korean unification studies

Kenneth Quinones, former US State Department North Korea specialist, has a very interesting piece comparing the ‘freeze’ on North Korean nuclear facilities that the Clinton administration sought and the ‘disablement’ on North Korean nuclear facilities that the Bush administration is seeking. Here is a taste:
In November 1994, I accompanied the first U.S. delegation to visit the […]

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North Korea has reportedly stated that it will not stand by idle as South Korean vessels violate their border in the West Sea. KCNA (see below) stated that the North Korean navy “…will never remain an onlooker to the South Korean naval warships’ reckless military provocation…” and that “the behavior is an unpardonable and undisguised provocation”
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North Korea marked the anniversary of the 9 October 2006 nuclear test with an editorial in the Rodong Sinmun that celebrated the test as a “truly great miracle”  which made North Korea “soaring as a powerful and great nation”.
Any ideas that North Korea will give up all of its nuclear assets should be banished from the mind. […]

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There seems to be one possibility that has been overlooked by most analysts in the Syria-North Korea connection – the possibility that the ‘relevant materials’ taken by Israeli commandos before the facility was destroyed, were in fact North Korean engineers.
Sure it’s pure speculation, but so is just about every other report on the Syria-North Korea […]

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After discussions with several North Korea specialists, I have come to agree with their conclusion that the current Six Party Talks are merely a diplomatic game from which North Korea will exact every possible concession, before closing up shop and heading home.
Quite simply, the final goal of the Six Party Talks process, namely complete, verifiable, and […]

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The Six-Party nuclear talks scheduled to commence 19 September 2007, have been postponed.
Japan’s NHK has stated that China was unable to obtain Pyongyang’s consent for a new round of talks. Kyodo has quoted a South Korean official as stating that the North wants to hold the talks after the inter-Korean Summit scheduled for 2-4 October, and Bloomberg is […]

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Well, more is slowly coming out, but sources remain a little dubious. The WaPO is reporting that Israel has satellite imagery of some kind of nuclear facility. From the WaPo report:
The new information, particularly images received in the past 30 days, has been restricted to a few senior officials under the instructions of national security adviser […]

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