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Article: South Korea to slow down rice shipments if North Korea raises tensions
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- May 27, 2003
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Dateline: SEOUL, South Korea
Toughening its stance on North Korea, South Korea said Tuesday it
would delay shipments of badly needed rice aid for the communist North
if Pyongyang escalates tensions over its nuclear ambitions.
During inter-Korean talks on economic cooperation last week, South
Korea agreed to provide North Korea with 400,000 tons of rice this
year to help ease chronic food shortages in the impoverished North.
The agreement came amid tensions on the Korean Peninsula, roiled by
North Korea's suspected development of nuclear weapons and its resistance
to U.S.-led international efforts to keep the peninsula nuclear-free.
Asked by ruling party lawmakers if ...