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...always, it is unclear whether the North is bluffing. But Pyongyang's delegates to the talks had never been in a convivial mood. According to an American diplomat at the sessions, North Korea's representative, Vice Foreign Minister Kim Yong Il, privately told the U.S.'s top negotiator, Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly, that the U.S. had left the North no choice but to declare itself a nuclear power--and that Pyongyang would soon conduct a nuclear test. The next day Kelly recounted what he had been told. As China's envoy, Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, grew visibly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Small Talk In China | 9/8/2003 | See Source »

...North was miffed partly because the U.S. continued to demand that North Korea give up its nukes as a prelude to further negotiations, without a reciprocal nonaggression treaty. But more dominating in the country's post-talk rant was its sense of "betrayal." How or by whom, Pyongyang's official mouthpiece didn't elaborate. But frictions between North Korea and China have ratcheted up lately as the North seeks nuclear arms against Beijing's explicit wishes. The two communist nations were once so close that China sent troops to defend North Korea against the U.S. military. Now, Beijing appears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Odd Man Out | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

...could prove to be key in coaxing him back to the bargaining table. The country is the North's largest benefactor and trading partner, supplying up to two-thirds of its energy needs and nearly 40% of its food imports. Earlier this summer, Beijing showed its leverage by convincing Pyongyang to accept multilateral talks instead of the one-on-one negotiations with the U.S. that the North demanded. In July, China delivered a personal letter to Kim from President Hu Jintao warning him to halt his nuclear program. And on Aug. 20, Beijing quietly sent a senior army general...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Odd Man Out | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

...envoy, Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, grew visibly ruffled, Kim was obliged to repeat his threats. China, Russia, South Korea and Japan "heard what was said and saw how this business is handled" by the North, says the American diplomat. As a result, the remaining rivulets of goodwill that Pyongyang had at the bargaining table looked ready to evaporate. The U.S. was "pleased with the outcome," says the diplomat, although it was "by no means triumphal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Odd Man Out | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

...Beijing talks are more likely to produce a protracted stalemate. Pyongyang, might continue racing ahead with its nuclear program and eventually testing a weapon. The U.S. meanwhile is instituting plans to intercept North Korean shipping on the high seas in order to choke off the export of drugs and missiles that are estimated to earn Pyongyang up to $1 billion a year. Washington is also pressing Beijing to accept the construction of large, U.S.-funded refugee camps along its border with North Korea, designed to speed the collapse of Pyongyang's regime. But the North Koreans have warned that they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Talking May Only Make the North Korea Situation Worse | 8/26/2003 | See Source »

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