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Yonhap News Summary
Yonhap News Summary
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Tuesday.
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N. Korea to mount nuclear warhead on ballistic missile within decade: report
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- North Korea will achieve the necessary technology
to mount a nuclear warhead onto a ballistic missile within a decade, a Pentagon
report said Monday.
"Although the test launches of the TD-2 in 2006 and 2009 were deemed
unsuccessful, we must assume that sooner or later North Korea will have a
successful test of its TD-2 and, if there are no major changes in its national
security strategy in the next decade, it will be able to mate a nuclear warhead
to a proven delivery system," said the Ballistic Missile Defense Review, released
by the Pentagon to assess the U.S. government's missile defense policy in the
coming years.
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Ruling party chief urges N. Korea to give up military adventurism
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- The head of the ruling party on Tuesday warned that
North Korea would gain nothing from its "military adventurism," referring to days
of artillery fire by the communist state along the western sea border last week.
"We must make North Korea realize that it cannot win anything from its military
adventurism, such as firing artillery shells towards the Northern Limit Line
(NLL)," Chung Mong-joon, head of the ruling Grand National Party (GNP), said in
an address to the parliament's plenary session.
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U.S. deputy secretary of state due in Seoul
SEOUL -- U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell will arrive in the South
Korean capital later Tuesday on a three-day visit to meet with officials here on
various issues, including the Korea-U.S. alliance and North Korea's nuclear
ambition.
The U.S. official will arrive from Japan, where he was on a two-day visit from
Monday, according to official at the U.S. embassy in Seoul.
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S. Korea seeks to deploy weapon locater, robot in Afghanistan
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is seeking to purchase an acoustic weapons
locating system and a military robot to enhance the safety of its troops likely
to be deployed to Afghanistan later this year, a defense official in Seoul said
Tuesday.
The army robot and the hostile artillery locating system will track and protect
troops from roadside bombs, dubbed "improvised explosive devices (IEDs)," the
official said, requesting anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue. IEDs are
known as the number one threat in Afghanistan.
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S. Korea says redeployment of U.S. forces a 'long-term discussion'
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- The possibility of the United States redeploying its
troops out of South Korea after Seoul takes back wartime operational control of
its troops from the U.S. military is a matter that will require deliberate
discussions between the two sides, defense officials here said Tuesday.
"This issue (of transferring operational control) and follow-up measures are
subject to bilateral discussions over the mid to long-term period," said Yeom
Wan-kyun, head of the U.S. policy bureau at Seoul's defense ministry, adding
"working-level examinations" are currently being conducted by both sides.
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(LEAD) Seoul to house secretariat for regional cooperation body
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, Japan and China have agreed to establish a
permanent secretariat for three-way cooperation in Seoul, an organization that
could eventually lead to the formation of a regional community in East Asia,
Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday.
The agreement came at a three-way meeting between South Korea's Deputy Foreign
Minister Lee Yong-joon and his Chinese counterpart Hu Zhengye and Japanese
counterpart Sasae Kenichiro in Beijing.
(END)
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Tuesday.
-------------------
N. Korea to mount nuclear warhead on ballistic missile within decade: report
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- North Korea will achieve the necessary technology
to mount a nuclear warhead onto a ballistic missile within a decade, a Pentagon
report said Monday.
"Although the test launches of the TD-2 in 2006 and 2009 were deemed
unsuccessful, we must assume that sooner or later North Korea will have a
successful test of its TD-2 and, if there are no major changes in its national
security strategy in the next decade, it will be able to mate a nuclear warhead
to a proven delivery system," said the Ballistic Missile Defense Review, released
by the Pentagon to assess the U.S. government's missile defense policy in the
coming years.
-------------------
Ruling party chief urges N. Korea to give up military adventurism
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- The head of the ruling party on Tuesday warned that
North Korea would gain nothing from its "military adventurism," referring to days
of artillery fire by the communist state along the western sea border last week.
"We must make North Korea realize that it cannot win anything from its military
adventurism, such as firing artillery shells towards the Northern Limit Line
(NLL)," Chung Mong-joon, head of the ruling Grand National Party (GNP), said in
an address to the parliament's plenary session.
-------------------
U.S. deputy secretary of state due in Seoul
SEOUL -- U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell will arrive in the South
Korean capital later Tuesday on a three-day visit to meet with officials here on
various issues, including the Korea-U.S. alliance and North Korea's nuclear
ambition.
The U.S. official will arrive from Japan, where he was on a two-day visit from
Monday, according to official at the U.S. embassy in Seoul.
-------------------
S. Korea seeks to deploy weapon locater, robot in Afghanistan
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is seeking to purchase an acoustic weapons
locating system and a military robot to enhance the safety of its troops likely
to be deployed to Afghanistan later this year, a defense official in Seoul said
Tuesday.
The army robot and the hostile artillery locating system will track and protect
troops from roadside bombs, dubbed "improvised explosive devices (IEDs)," the
official said, requesting anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue. IEDs are
known as the number one threat in Afghanistan.
-------------------
S. Korea says redeployment of U.S. forces a 'long-term discussion'
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- The possibility of the United States redeploying its
troops out of South Korea after Seoul takes back wartime operational control of
its troops from the U.S. military is a matter that will require deliberate
discussions between the two sides, defense officials here said Tuesday.
"This issue (of transferring operational control) and follow-up measures are
subject to bilateral discussions over the mid to long-term period," said Yeom
Wan-kyun, head of the U.S. policy bureau at Seoul's defense ministry, adding
"working-level examinations" are currently being conducted by both sides.
-------------------
(LEAD) Seoul to house secretariat for regional cooperation body
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, Japan and China have agreed to establish a
permanent secretariat for three-way cooperation in Seoul, an organization that
could eventually lead to the formation of a regional community in East Asia,
Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday.
The agreement came at a three-way meeting between South Korea's Deputy Foreign
Minister Lee Yong-joon and his Chinese counterpart Hu Zhengye and Japanese
counterpart Sasae Kenichiro in Beijing.
(END)
