|
|
Article: South Korea will stop calling North Korea its main enemy
- Article from:
- AP Worldstream
- Article date:
- January 28, 2005
- Author:
CopyrightProvided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
BO-MI LIM, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
01-28-2005
Dateline: SEOUL, South Korea
South Korea's Defense Ministry said Friday it will no longer call North Korea its "main enemy" in defense guidelines _ a symbolic change apparently aimed at ratcheting down tension between the decades-old archrivals.
The decision _ subject to approval by the full Cabinet next week _ follows years of South Korean efforts to ease a military confrontation and foster reconciliation with communist North Korea.
South Korea began calling North Korea a "main enemy" 10 years ago, after North Korea threatened to turn Seoul into a "sea of fire" amid an international dispute over its nuclear weapons program.
North ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: U.N. nuclear agency to pull inspectors out of North ...
AP Worldstream;
December 28, 2002 ;
700+ words
... ... Dateline: SEOUL, South Korea South Korea planned Saturday to ... China and Russia _ North Korea's longtime allies ... S. move to stifle North Korea, said the North ... nation, it said. South Korea is also eyeing trilateral ...
|
|