Zitat:SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 3 — North Korea’s parliament on Wednesday approved the government’s decision to increase its “nuclear deterrent force” in angry reaction to what it calls a hostile American policy.

Zitat:... China’s chief delegate to the negotiations said Monday that Washington’s policy toward North Korea was one of the main obstacles in the talks.
“American’s policy toward DPRK; this is a main problem we are facing,” Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters in the Philippines. He did not elaborate. ...

Zitat:USA kommen Nordkorea entgegen
Washington bietet überraschend Zugeständnisse trotz laufendem Atomprogramm an

Singapur - Die USA sind offenbar gegenüber Nordkorea zu Zugeständnissen bereit. Auch wenn Pjöngjang sein umstrittenes Atomwaffenprogramm nicht sofort aufgeben will, werde Washington sich die Sicherheitssorgen des ostasiatischen Landes anhören.

Zitat:Mit einer großen Parade hat Nordkorea den 55. Jahrestag seiner Staatsgründung gefeiert. Hunderttausende Menschen versammelten sich auf dem zentralen Kim-Il-Sung-Platz in der Hauptstadt Pjöngjang und verfolgten den Vorbeimarsch von rund 10.000 Soldaten und Zivilisten. Dem polnischen Botschafter in Pjöngjang, Wojciech Kaluza, zufolge wurden während der Parade keine schweren Waffen präsentiert. Staatschef Kim Jong Il nahm die etwa zweistündige Parade ab, hielt aber keine Rede. Eine ähnliche Parade hatte es zuletzt 1992 gegeben.

Zitat:Hong Kong's Sunday Morning Post cited an unidentified security source in China as saying five divisions of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops had been deployed in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, bordering North Korea, since last month.
Large troop movements and new military barracks have also been seen in the border towns of Hanchun, Tumen, Kaishan, Sanhe and Baijing, while air force jets have frequently been seen flying over the capital Yanji, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the border, the report said.
The source said troops were also in the area to help stem the flow of North Korean refugees fleeing to China to escape a long famine and recession in the hermitic state

Zitat:China puts army on Korea border

By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes
BBC correspondent in Beijing


The Chinese Government says it has transferred control of its border with North Korea from the police to the People's Liberation Army.
But it is refusing to confirm media reports that it has also sent 150,000 combat troops to the border area in recent weeks.

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Zitat:SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- The United States troops in South Korea announced Tuesday it has deployed the upgraded version of the Patriot mobile air defense system as part of its efforts to enhance defensive capabilities.

Zitat:BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- China on Tuesday denied it was building up troop numbers on its borders with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Myanmar.

Zitat:During the 1980s, the NKAF substantially increased its helicopter inventory from 40 to 275. Helicopters in service include Mi-2/HOPLITE, Mi-4/HOUND, and Mi-8/HIP. In 1985, the DPRK circumvented U.S. export controls to buy 87 U.S.-manufactured Hughes helicopters. These helicopters are considerably more advanced than those received from the Russians. Although the DPRK has the civilian version, they probably have modified some of them to carry guns and rockets. Because the ROK produces the same model helicopter for its armed forces, the DPRK could modify their Hughes helicopters to resemble the ROK counterparts to confuse CFC air defenses during SOF operations.

Zitat:Nordkorea lehnt weitere Nukleargespräche ab
In einer Erklärung des Außenministeriums wurde den USA vorgeworfen, die Gespräche nur als Vorwand zur Entwaffnung Nordkoreas nutzen zu wollen
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