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South Korea Nuclear Chronology South Korea Nuclear Chronology 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989-1980 | 1979-1950 Last update: September 2004 This chronology is no longer being updated. For current developments, please see the South Korea Nuclear Overview. This annotated chronology is based on the data sources that follow each entry. Public sources often provide conflicting information on classified military programs. In some cases we are unable to resolve these discrepancies, in others we have deliberately refrained from doing so to highlight the potential influence of false or misleading information as it appeared over time. In many cases, we are unable to independently verify claims. Hence in reviewing this chronology, readers should take into account the credibility of the sources employed here. Inclusion in this chronology does not necessarily indicate that a particular development is of direct or indirect proliferation significance. Some entries provide international or domestic context for technological development and national policymaking. Moreover, some entries may refer to developments with positive consequences for nonproliferation. 2003 15 December 2003 South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun accepts the resignation of Minister of Industry, Commerce and Energy Yun Chin Shik. Roh appoints Lee Hŭi Pŏm, president of Seoul National University of Technology, as the new minister. —Yonhap News Agency, 15 December 2003, in "South Korean President Appoints New Commerce Minister," BBC Monitoring International Reports, 15 December 2003, in Lexis-Nexis, web.lexis-nexis.com. 12 December 2003 South Korean Minister of Industry, Commerce and Energy Yun Chin Shik announces his intention to resign. Yun says he feels responsible for the government's failed plan to construct a nuclear waste facility in Puan-kun. —Yonhap News Agency, 12 December 2003, in "South Korean Minister to Quit Over Nuclear Waste Site Row," BBC Worldwide Monitoring, 12 December 2003, in Lexis-Nexis, web.lexis-nexis.com; Lee Ŭn U and Kim Chŏng Hun, "Yunjinshik Sanja 'Puansat'ae'e Ch'aegim' Saŭi," Donga Ilbo, 13 December 2003, p. 2, in KINDS, www.kinds.or.kr. 11 December 2003 According to the Joongang Ilbo, US intelligence detected signs of vapor from a facility at the Yŏngbyŏn nuclear complex in North Korea four times in the month of December. In addition, a truck was seen traveling and to and from a nuclear facility there. US and South Korean officials are currently analyzing the intelligence, but according to a South Korean officials, it is more likely "trial operations" to maintain the facility. —O Yong Hwan, Joongang Ilbo, in "US Reports North Nuclear Plant Activity," 11 December 2003, in "US Related content is available on the website for the Nuclear Threat Initiative, www.nti.org. This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, or agents. Copyright © 2011 by MIIS. 'Intelligence' Cited as Signs of Activity at DPRK North Nuclear Plants," FBIS Document ID: KPP20031210000126; "Seoul Checks Reports of Activity at N Korean Nuclear Plant," Channel News Asia, 11 December 2003, in Lexis- Nexis, web.lexis-nexis.com. 10 December 2003 South Korean Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy Yun Chin Shik says the government will seek new applications for a nuclear waste facility. This decision will override the government's original plan to construct a facility on Wi-do, an island within Puan-kun. According to Yun, "when Wi-do was earlier selected as the site for the nuclear waste facility, the opinions of Puan-kun residents were not faithfully reflected." In addition, Yun says some local governments have already expressed interest and willingness to host South Korea's first nuclear waste facility. The South Korean government plans to officially publicize and announce a schedule for new applications by the end of this year. —Yonhap News Agency, in "Gov't to Seek New Applicants for Nuclear Waste Facility," 10 December 2003, in "ROK Minister: Original Plan to set up Nuclear Waste Dump in Wido Not Yet Annulled," FBIS Document ID: KPP20031210000072; Yonhap News Agency, 10 December 2003, in "Policy Failure Leaves Korean Nuclear Waste Site Project Adrift," Asia Pulse, 10 December 2003, in Lexis-Nexis, web.lexis-nexis.com. 10 December 2003 President George W. Bush rejects North Korea's offer to freeze its nuclear weapons program if the US agrees to take its name off the list of terrorist sponsoring nations and provides economic and energy aid. In addition, North Korea says it will participate in a second round of six-party talks only if these demands are met. According to President Bush, the goal of the US is not to freeze the program, but rather to "dismantle a nuclear weapons program in a verifiable and irreversible way." South Korean officials say this recent proposal is not a response to the joint proposal written by the US, South Korea and Japan because it has not yet been relayed to North Korea. —Yonhap News Agency, 10 December 2003, in "South Korea Says Statement not Response to US-Backed Proposal," BBC Monitoring International Reports, 10 December 2003, in Lexis-Nexis, web.lexis-nexis.com; Yonhap News Agency, 10 December 2003, in "USA Rejects North Korean Offer on Six-Way Talks," BBC Monitoring International Reports, 10 December 2003, in Lexis-Nexis, web.lexis-nexis.com; Soo Jeong Lee, "North Korea Offers Proposal to Nuclear Standoff; Bush Unimpressed," Associated Press, 9 December 2003, in Lexis-Nexis, web.lexis- nexis.com; Han Myŏng T'aek, "Bush, Pukhan Haektonggyŏl Ch'ean Kŏbu," Naeil Shinmun, 10 December 2003, p. 1, in KINDS, www.kinds.or.kr. 9 December 2003 South Korean Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Lee Su Hyŏk says if the next round of six-party talks is not held by next week, it will be delayed until early next year. In addition, South Korean officials say the next round of talks will take place after North Korea accepts the proposal offered by the US, Japan and South Korea to resolve the nuclear crisis. —"Time Running out for Nuclear Talks This Year, Says South Korea," Channel News Asia, 9 December 2003, in Lexis-Nexis, web.lexis-nexis.com; Yonhap News Agency, 9 December 2003, in "South Korean Official Says the Six- Way Talks May be Delayed Until Next Year," BBC Worldwide Monitoring, 9 December 2003, in Lexis-Nexis, web.lexis-nexis.com. Related content is available on the website for the Nuclear Threat Initiative, www.nti.org. This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, or agents. Copyright © 2011 by MIIS. 7 December 2003 South Korean Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Lee Su Hyŏk announces that South Korea, the US and Japan have written a joint proposal that will be delivered to North Korea through China. The proposal contains a general set of principles including "coordinated steps" by all parties to resolve the nuclear crisis in which the US, South Korea, China, Japan and Russia will offer a security guarantee in return for North Korea's verifiable dismantlement of its nuclear facilities. —David E. Sanger, "US and 2 Allies Agree on a Plan for North Korea," New York Times, 8 December 2003, p. 1, in Lexis-Nexis, web.lexis-nexis.com; Yonhap News Agency, 7 December 2003, in "South Korea, USA, Japan to Convey 'Joint Proposal' to China on Six-Way Talks," BBC Worldwide Monitoring, 7 December 2003, in Lexis-Nexis, web.lexis-nexis.com; Kwan Kyŏng Pok, "Han Mi Il 2 Ch'a 6 Chahwoedam Ch'oanhabŭi / Wŏnchi'kchŏk Naeyongdama... Chungt'onghae Chumaljjŭm Puk Chŏn," Chosun Ilbo, 8 December 2003, p. 2, in KINDS, www.kinds.or.kr. 7 December 2003 A South Korean government official says the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) will hold talks with North Korea over how to preserve equipment and facilities during the one year suspension of light water reactor construction. The meeting is expected to be held for two days and will be the first contact between KEDO and North Korea since the nuclear crisis erupted in October 2002. —Soo Jeong Lee, "Talks on Suspended North Korean Nuclear Reactor to Take Place This Week," Associated Press, 7 December 2003, in Lexis-Nexis, web.lexis-nexis.com. 4 December 2003 The US, South Korea and Japan meet behind closed doors to coordinate policies and strategies to resolve North Korea's nuclear crisis. Participants of this informal meeting include South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Su Hyŏk, US Assistant Secretary of States James Kelly and the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Director General of Asian and Oceanic Affairs Mitoji Yabunaka. —"S. Korea, US and Japan Are Fine-Tuning Details Regarding 2nd Round of Six-Way Talks," Chosun Ilbo, 5 December 2003, www.chosun.com; Chu Yong Chung and Kwŏn Kyŏng Pok, "Mi, Puk 'Haek P'ogi' Nokko P'yŏnghaengsŏn... Onŭlbu't'ŏ Han, Mi, Il Hoedam," Chosun Ilbo, 4 December 2003, p. 6, in KINDS, www.kinds.or.kr. 4 December 2003 South Korea's Minister of Unification Chŏng Se Hyŏn urges both the US and North Korea to soften their positions and demands over a solution to North Korea's nuclear problem. In addition, the Minister says there is still the possibility of holding the second round of six-party talks by the end of December. This comment comes after the US recently rejected a Chinese draft proposal that provides North Korea with a security guarantee in exchange for a declaration from Pyongyang that it would abandon its nuclear weapons program.
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