Former Pentagon chief predicts Iran crisis soon (AP) AP - William Perry, who headed the Pentagon during a 1994 nuclear standoff with North Korea, predicted on Thursday that President-elect Barack Obama will soon face a nuclear crisis with Iran. North Korea may see no U.S. nuclear threat: adviser (Reuters)
SKorea groups to send leaflets with NKorean bills (AFP)
Taiwan ex-leader accused of embezzling funds meant for NKorea (AFP)
US official: NKorea will challenge Obama (AP)
NKorea sets March date for parliamentary elections (AP)
North Korea nuclear ambitions will test Obama: official (AFP)
NKorea tightens controls on mobile phones (AFP)
North Korea says to elect MPs in government shake-up (Reuters)
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Reuters - North Korea may have begun developing nuclear arms after deciding the United States was unlikely to use nuclear weapons to eliminate its development program, a senior Pentagon adviser said on Thursday.
AFP - South Korean activists said Thursday they would attach North Korean money to the anti-Pyongyang leaflets they float across the border next month.
AFP - A Taiwanese ruling party lawmaker on Thursday accused ex-president Chen Shui-bian of embezzling diplomatic funds meant to go to North Korea, in the latest twist in a long-running corruption probe.
AP - The Bush administration said Wednesday that nuclear-armed North Korea will be an early test for President-elect Barack Obama's new administration, conceding that one of President George W. Bush's top foreign policy initiatives is unlikely to be resolved before Obama takes office Jan. 20.
AP - North Korea announced Wednesday it will hold long overdue elections in March amid indications the impoverished regime plans to fill parliament with finance-savvy legislators and has named new Cabinet ministers with economic know-how.
AFP - North Korea will be an "early challenge" for Barack Obama, as the United States remains locked in a tense stand off over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions, US President George W. Bush's top foreign policy advisor said in remarks prepared for delivery Wednesday.
AFP - North Korea has tightened controls on mobile phones at a South Korean-funded industrial estate amid worsening cross-border ties, officials said Wednesday.
Reuters - Communist North Korea announced on Wednesday it will elect new delegates to its rubber stamp parliament in March, marking another step in a leadership shakeup that has already included a cabinet reshuffle.
