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...because it is perceived to be too closely aligned with the foreign policy of U.S. President George W. Bush. The U.S. is expected to eventually apply to North Korea the same heavy pressure it used to force Iraq to accept United Nations weapons inspectors. America has already cut off Kim Jong Il's oil shipments, and last week the U.N.'s nuclear monitoring agency adopted a resolution urging Kim to abandon his weapons program and allow inspectors in. If the North does not respond by March, the matter could be taken up by the U.N. Security Council...
...Legacy: Kim Dae Jung Retires...
...year-old former human-rights lawyer, says South Korea's security can be assured by continuing Kim's policies. He wants to press Pyongyang to dismantle its atomic weapons program without halting the flow of public and private money from Seoul, which amounts to about $250 million annually. Lee prefers the stick to the carrot, and would halt assistance until the crisis is resolved. "What has (the Sunshine Policy) brought us?" he asks. "It has brought us nuclear weapons...
...Professor Hahm Sung Deuk, a political expert at Korea University, says Kim Jong Il, by demonstrating once again how unpredictable and creepy his regime is, may have given Lee a boost with voters, helping to validate his view of the Sunshine Policy as naive appeasement. Certainly the hard-line stance resonates with older citizens, who still remember the horrors of the Korean...
...violence expresses a growing belief that the country no longer needs 37,000 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea as a deterrent to invasion by the North. Roh has taken just such a position in the past. But Lee?instead of scoring political points by emphasizing just how dangerous Kim Jong Il remains?is forced to play the moderate. The cold warriors in his party can only hope that toning down the rhetoric will widen Lee's appeal and win him the election. Only then will they be able to test the theory that the North Korean question...