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...Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill was clearly frustrated last week when a reporter in Seoul asked him why Washington isn't offering a "bold solution" to convince North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il to abandon his nuclear-weapons program. "Why are you blaming me?" asked Hill. "You should be blaming Kim Jong Il." Hill later told TIME: "Frankly, it is time to give Kim Jong Il a bit of a kick...
...other options. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice raised the possibility of pushing the U.N. Security Council to exert pressure on Kim. Through the 2003 Proliferation Security Initiative, an international accord to curtail trafficking in weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. could possibly step up efforts to intercept North Korean shipments of contraband. But China, the only country with genuine influence over Kim, remains opposed to disruptions in North Korea's aid and legal trade?and with a seat on the U.N. Security Council, it can block any U.S. attempt to gain international backing for economic sanctions. Beijing fears that...
...perfectly into Washington's hands, convincing the international community to get serious about imposing painful sanctions. "If North Korea takes such reckless actions as conducting a nuclear test, it will further deepen its isolation and take itself on a road where its future will not be guaranteed," warned South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon...