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「防衛に十分な核爆弾保有」 北朝鮮次官が米ＴＶで明言
2005年06月09日11時59分
北朝鮮の金桂寛外務次官は８日放送の米ＡＢＣテレビのインタビューで、「米国の攻撃に対する防衛のために十分な核爆弾を保有している」と明言した。核爆弾を増産する方針や核兵器をミサイルに搭載するための弾頭化についても、可能性を示唆した。金次官は６者協議の首席代表を務め、９０年代から対米交渉を担当してきた有力者。今回の発言が、再開に向けた外交努力が続く６者協議の行方に影響を与える可能性もある。
金次官は北朝鮮政府から平壌訪問を認められたＡＢＣテレビの記者に答えた。核爆弾の数については「米国の攻撃を防ぐために十分な数」とだけ述べ、「何個かは秘密だ」とした。
また、「いまも爆弾を製造しているのか」との質問には「そうだ」と答えた。
さらに、弾頭化の技術があるかどうかについては正面からの回答を避けつつも「我が国の科学者は世界中の他の科学者たちに匹敵する、ということを知ってほしい」と述べ、間接的ながら技術があるとの立場を示した。
一方、北朝鮮の弾道ミサイルが米本土に到達するかどうかについては「私たちの核計画は米国への攻撃を意図したものではない」と答えた。
ABC NEWS
N. Korea Admits Building More Nuclear Bombs
Top Official Discusses Nuclear Ambitions; Millions of N. Koreans Forced Into Farming
「防衛に十分な核爆弾保有」 北朝鮮次官が米ＴＶで明言
2005年06月09日11時59分
北朝鮮の金桂寛外務次官は８日放送の米ＡＢＣテレビのインタビューで、「米国の攻撃に対する防衛のために十分な核爆弾を保有している」と明言した。核爆弾を増産する方針や核兵器をミサイルに搭載するための弾頭化についても、可能性を示唆した。金次官は６者協議の首席代表を務め、９０年代から対米交渉を担当してきた有力者。今回の発言が、再開に向けた外交努力が続く６者協議の行方に影響を与える可能性もある。
金次官は北朝鮮政府から平壌訪問を認められたＡＢＣテレビの記者に答えた。核爆弾の数については「米国の攻撃を防ぐために十分な数」とだけ述べ、「何個かは秘密だ」とした。
また、「いまも爆弾を製造しているのか」との質問には「そうだ」と答えた。
さらに、弾頭化の技術があるかどうかについては正面からの回答を避けつつも「我が国の科学者は世界中の他の科学者たちに匹敵する、ということを知ってほしい」と述べ、間接的ながら技術があるとの立場を示した。
一方、北朝鮮の弾道ミサイルが米本土に到達するかどうかについては「私たちの核計画は米国への攻撃を意図したものではない」と答えた。
ABC NEWS
N. Korea Admits Building More Nuclear Bombs
Top Official Discusses Nuclear Ambitions; Millions of N. Koreans Forced Into Farming
PYONGYANG, North Korea, June 8, 2005
— In an exclusive interview with ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff, North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Gye Gwan said the country is in the process of building additional nuclear bombs and would neither confirm nor deny the missiles' ability to hit the United States.
Woodruff is part of an ABC News team recently granted rare access to the country. During the interview, Gwan — the country's chief nuclear negotiator — spoke openly about North Korea's nuclear ambitions:
BOB WOODRUFF: Do you have a nuclear bomb?
KIM GYE GWAN: We do have.
WOODRUFF: How many do you have?
GWAN: I should say that we have enough nuclear bombs to defend against a U.S. attack. As for specifically how many we have, that is a secret.
WOODRUFF: Are you building more bombs now?
GWAN: Yes.
Despite those claims, many analysts are not convinced North Korea has nuclear weapons because it has not conducted any nuclear tests. In the past several years it has tested long-range missiles, however.
WOODRUFF: Do have a missile capable of hitting the mainland United States?
GWAN: I think I've said our nuclear program is are not aimed at attacking the U.S.
WOODRUFF: It's not aimed there, but does it have the capability of reaching there?
GWAN: We don't have any intention at all of attacking the U.S. So you can't even speculate about that kind of thing.
WOODRUFF: Do have the ability to put a nuclear warhead on your long range missiles?
GWAN: I want you to know that our scientists have the knowledge, comparable to other scientists around the world.
WOODRUFF: Is that a yes or a no?
GWAN: You can take it as you like.
— In an exclusive interview with ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff, North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Gye Gwan said the country is in the process of building additional nuclear bombs and would neither confirm nor deny the missiles' ability to hit the United States.
Woodruff is part of an ABC News team recently granted rare access to the country. During the interview, Gwan — the country's chief nuclear negotiator — spoke openly about North Korea's nuclear ambitions:
BOB WOODRUFF: Do you have a nuclear bomb?
KIM GYE GWAN: We do have.
WOODRUFF: How many do you have?
GWAN: I should say that we have enough nuclear bombs to defend against a U.S. attack. As for specifically how many we have, that is a secret.
WOODRUFF: Are you building more bombs now?
GWAN: Yes.
Despite those claims, many analysts are not convinced North Korea has nuclear weapons because it has not conducted any nuclear tests. In the past several years it has tested long-range missiles, however.
WOODRUFF: Do have a missile capable of hitting the mainland United States?
GWAN: I think I've said our nuclear program is are not aimed at attacking the U.S.
WOODRUFF: It's not aimed there, but does it have the capability of reaching there?
GWAN: We don't have any intention at all of attacking the U.S. So you can't even speculate about that kind of thing.
WOODRUFF: Do have the ability to put a nuclear warhead on your long range missiles?
GWAN: I want you to know that our scientists have the knowledge, comparable to other scientists around the world.
WOODRUFF: Is that a yes or a no?
GWAN: You can take it as you like.
Struggles of Daily Life
Life remains very difficult in North Korea, where food shortages and occasional blackouts are common occurrences. To save power, the traffic lights in the capital Pyongyang have been turned off for more than four years. Highly trained police direct the traffic at intersections instead.
The campus at Kim Il Sung University, normally teeming with 12,000 students, is empty. The students, along with an estimated 3 million other North Koreans, were ordered out of the cities this month and directed into rice fields to help plant the new crop.
North Korea is in the midst of a major food crisis, and is working to boost its agricultural production.
"Our leader Kim Jung Il told us to mobilize," one North Korean engineer-turned-farmer told ABC News. "A person cannot work without food."
The North Koreans can not return to the city until the farming is done, and they work without farming equipment — using only their hands.
ABC News' Bob Woodruff filed this report on "World News Tonight."
Life remains very difficult in North Korea, where food shortages and occasional blackouts are common occurrences. To save power, the traffic lights in the capital Pyongyang have been turned off for more than four years. Highly trained police direct the traffic at intersections instead.
The campus at Kim Il Sung University, normally teeming with 12,000 students, is empty. The students, along with an estimated 3 million other North Koreans, were ordered out of the cities this month and directed into rice fields to help plant the new crop.
North Korea is in the midst of a major food crisis, and is working to boost its agricultural production.
"Our leader Kim Jung Il told us to mobilize," one North Korean engineer-turned-farmer told ABC News. "A person cannot work without food."
The North Koreans can not return to the city until the farming is done, and they work without farming equipment — using only their hands.
ABC News' Bob Woodruff filed this report on "World News Tonight."
