US: Another Round Of Nuke Talks Set With N. Korea This Week
The U.S. State Department’s top Korea expert will visit North Korea again on Thursday for talks with the country’s officials over Pyongyang’s declaration of its nuclear programs, the department said Tuesday.
The visit by Sung Kim, director of the department’s Office of Korean Affairs, follows his trip to the country in late April, which North Korea later said yielded progress.
During the April 22-24 visit, Kim met with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, the head of the country’s delegation to the six-way talks over Pyongyang’s denuclearization.
The multilateral negotiations have stalled since North Korea missed an end-of-2007 deadline to make a full declaration of its nuclear facilities and programs.
The declaration is part of a six-way deal reached last year under which North Korea is to take denuclearization steps in return for energy aid and diplomatic benefits.
The six-party talks involve the two Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia.
(AP)
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Do any of the participating countries actually expect NK to honor any potential agreements made during these talks?
Every time I hear about talks with countries like Iran, NK and other dictatorships, I am reminded of when my brother was 3 years old. When asked if he had been in the cookie jar, his reply was always, no. Never mind the cookie crumbs on his hands and his mouth.
It’s time we start acting like responsible parents and nuke these cookie stealers.
May 6th, 2008 at 7:51 amdo we have any good military solution for North Korea? i really doubt we do and thats the worst part, you know they will never peacefully get rid of their nuke program. we could easily take them on if any other country on earth would help us. but right now it just doesnt look good.
you couldnt just bomb their nuke plants because then it would put our friends in South Korea in danger from fallout and the definite possibility of a missile barrage on Seoul.
This situation in my mind is FUBAR. any suggestions?
May 6th, 2008 at 8:01 amI have a few suggestions but they are pretty radical and not what the world has come to expect out of Americans. I was only half kidding about throwing nukes. At the very least, we’d screw our allies in the area with all the radioactive fallout.
We need to shut their technology down one way or another, either through total destruction or using surgical strikes. Or, we can accept them as a nuclear power and push SK and Japan to do the same. Having a nuclear armed Japan would definitely make for a nervous China. That threat alone might be enough to motivate them into helping us with NK.
May 6th, 2008 at 8:25 amWhat a jerk off. Kim Jung Il will only agree to what will help him as long as it does not help any opponent anyway, any how. What a little jerk off bastard. More good work by the appeasement fraternity. I say bomb the extorting little shit.
May 6th, 2008 at 10:43 am