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To: FaultLine who started this subject	1/11/2003 6:24:15 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) of 281500

They're pulling out ALL the stops... foxnews.com ---------------------------------------------------------- North Korea May End Self-Imposed Moratorium on Ballistic Missile Tests Saturday, January 11, 2003 BEIJING — Angered by recent tensions and 'hostile policies' toward them, North Korea announced Saturday it is considering ending its self-imposed 1999 moratorium on ballistic missile tests should the United States not take steps to improve already struggling relations. North Korea froze long-range missile testing in September 1999, one year after test-launching a missile that sailed over Japan, landing in the Pacific Ocean. "Because all agreements have been nullified by the United States side, we believe we cannot go along with the self-imposed missile moratorium any longer," Choe Jin Su, the North's ambassador to Beijing announced at a news conference. Choe also accused Washington of failing to respond positively to the 1999 moratorium, which was intended as a good gesture toward opening talks on normalizing relations. Choe's comments came a day after the North announced its withdrawal from the global nuclear arms control treaty. North Korea is believed to have missiles that can reach any part of South Korea and most of Japan. U.S. officials say North Korea is developing ballistic missiles that can reach Alaska and Hawaii with a payload of several hundred pounds. Choe also rejected international criticism of North Korean missile exports, saying they were "entirely within our sovereignty." Such exports include a shipment aboard a freighter stopped last month in the Arabian Sea on its way to Yemen. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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