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Article: North Korea confronts U.S. with nuclear weapons programs
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- AP Worldstream
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- January 3, 2003
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Dateline: SEOUL, South Korea
Tension over North Korea's nuclear programs intensified last week
when the government there threw out U.N. inspectors and fanned fears
it was planning to build nuclear weapons.
U.S. intelligence experts say North Korea could produce several nuclear
bombs in a matter of months, and Washington is mustering internal
pressure to force North Korea to abandon its atomic ambitions.
Here are some questions and answers about the North Korean and U.S.
roles in the Korean Peninsula.
Q. Why are U.S. troops in South Korea?
A. The United States keeps 37,000 U.S. troops in South Korea under
a mutual defense treaty. U.S. military presence goes back to the ...