered why North Korea could
not "focus on what they think they need in this negotiation, rather
than be concerned about descriptions of them."
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| User: "MillKa!!!" |
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| Title: Re: U.S.-North Korea insults get personal |
03 May 2005 02:09:20 AM |
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Relax !!!
North Korea is only a (bit) player in the 'Overall' scheme of things to unfold.
It's the reaction that China takes, that "Shocks" the world !!!
PS: Don't forget Russia's involvement in Palestinian affairs as well :-[] (maybe I
said too much !!!)
Just A Thought.
Have A Communistic Day :-)
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| User: "The Court Fool" |
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| Title: Re: U.S.-North Korea insults get personal |
03 May 2005 10:57:29 AM |
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North Korea will probably be the last "victory" for the WH*RE OF
B*BYL*N.
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| User: "The Court Fool" |
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| Title: Re: U.S.-North Korea insults get personal |
03 May 2005 10:55:38 AM |
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The WH*RE OF B*B*YLON will attempt to break up the RF in the likeness
of Yugoslavia. The cnsequences of this are outlined in my anaylsis of
C8 Q95.
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