To: Softechie who wrote (3902 ) 2/25/2003 7:34:59 PM From: Softechie Respond to of 11447 N Korea/Be Ready -4: Follows Missile Test Monday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *DJ N Korea Urges Military,People To Be Ready For War-Report 25 Feb 18:40 (MORE) Dow Jones Newswires 02-25-03 1840ET ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *DJ N Korea Call Came In Govt Statement -S Korea Report 25 Feb 18:42 (MORE) Dow Jones Newswires 02-25-03 1842ET ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DJ N Korea/Be Ready -2: Accuses US Of Planning War Games 25 Feb 18:48 SEOUL (AP)--North Korea urged its military and people to be ready for war, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported, quoting a statement from the North Korean government on Tuesday. The North Korean Foreign Ministry issued a statement late Tuesday accusing the U.S. of planning massive war games in the Korean Peninsula, in preparation for an attack on North Korea, Yonhap said. (MORE) Dow Jones Newswires 02-25-03 1848ET ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DJ N Korea/Be Ready -3: `Mobilize All Resources' 25 Feb 18:53 "This requires our military and people to mobilize all our resources to be fully ready for any contingencies," Yonhap quoted the North Korean statement as saying. The North Korean ministry didn't elaborate. The statement came hours after South Korea's new president, Roh Moo-hyun, was sworn in Tuesday. The South Korean leader called on North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions in return for help from the international community to rebuild its moribund economy. (MORE) Dow Jones Newswires 02-25-03 1853ET ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DJ N Korea/Be Ready -4: Follows Missile Test Monday 25 Feb 18:59 North Korea is in the midst of its annual winter training military exercise. North Korea on Monday fired a short-range, anti-ship missile into the Sea of Japan, the body of water between the Korean peninsula andJapan, raising tensions in the region already roiled by the nuclear standoff. The missile firing was an act many believe was designed to upstage the inauguration of South Korea's new president. During the 1993-94 nuclear crisis in the peninsula, North Korea put its 1.1 million-member military, the world's fifth largest, on war footing and moved much of its military into underground tunnels. (END) Dow Jones Newswires 02-25-03 1859ET