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US, S.Korea Make "Significant Progress" In Missile Talks
Seoul (AFP) February 11, 2000 - The United States and ally South Korea have made "significant progress" in talks over Seoul's bid to extend the range of its missile armaments, a report here said Friday. "Both sides have made significant progress in technical issues," Seoul's Yonhap News Agency said quoting an unnamed foreign ministry official. "But the final agreement has not been reached," the official added. South Korean negotiators were not immediately available to confirm the report. The US and South Korea have been negotiating in Hawaii this week over Seoul's attempts to boost its military missile range to as much as 500 kilometers (312 miles). Song Min-Soon, head of the foreign ministry's North American affairs bureau, left for Hawaii Monday to meet US assistant secretary of state for non-proliferation, Robert Einhorn, for the talks. In a 1970s agreement with Washington, South Korea voluntarily set its missile range limit at 180 kilometers in order to receive US missile technology. Seoul wants to extend the range of its missiles to cover all of North Korea's territory. South Korea has complained that its missiles cannot hit any targets beyond Pyongyang, the capital of Stalinist North Korea, which has not only South Korea but also Japan within its striking range. President Kim Dae-Jung has said the South, still technically at war with the North, now wants to boost the range to 300 kilometers for deployment and 500 kilometers for scientific research and development. But the missile talks have dragged on amid Washington's concerns about sparking an arms race in this volatile region. North Korea raised regional tensions by firing a medium-range Taepodong I missile over Japan in August 1998, claiming it was trying to put a satellite into orbit. Copyright 1999 AFP. All rights reserved. The material on this page is provided by AFP and may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Space
Satellite Launch To Boost DTH In India
Calcutta, India (SPX) Dec 28, 2005The successful launch Thursday of India's heaviest satellite from spaceport of Kourou in French Guyana may have boosted the country's space research efforts to yet another level, but it has also lifted the spirits of at least three Direct-To-Home televisions broadcasters, one of which has been waiting for years to launch its services in India. |
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