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Mon. October 07, 2024

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Stronger U.S. Push Needed for N. Korea Reform

The authors argue that current US policy towards North Korea needs massive changes. Although the US is right not to reward North Korea for its transgressions, they are left without anyway to coerce t... Read More...

We Need to Talk to North Korea

The author claims that the Bush Administration is simply not doing enough to bring about an end to the North Korean issue, and argues that the President must quickly act to stop North Korea before the... Read More...

The EU Stretches its Foreign Policy Wings Over Korea

The European Union has become tired of sitting on the sidelines of the North Korean situations and is now demanding that they too play a major role in shaping the outcome of this on going problem. By... Read More...

Sino-Indian comparisons could be advantageous

Since China and India have similar historic and economic backgrounds of which they have handled in very different ways: there exists a prime opportunity for the two states to study each other and lear... Read More...

Analysis: Will N.Korea conduct nuke test?

South Korean analysts discuss the potential strategies the North Koreans may be attempting to use by testing Nuclear Weapons. By Jong-Heon Lee (UPI, 12/05/05) Read More...

Pressure on North Korea: U.S. Stealth Jets Sent to South

An analysis of the impact the recent deployment of US stealth fighters to South Korea will have. How will this perceived hardening of US policy affect the stalled Six Party Talks? By Joel Brinkley ... Read More...

U.S. Pushes to Restart North Korea Talks

The article provides a thorough description of the suspected North Korean Nuclear program as well as states the current US Policy towards the rogue Communist state. By Paul Kerr (Arms Control Associa... Read More...

U.N. Cites North Korea Food Shortages

North Korea’s massive food shortages are forcing the Communist state to send millions of its urban residents into the countryside to aid in growing food. Meanwhile global aid organizations are callin... Read More...

North Korea's Nuclear Odyssey Aided By Soviets, China And Pakistan

A short timeline describing the development of North Korea’s nuclear program since the 1950s, focusing on the aid received by the Soviet Union, China, and Pakistan. (Space War, 01/06/05) Read More...

North Korea declares permanent end to US MIA recovery work

In response to a US decision to halt a remains retrieval mission over North Korea’s refusal to return to the Six Party Talks; North Korea has announced they were permanently ending the retrieval missi... Read More...

U.S. Says It Intercepted Nuclear Material for North Korea, Iran

The United States and its allies have intercepted 11 shipments of nuclear materials destined to North Korea and Iran. The US is claiming that their anti-nuclear weapons trafficking program is continu... Read More...

Summary of North Korea’s Nuclear Arsenal

A summary of predicted weapons in North Korea’s nuclear arsenal, based off of US Intelligence analysis reports. (Center for Defense Information, 31/05/05) Read More...

Epithets Increase Tension Over Korea

Choe San-Hung’s in depth article about North Korea focusing on the rising tensions between the isolated Communist state and the United States as continued call for a return to the Six Party Talks have... Read More...

Religious freedom non existent in North Korea says US Commission

Peter Kenny’s featured article for Ecumenical News International states that although North Korea has pledged to allow Freedom of Religion, the officially atheist state is still highly restricting pub... Read More...

Country Analysis Briefs: North Korea

The Energy Information Administration’s brief analysis of North Korea’s economic and energy background as of 2004. (EIA 01/01/04 Read More...

North Korean growth masks economic troubles

In his Reuters article, Jon Herskovitz reports that although the North Korean economy has grown in recent history, it is not a sign that the North Korean economy is actually improving. By Jon Herskov... Read More...

The Bush Administration’s Second-Term Foreign Policy Toward East Asia

President Bush’s second-term policy goals in Eastern Asia as presented by Evans J.R. Revere, Acting Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Reports on North and South Korea, China, Ja... Read More...

John R. Bolton's Press Roundtable with Japanese Media

Roundtable discussion between then Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security John R. Bolton and the Japanese Media on North Korea and the Six Party Talks, although other issues such ... Read More...

Six-Party Talks and China’s Role as an Intermediary in the Process

Joseph E. DeTrani, Special Envoy for Six-Party Talks, explains the United State’s progress towards achieving their goals in the Six Party Talks. He also explains what further steps must be taken from... Read More...

Beijing's Stance on North Korea

Anne Wu, a former official in the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, describes in the Asian Wall Street Journal the Chinese stance and need for China to take further initiative in the North Korean ... Read More...

Careless on North Korea

A strong critique by the Boston Globe of President Bush’s handling of the North Korea situation, which urges the President to be more flexible in negotiating for a diplomatic solution. (Boston Globe ... Read More...

Forcing North Korea's Hand

Ted Galen Carpenter of the CATO Institute argues that even if North Korea was forcedly returned to the Six Party Talks, it would be meaningless. He argues that the United States must adopt a much mor... Read More...

North Korea Nuclear Reprocessing

Voice of America’s article that reflects the United States government’s policy on the issue of nuclear weapons in North Korea. (VOA 04/21/05)) Read More...

Nuclear nonproliferation

The Asahi Shimbun’s editorial about the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the need for changes to be made to the treaty in order to bring rogue states like North Korea and Iran back into compliance.... Read More...

Political cheap shots and North Korea

Editorial by the Washington Times that attacks Democrats and the media over their constant harsh critiques of President Bush’s handling of the North Korea situation. The article goes on to point out ... Read More...

Pyongyang eyes nuclear test

In his Japan Times editorial, Keizo Nabeshima, writes about the Six Party Talks and the impact that nuclear weapons in North Korea would have in Japan and the region. By Keizo Nabeshima (The Japan Ti... Read More...

Cairo’s Changing Face

Examines Egypt's issues and future. By Mounir Ibrahim. (5/26/2005) Read More...

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Tariff Hike Helps Keep Textile Trade in Order

China plans to raise export tariffs on 74 textile products next month. The writer views the move as a positive sign that China is determined to restructure its textile industry to prepare for future c... Read More...

China’s Level of Development Should Not be Overestimated

Looking at per capita GDP and the number of people in absolute poverty, the writer believes China is still a developing country and its level of development should not be overestimated. By Bo Xilai. (... Read More...

RUSSIA WRITES OFF ABOUT 75% OF SYRIA'S DEBT

Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin is to sign in Damascus an Agreement on Settlement of Syria's Debt to Russia. (Novosti, 5/28/2005) RIA Novosti MOSCOW (May 28) Read More...

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