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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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North Korea's future relations and interaction with KEDO and the members of its Executive Board hinge on the complete and permanent elimination of its nuclear weapons program.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, a powerful party organization, mentioned "a situation that has been formed in South Korea," said Seoul's Unification Ministry.
North Korea's private economy is moving towards dollarization as the banking system is paralyzed after years of failed policies and natural disasters, South Korean analysts said.
North Korea has in recent weeks triggered a confrontation with Washington by taking a series of steps that appear aimed at reviving its mothballed nuclear weapons program.
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Zhang Xian Qian,
Ex-Olympic Swimmer
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North Korea's ambassador to Australia, Chon Jae-hong , said yesterday that the stand-off would end if the US vowed not to invade his country and did not hinder its economic development.
North Korea's founder and its current leader's father, Kim Il Sung, spent much of his youth in China and was once a member of China's Communist Party.
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Sveta Romanova,
Intelligence Officer
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South Korea's government was embroiled yesterday in a budding scandal over alleged payoffs to North Korea, adding a new twist to the international nuclear standoff with the communist country.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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North Korea s decision to resume its nuclear weapons programme and its development of long range ballistic missiles has highlighted for some the benefits of a missile defence system.
North Korea's saber-rattling came hours before the United States, Japan and South Korea agreed to urge Pyongyang to renounce its nuclear weapons programs if it wanted better ties with the rest of the world.
North Korea has had a nuclear weapons program under way for some time and has sold advanced missiles and missile technology to Syria and Iran.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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North Korea's startling revival of its nuclear program, coupled with the unrelenting threat of international terrorism, presents compelling reasons for President Bush to step back from his fixation on attacking Iraq and to reassess his administration's priorities.
North Korea's weapons programme and export of it, the growing number of unstable or dictatorial states trying to acquire nuclear capability, the so-called respectable companies and people trading in it: this is a real, active threat to our security and I warn people: it is only a matter of time before terrorists get hold of it.
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