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Verification or Appeasement of the DPRK’s Nuclear Program?

» by GI Korea October 12th, 2008 at 4:43 am » Comments (2)

It's now official North Korea is off the State Department's List of State Sponsors of Terrorism: After North Korea relented on nuclear inspection demands, the U.S. on Saturday erased from a ...more »

North Korea Preparing for A Second Nuclear Test?

» by GI Korea October 10th, 2008 at 12:43 pm » Comments (4)

I have to wonder if reports of the Bush administration preparing an appeasement deal with North Korea were prompted by intelligence that the North Koreans were preparing for another nuclear ...more »

State Department to Delist North Korea from Terrorism List?

» by GI Korea October 10th, 2008 at 8:02 am » Comments (8)

It looks like the Bush administration is determined to appease North Korea no matter what before they leave office: U.S. media say the Bush administration may remove North Korea from ...more »

The North Korea “Choreography”

» by GI Korea October 7th, 2008 at 3:10 am » Comments (2)

I highly recommend this blog posting from Stephen F. Hayes that summarizes quite well the United States' North Korea policy headed by Christopher Hill: Do you ever get the sense that ...more »

AP “Analysis” of Failed North Korean Nuclear Deal

» by GI Korea September 20th, 2008 at 4:00 pm » Comments (3)

The Associated Press has finally caught on to what people following the North Korean nuclear issue have been saying for years, that the North Koreans have no intention of denuclearizing: A ...more »

North Korea Renegs on Nuclear Agreement, Blames US

» by GI Korea August 28th, 2008 at 4:38 pm » Comments (5)

I really hope no one got their hopes up about the recent North Korea nuclear agreement because it didn't take a psychic to know that this was all so predictable: The ...more »

North Korea Demanding Money for Cooling Tower Detonation

» by GI Korea June 23rd, 2008 at 2:08 am » Comments (3)

The North Koreans (remember those guys?) are now demanding money for their planned demolition of a cooling tower at their Yongbyon nuclear facility that is so decrepit it doesn't even ...more »

Syrian Al-Kibar Facility Linked to Iranian Nuclear Program

» by GI Korea June 22nd, 2008 at 7:21 pm » Comments (3)

According to the German news weekly Der Spiegel, the Syrian nuclear facility built with North Korean expertise has now been linked to the Iranian nuclear program: Syria and North Korea helped ...more »

John McCain Promotes League of Democracies

» by GI Korea May 31st, 2008 at 9:57 am » Comments (5)

Now here is an idea I like: Gaining ground this political season is a proposed League of Democracies designed to strengthen support for the next president's overseas agenda and ensure a ...more »

Ambassador Vershbow Says North Korea Must Declare Nuclear Activities

» by GI Korea May 2nd, 2008 at 7:11 am » Comments (1)

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 ...more »

David Albright Responds to K-blog Criticism

» by GI Korea April 9th, 2007 at 8:44 am » Comments (10)

There is an interesting series of postings and comments on both One Free Korea and DPRK Studies concerning noted North Korea apologist David Albright. Start here and here with the DPRK ...more »

Perry Advocates Bombing North Korea, Again

» by GI Korea January 21st, 2007 at 5:04 am » Comments (1)

Former Clinton Administration Defense Secretary William Perry is once again advocating starting a war with North Korea by bombing it's nuclear reactor: Former U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry proposed Thursday that ...more »