Kim Yong-ku, Master Sergeant, Kong’s assistant
Jiang Zemin, President of China
Chi Haotian, Minister of National Defense
Chin Zi-hong, General, Chief of Staff of the People’s Liberation Army
Qian Qichian, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Xu Zhengsheng, Assistant Deputy Secretary of Cultural Affairs, Chinese embassy, Pyongyang
Zhou Chang-li, Ambassador to the United States
Yevgeniy Maksimovich Primakov, President of Russia
Dmitriy Antonovich Aksenenko, Deputy Foreign Minister
Kazumi Nagai, Prime Minister of Japan
Ota Amari, Minister of Foreign Affairs
REAL-WORLD NEWS EXCERPTS
A CORNERED PYONGYANG COULD STRIKE OUT, WARNS U.S.
The commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific said Wednesday that forcing famine-hit North Korea into a corner could drive it to attack its southern neighbor, resulting in heavy loss of life.
Adm. Joseph Prueher said the severity of the famine in the North remained unclear, but Washington’s immediate concern was that Pyongyang “retains a considerable military capability to lash out.”
“Should they try and conduct a full-scale assault they will not prevail, but it would nonetheless be a very difficult situation with a lot of loss of life because of the military capability North Korea maintains,” he said….
RIMPAC WILL ONLY INCREASE TENSION
Rimpac joint military manoeuvres involving the United States, Japan, South Korea, etc. will be reportedly held on the Pacific for a month from early July.
… The present South Korean regime, which styles itself a “government of people,” is hell bent on confrontation and war preparations against the fellow countrymen in the north. It has frequently staged military exercises simulating an invasion of the north throughout South Korea under the pretext of “coping with the enemy’s provocation of a limited war.”
It is obvious that the participation in the joint manoeuvres by the South Korean puppets, who are aggravating the situation of the Korean peninsula with north-south confrontation and war preparations, is aimed at invading the north in league with outsiders….
S. KOREA PLEDGES MILK TO THE NORTH
South Korea, overlooking recent spy incursions by North Korean agents, is sending 781 tons of powdered milk to help the starving North.
N. KOREA MAY BE BUILDING NUCLEAR SITE; ACTIVITY RAISES CONCERN ABOUT ARMS PRODUCTION
American intelligence is worried that some 15,000 North Korean workers are building a huge underground nuclear facility. The suspected activity runs counter to an agreement Pyongyang made to suspend nuclear weapons research in favor of massive amounts of aid dollars. The White House officially refused to comment on the matter, except to note that North Korea remains in compliance with the 1994 accord and the situation is being closely watched.
CONGRESSIONAL AIDES REPORT HIGH HUNGER TOLL IN N. KOREA
Upwards of 800,000 North Koreans are dying from starvation or hunger-related illnesses. A group of bipartisan congressional staffers, following a week-long fact-finding tour of North Korea, said the country is in miserable condition and the situation is only getting worse.
PYONGYANG ROCKET ‘CRASHED OFF ALASKA COAST’
North Korea’s missile test nearly reached Alaska. A piece of the rocket traveled about 6,000 km and splashed into the Pacific near the Alaskan coast.
N. KOREA REPORTED TRAINING PILOTS FOR KAMIKAZE ATTACKS
North Korea is reportedly training some 140 pilots for kamikaze missions against key South Korean targets, should war break out on the divided peninsula.
NK OFFICIAL SAYS WAR GROWING IMMINENT
North Korea’s vice foreign minister, Choe Su Hon, said in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly that the danger of another Korean War is “getting even more imminent” because the peninsula remains divided. Choe said reunification would remove the danger but called the U.S. military presence in South Korea the major obstacle.
EXPERT URGES MISSILE DEFENSE
U.S. military strategist William Taylor warned Japan, South Korea and the U.S. are “totally naked” to missile attacks from rogue nations like North Korea. He urged that missile defense systems planning take priority in Washington, Tokyo and Seoul.
