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Demand for nuclear weapons in Kim Jong-Il’s will

Kim Jong-Il’s will demands WMDs, The Telegraph, AFP April 13, 2012 KIM Jong-Il’s will urges North Korea to develop weapons of mass destruction, a top defector has said. A top North Korean defector yesterday said he had obtained the last will and testament of Kim Jong-Il.

“Keep in mind that constantly developing and keeping nuclear (weapons), long-range missiles and biochemical weapons is the way to keep peace on the Korean peninsula, and never drop your guard,” the will said, according to Japanese weekly tabloid magazine Shukan Bunshun.

The report comes as poor but nuclear-armed North Korea is planning to
launch a rocket that it says will put a satellite in orbit to mark the
centenary of the birth of late founding president Kim Il-Sung, the
father of Kim Jong-Il.

Lee Yun-Keol, the head of respected South Korean think-tank NK
Strategic Information Service Centre (NKSIS), obtained the will from
“a person very close to a top North Korean official”, the Japanese
magazine said……
The best-selling Shukan Bunshun did not print an image of the will,
but reproduced a number of quotes it said were taken from the
document.

“We have to win the psychological war with the United States. By
standing up imposingly as a legitimate nuclear power, we have to
weaken American influence in the Korean peninsula and work toward
lifting international sanctions to prepare external conditions for
economic development,” it said……
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/kims-will-pushes-nuclear-weapons/story-e6frev00-1226325432668

April 13, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, weapons and war