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Article: N. Korea continues military buildup.
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 12, 2001
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North Korea is continuing to build up its military forces and has shown few signs of matching diplomatic and military overtures offered by South Korea and the United States, according to U.S. military and intelligence officials.
The Pentagon has no plans to reduce the 37,000 troops based in South Korea until it sees clear signs that the North Korean military is reducing its hair-trigger force posture, said a senior military official.
"I don't see reducing numbers until we get confidence-building measures with the North Koreans," the official said in an interview with The Washington Times. "Until we can get real verifiable confidence-building ...