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...nuclear reactor at Yongbyon, the communist leadership blustered that the IAEA was the U.S.’s poodle and kicked inspectors out of the country.Despite the North’s past transgressions, the recent February deal seems to be a knockoff of the Agreed Framework, North Korea??s most famous broken promise. Signed in 1994, the Agreed Framework called for the North to halt its nuclear research in exchange for heavy oil and two light-water reactors from the U.S. In October 2002, however, a North Korean delegation admitted to its U.S. counterpart that the North...
...cooperation, that made the present agreement possible. Indeed, China’s role cannot be overemphasized. As perhaps the only nation in the world capable of bringing North Korea to its knees without resorting to military force, China’s willingness to implement limited sanctions after North Korea??s nuclear test was crucial...
Student delegates from six Asian universities expressed optimism regarding North Korea??s nuclear disarmament program, while also arguing for patience and caution in a panel discussion held at the Institute of Politics last night. The moderator, Ford Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus Ezra F. Vogel, began by asking the student panelists about their reactions to the recent multinational agreement in which North Korea agreed to take steps toward dismantling its nuclear program in exchange for fuel aid. Vogel noted that in light of the recent agreement, yesterday’s discussion was “much more...
...South Korean politician widely expected to become one of the country’s leading presidential contenders—and perhaps South Korea??s first woman president—made clear at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum last night what her top priority would be if elected to the nation’s highest office. “I have only one objective,” South Korean National Assembly member Park Geun-hye said. “I am in to save my country.” Park, who chaired South Korea??s conservative...
...same time that the State Department sent its representatives to Beijing recently to discuss future talks with North Korea, it denied a North Korean official permission to speak at Harvard. Pak Gil Yon, North Korea??s Ambassador to the United Nations, was tentatively scheduled to speak Nov. 22 at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) about “challenges in the region,” according to KSG spokeswoman Melodie L. Jackson. But the State Department undermined the public discourse and understanding of an important current issue—North Korea??s nuclear ambitions?...