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Pact Spares Saudis From Nuke Review The Saudi Arabian government signed an agreement with the IAEA that would exempt them from inspections of their small nuclear program as part of the Small Quantities Protocol. By Michael Adler (Washi... Read More...

U.S. Warns Iran on Nuclear Issue The U.S. stated at the quarterly meeting of the IAEA that Iran could face military consequences if it does not come clean about its nuclear program. By Allisa Rubin (Los Angeles Times 17/06/2005.) Read More...

China advances missile program China successfully flight-tested a long range, submarine based missile, marking what a U.S. official called a significant milestone in China's long range nuclear weapons program. By Bill Gertz (Washi... Read More...

Iran Said To Admit Tests On Path To Atom Arms An IAEA official stated that Iran has admitted to continuing a plutonium development program, as long as five years after it claimed to have stopped such programs, after being confronted with laborato... Read More...

Getting Around Pyongyang's Hard-Liners The author claims that Kim Jung Il is not the true power in North Korea, and that there is currently a division in the state between pragmatists and nationalist hardliners. Therefore the United State... Read More...

Dubious spin on North Korea Democrats need to stop blaming President Bush for the ongoing problem with North Korea. President Bush, the article claims, has done no worse than President Clinton. (The Washington Times, 09/06/05) Read More...

N.K. nukes and ROK-U.S. alliance The current North Korea crisis, if handled properly could squash anti-American sentiments in South Korea and strengthen the two states' alliance. Yet if handled poorly, the foundation of the alliance... Read More...

Gauging N.K. rationality Since President Bush's use of "Mr." (which can be translated in Korean as "Teacher") North Korea has proved more willing to work with the US. Now the US must take advantage of the situation, before N... Read More...

Crazy aunt heard from Argues that the US can not continue to ship North Korea food aid, at least not in the way previously done. Since North Korea leaders and military take most of the aid for themselves, the US must find... Read More...

An international food fight? Article states that calling Kim Jung Il "Mr." is only an excuse, not the real reason why North Korea suddenly wants peace talks. The real reason North Korea wants to work with the US is the US's thre... Read More...

North Korea agreement to return to talks is only first step on long road Getting North Korea back to the negotiating tables will only be the begining of a long process that will test the limits of the US's Asian alliances and American influence over China. By Barry Schwei... Read More...

'Mr. Kim' The author claims that the idea that North Korea is having bilateral talks with the US simply over the usage of President Bush's "Mr. Kim Jung Il" is silly. North Korea is desperate for economic aid,... Read More...

Six-Way Talks at Crossroads Following the recent bilateral meeting between the US and North Korea, a glimmer of hope has emerged that a peaceful outcome might happen. But, the US-Korea summit in Flordia may result in some inter... Read More...

Key tenets of U.S. policy toward Asia The article discusses and questions various aspect of US Foreign Policy in Asia, including such issues as North Korea and the Six Party Talks, China-Taiwan, and the strengthening of bilateral military... Read More...

U.S.-North Korea in game of chicken The article discusses US Policy towards North Korea, and argues what steps the US should take and avoid in order to see a favorable outcome on the Korea Peninsula. By Park Sang-seek (The Korea Herald... Read More...

Accord on Contingency Plan The article explains the importance of the recent US-South Korea contingency plan over North Korea. The article goes on to say that unlike previous plans, the US treated the South Koreans as equal pa... Read More...

Seoul Should Take Lead in NK Nukes The article argues that the United State’s long standing rhetoric war with North Korea has ineffectually rendered the US unable to play a major “brokering” role in the conflict. However, South Korea’... Read More...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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