Word: pyongyang
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...what is often called the last good war. North Korea was forcing him to recall one of the bad ones -- the Korean War of 1950-53, in which 2 million soldiers and 2 million civilians on both sides were killed. The same leader, Kim Il Sung, still rules in Pyongyang, and he was sounding no less aggressive now than he had been then...
...dictator has been playing a complicated game of nuclear now-you-see-it, now-you-don't for the past two years, both leaders raised the anxiety level a few notches last week. After North Korea's nuclear technicians blocked the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from verifying whether Pyongyang has already secretly diverted enough plutonium for a bomb or two, Clinton for the first time asked the U.N. Security Council to take up the issue of economic sanctions. In the past, North Korea has vowed to consider sanctions an act of war, a pledge that will surely...
...concerned. Though Kim Il Sung has not explicitly said he would respond to sanctions by invading South Korea, it is a chilling fact that he did invade once before. For his part, Clinton has vowed that North Korea cannot be allowed to acquire an atomic arsenal. A nuclear-armed Pyongyang could not only frighten Japan and South Korea into building the Bomb but also might be willing to sell atomic weapons to any rogue states that would pay, such as Iran and Libya...
...last week, foreign affairs experts like former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger and Senator John McCain voiced their exasperation with the North. They insisted that the regime's latest violations had gone beyond the realm of diplomatic debate, and they called for tough sanctions against Pyongyang and preparations for war if necessary. If the North's nuclear program is not stopped, declared Eagleburger, there will be no hope of controlling the spread of nuclear weapons in the world, and "it ought to scare the pants off everybody." Said McCain: "The only thing that convinces people like Kim Il Sung...
...minor setback that had major implications today, as the International Atomic Energy Agency voted to suspend most assistance. Most notable is that China did not overtly oppose the move. Instead, Beijing's representatives abstained, perhaps sending a signal that China would take the same approach when sanctions against Pyongyang are considered by the U.N. in the coming days. In South Korea, the U.S. and Seoul continued to prepare for an all-out North Korean assault that might include a nuclear-weapons attack...