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North Korea May be Upping the Ante

Aired December 30, 2002 - 05:08   ET

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CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: We're going to move on now to the nuclear crisis out of North Korea. North Korea may be upping the ante there. That government is hinting now that it may be preparing to pull out of the global nuclear arms control treaty.
We're going to take you live now to Seoul and talk with our bureau chief Sohn Jie-Ae for the latest on this.

SOHN JIE-AE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Catherine, it's many, it's what many here call upping the ante, and what North Korea likes to do is nuclear brinkmanship. It is pressure -- putting on the pressure so that its counterparts, in this case the United States, actually buckles in and agrees to what North Korea wants, in this case, dialogue with North Korea.

Washington over the weekend did not say that it was going to buckle into such pressure, but over the weekend Secretary of State Colin Powell said that he was looking for other ways to communicate with North Korea, was asking other allies such as China and Russia to help in its ways, in its attempts to reign in North Korea -- Catherine.

CALLAWAY: Thank you.

That's our Seoul bureau chief, Sohn Jie-Ae.

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Aired December 30, 2002 - 05:08   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: We're going to move on now to the nuclear crisis out of North Korea. North Korea may be upping the ante there. That government is hinting now that it may be preparing to pull out of the global nuclear arms control treaty.
We're going to take you live now to Seoul and talk with our bureau chief Sohn Jie-Ae for the latest on this.

SOHN JIE-AE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Catherine, it's many, it's what many here call upping the ante, and what North Korea likes to do is nuclear brinkmanship. It is pressure -- putting on the pressure so that its counterparts, in this case the United States, actually buckles in and agrees to what North Korea wants, in this case, dialogue with North Korea.

Washington over the weekend did not say that it was going to buckle into such pressure, but over the weekend Secretary of State Colin Powell said that he was looking for other ways to communicate with North Korea, was asking other allies such as China and Russia to help in its ways, in its attempts to reign in North Korea -- Catherine.

CALLAWAY: Thank you.

That's our Seoul bureau chief, Sohn Jie-Ae.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com