I tend to take Alexander Vershbow at his word since he hasn’t given me any reason not to (unlike other people); so the fact he is saying this I think is good news:
U.S. Ambassador Alexander Vershbow says his government will inform Congress of its intent to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist and […]

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The complete CIA video shown to the US Congress recently concerning the Syrian-North Korean nuclear connection has now been posted on the Internet for the public to view:

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There is also a YouTube version of the video available that I have posted below as well:

After viewing video evidence there is pretty much no […]

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UPDATE: The CIA video briefing along with additional photographs of Syria’s Al Kibar nuclear facility have been released and can be viewed by clicking here. 
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More and more information briefed to Congress in regards to the Syrian-North Korean nuclear connection is making its way into the media to include many of the photographs to include […]

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The Syria-North Korea nuclear connection has long been speculated on in the newspapers as well as discussed here at the ROK Drop in depth and now Congress reacts to a briefing that disclosed the evidence of what the North Koreans were really up to in Syria:

The Syrian nuclear reactor allegedly built with North Korean design […]

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Leave it to the State Department to come up with a nuclear declaration like this:
The U.S. is asking North Korea to include a full account of the number of nuclear warheads it has produced in its declaration of nuclear programs and stockpiles.
According to a South Korean government source, the U.S. has decided to allow the […]

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The appeasement of North Korea by the Bush administration continues:

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday that verifying any North Korean nuclear declaration would take time and suggested Washington may drop some sanctions on Pyongyang before this is complete.
Separately, a senior U.S. official said an American team would visit North Korea next week […]

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Here we go again with Kim Jong-Bill auditioning to become Barack Obama’s Secretary of State:

The governor of the U.S. state of New Mexico says he’s sent his senior adviser to Pyongyang in a bid to settle the North Korean nuclear issue.
According to the AFP, Governor Bill Richardson’s office said in a statement Thursday that […]

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I would hope that if North Korea admits to proliferating nuclear technology to Syria it would be a bigger story then this short article in the Chosun:
The U.S. and North Korea will talk about the North’s nuclear program in Singapore on Tuesday. The U.S.’ chief negotiator to six-nation talks on issue, Christopher Hill, will meet […]

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Further intelligence information of the North Korean nuclear cooperation with Syria has been disclosed to North Korean negotiators in the latest attempt to get North Korea to comply with agreements made during the failed stalled six party talks:
The U.S. in recent bilateral talks reportedly gave Pyongyang a list of North Korean officials involved in the […]

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This is interesting:

Foreign minister-designate Yu Myung-hwan Wednesday expressed support for South Korean participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative, a loose coalition of countries committed to stopping the spread of so-called weapons of mass destruction. "We have to find out if there is a more positive way of participation in the PSI after achieving a national […]

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Much attention has been focused on North Korea’s links to a suspected Syrian nuclear program, but quietly as posted before here on the ROK Drop, North Korea has been aiding Iran’s nuclear program as well. More details about this North Korean and Iranian nuclear connection are now coming to light:

THE Iranian opposition group that […]

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I found this passage from an interview in the Wall Street Journal with USFK Commander General B.B. Bell quite interesting:

On the six-party nuclear disarmament talks, Bell said North Korea has been cycling between cooperating and stalling. "Six-party negotiators take note: (North Korean leader) Kim Jong-il is not in the habit of keeping promises," the newspaper […]

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