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...Bush begins his second term, it looks as if North Korea policy will assume a new prominence in American statecraft?and the Administration will take a harder line on Pyongyang. Skeptics argue that Bush has never had a North Korea policy, only an attitude, and that he has more than enough on his plate in Iraq to keep him busy. But such arguments may "misunderestimate" the temperament of both Bush and the U.S. This is not a President who dreams of leaving behind a few new treaties as his political legacy; he thinks in more simple terms of making...
...indicators of success?and of failure?for any risky venture. To date, evaluation of the talks has been unburdened by performance measures. Look for that to change in the coming year, with Washington explaining more clearly to its partners how it will be assessing progress. (Hint to China: paying Pyongyang?again?just to show up won't count in the "success" column.) Don't be surprised if Washington publicly declares this diplomatic investment a write...
...been hosting break down, and even more is at stake if North Korea emerges as a de facto nuclear power on China's doorstep. If Beijing has to carry a little more of North Korea's heavy water, China will be that much more likely to pressure Pyongyang with words and by withholding...
...abroad. Look for a new push on North Korean human rights next year. The U.S. will soon appoint a special envoy for the issue, under the new North Korea Human Rights Act of 2004. And the European Union may want to cooperate with Washington on this one, given that Pyongyang is the world's worst violator. The self-described human-rights champions who run South Korea these days will be shamefully AWOL in this fight, but that won't matter. South Korea's constitution offers citizenship to anyone who comes in from the North. If the U.S. can help arrange...
...absence of Kim's portrait from the People's Palace of Culture in Pyongyang was confirmed last week by before-and-after photos in a South Korean newspaper. And Stanislav Varivoda, a Russian correspondent based in the capital, says Kim's image was also missing from the city's Mansudae Assembly Hall. But Varivoda told TIME he could find no evidence that other portraits were missing. Meanwhile, an aid worker in Pyongyang said he saw nothing amiss in the dozen buildings he visited last week. However, a source close to South Korean intelligence told TIME that some portraits...