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01/30 'War Is Impermissible on Korean Peninsula'S Korea Promises Large-scale Aid to North (OhmyNews) -- Unification Minister Chung Dong Young, on visit to Germany, declared a plan to offer "comprehensive and concrete aid" to North Korea -- massive economic aid -- from the moment it begins the process of giving up its nuclear program. This is quite different from the U.S. position, which states that security guarantees and improvements in relations would be possible only after the North Koreans declared they are giving up their nuclear program and confirmation is made that the situation cannot be reversed.
01/30 Foggy North Korean shuffle (JapanTimes) -- Recent events in North Korea have been interpreted in various ways and, generally, the wish has been father to the thought. The truth is difficult to discern, but indications are that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has placed himself firmly behind a reform program that may finally bring the country in from the cold. The fact that Pyongyang is considering applying for observer status at the World Trade Organization supports this contention.
01/14 North Korea ready to resume talks if Bush offers olive branch (TurkishPress) -- North Korea said it would resume talks on its nuclear weapons drive if US President George W. Bush toned down his rhetoric and formulated a more friendly policy towards Pyongyang. The Stalinist state also said it was ready to respect the United States as a friend in a conciliatory statement issued at the end of a four-day visit to North Korea by a six-member US congressional delegation.
01/14 Differing Views on North Korean Nuclear Ambitions Make It “Hard to Retain U.S.-Korea Alliance” (Donga) -- “We cannot retain a Korean-American alliance because of our differing views on North Korea and its nuclear program and changed security interests. It is time that we prepared a friendly divorce.” So said the vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute Ted Carpenter and research engineer Doug Bandow, who are widely believed to be liberal, on January 12, explaining its policies.
01/09 Is preemption against Pyongyang legal (Korea Herald) - Ringing in 2005 provides an opportunity to forecast what the New Year may bring. And no other issue becomes more relevant than preserving the peace on the Korean Peninsula. Given this, and given the rising tensions relating to the North Korean nuclear crisis, the question then becomes: Is a military pre-emptive strike against North Korea legal?
01/09 Threats loom, but US focused on Iraq (Register Guard) -- The military will have plenty to do in the four years of a second Bush administration. While the war in Iraq figures to dominate all else, as it has the past two years, other potential hot spots could demand attention. And overshadowing all will be the questions of whether the military has enough troops - and money - to do everything the administration has planned.
01/09 N. Korea says nuclear deal possible Congressman from California visits nation (Olympian) -- North Korea said Saturday it was willing to abandon its nuclear weapons programs, but it demanded a change in U.S. policy as a California congressman critical of the communist state's human rights records visited Pyongyang. The statement, which echoed the North's earlier stance, appeared to be timed for a visit by Rep. Tom Lantos, the ranking Democrat on the House International Relations Committee.
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