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...what of the reaction of the South Korean government, the self-styled battered spouse and co-enabler in the North Korean nuclear drama? Seoul still seems to be in, well, denial. South Korean diplomats are letting it be known that there were "promising elements" in the package Pyongyang "left on the table" in Beijing. (Memo to South Korea: don't try to open that promising package when your loved ones are in the room...
...take even more in the way of hostile pyrotechnics from Pyongyang to convince Seoul to join the U.S. Defense Department's North Korean-regime-change club. But don't put it past Kim. Nobody has a greater knack for alienating friends and enemies alike...
...During talks last month between Pyongyang and Seoul, South Korean officials warned they might, in fact, make their own economic aid contingent on better behavior. According to a South Korean official, the message from Seoul was "we will no longer automatically supply everything to our brethren. We will not provide a blank check." Adds the official: "I think they got the message...
...which leaves Roh in an awkward position during his White House visit. While campaigning for President, Roh promised to maintain peace on the peninsula at almost any cost, but the North's brinkmanship makes it tougher to argue for dangling carrots instead of wielding sticks. Seoul still wants further discussions and thinks the U.S. might eventually convince Kim to disarm by accepting the North's latest demands for economic assistance. But Washington isn't biting. Even U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, widely seen as relatively moderate, has refused to embrace the North's blueprint. "This proposal is a nonstarter...
...tension between Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington increases, Harvard’s only Korean drum troupe, composed of eight undergraduates, will bring a refreshingly apolitical Korean entertainment to Arts First...