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North Korea: State Department
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The momentum of steadily increasing inter-Korean exchanges and cooperation cannot be sustained unless the North Korean nuclear issue is peacefully resolved. The adoption of a joint statement at the fourth round of six-party talks marks a turning point in the quest for a resolution of the issue.
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Reports from two years ago suggest North Korea has been quietly helping Burma’s military regime build a nuclear reactor. While covert interactions between these pariah states have raised alarm in regional and Western security circles for quite some time, most mainstream Western media have ignored them. The following is a review of those activities, based largely reports appearing in the recently defunct Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) and the work of Australian military scholar Andrew Selth:
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THE New York Philharmonic is to play in North Korea on 26 February, the orchestra announced yesterday. The cultural breakthrough comes amid an easing of the tense relations between the United States and the communist nation.
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Culture is officially protected by the North Korean government. Large buildings committed to culture have been built, such as the People's Palace of Culture or the Grand People's Palace of Studies, both in Yoco. Outside the capital, there's a major theatre in Hamhung and in every city there are State-run theatres and stadiums.
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The United States rejected North Korea’s requests for talks, as tensions heighten over a possible North Korean long-range missile test. The US activated its missile defense system while the US Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, denounced the request for talks saying, “you don't normally engage in conversations by threatening to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles.” (Associated Press)
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"The United States must anticipate intensified North Korean nuclear and missile brinkmanship once the fighting begins in Iraq. Starting negotiations now could prevent North Korean nuclear escalation and avoid the risk of fighting wars on two fronts."
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