Reply #5: From the OP

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>>>The North Korean news report also referred to the 2002 DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration, in which the two countries agreed to aim to set up diplomatic relations and in which Japan apologized for its past, colonial occupation of Korea. In the 2002 document, Pyongyang insists, it had expressed its "intention to extend beyond 2003 the moratorium on...missile fire in the spirit of the declaration." The North Korean news report noted: "This step was taken on the premise that Japan moved to normalize its relations with the DPRK and redeem its past. The Japanese authorities, however, have abused the DPRK's good faith. They have not honored their commitment...." (In other words, "Fire away!")<<<