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| N. Korea Says It Will Bolster Nuke Program |
| 2006-07-26 |
| North Korea's defense minister said his country will strengthen its nuclear weapons program in response to U.N. sanctions and American hostility, the North's official news agency reported Wednesday. North Korea will upgrade its arsenal "in every way by employing all possible means and methods" and will greet any aggressors with "all-out do-or-die resistance and unprecedented devastating strikes," Kim Il Chol said, according to the Korean Central News Agency. Kim said such a move is necessary to counter the United States'"extremely hostile act and the irresponsibility of the U.N. Security Council." Kim spoke at a gathering to mark the 53rd anniversary of the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War. The defense minister warned that the U.N. resolution will not force Pyongyang to give up its nuclear program. North Korea "can survive without sweets, but not without bullets," he said. Separately, a South Korean civic group said the North is readying its forces for conflict. Artillery units have been armed and civilian forces, composed of laborers and farmers, have been outfitted with uniforms, the Seoul-based Good Friends group said in a statement Wednesday. Drills are being held for both active duty and civilian forces, and civilians have been issued vehicles covered with camouflage netting, Good Friends said without citing sources for its information. Previous reports by the South Korean group of activities in the isolated North later were confirmed. But a spokesman for South Korea's Unification Ministry dismissed the report. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #9 Kimmie, please keep baring teeth and foaming at the mouth. I'm just wondering how far along your Japanese neighbors are on their thermonuclear development projects. |
| Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-07-26 19:14 |
| #8 just rocks, they ate all the tree bark |
| Posted by: spiffo 2006-07-26 18:21 |
| #7 North Korea's defense minister said his country will strengthen its nuclear weapons program in response to U.N. sanctions and American hostility With what? Tree-bark and rocks? |
| Posted by: eLarson 2006-07-26 17:24 |
| #6 Ya know he's right about "the irresponsibilty of the U.N. Security Council" -- don't think he realizing why however. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-07-26 17:19 |
| #5 Surprise meter available ? More appropriately, the apathy meter. I doubt Kim's toys will really work. People who are systematically starved significantly drop in IQ the longer they're starved. Some of it's recoverable, some of it's not. It would be just reward if the first time Kim tried to launch one of his little 'glow in the dark' toys, it exploded on the launch pad. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-07-26 16:29 |
| #4 He is just mad his toy blew up and people are ignoring him and watching the Middle East. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-07-26 15:41 |
| #3 Surprise meter available ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-07-26 15:06 |
| #2 So how many more N Koreans will starve so Kimmy can have his glow in the dark toy. We talk about the world standing by during Hitler, Cambodia and Bosnia, we are silently watching it happen again with Kim. I'm not an advocate of attacking N Korea but something has to be done about him. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-07-26 14:50 |
| #1 ...United States'"extremely hostile act and the irresponsibility of the U.N. Security Council." Does this remind anyone of a child's temper tantrum? So ronery and sadry arone... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2006-07-26 14:48 |