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  • July 2008

    • N. Korea OKs Nuclear Inspections

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 12, 08 5:22 PM CDT

      N. Korea OKs Nuclear Inspections

      North Korean disarmament talks took another halting step today, as the nation agreed in principle to a deal for invasive nuclear inspections, the Washington Post reports. Pyongyang has promised to finish dismantling its Yongbyon reactor by October, and will let inspectors verify that it's down. But negotiators in the six-nation deal failed to hammer out specifics, which means the process may outlive the Bush administration. More »

    • S. Korean Tourist Shot Dead by N. Korean Soldier

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jul 11, 08 11:24 AM CDT

      S. Korean Tourist Shot Dead by N. Korean Soldier

      A North Korean soldier shot and killed a South Korean tourist when she wandered into a restricted area today, Reuters reports. The 53-year-old had been visiting the Mount Kumgang resort, just north of the border. The shooting could jeopardize thawing North/South relations, which had taken a huge step this morning, when South Korea offered a new food aid package to the North. More »

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      South Korea  • North Korea  • shooting  • tourists  • resorts

  • June 2008

    • Big US Food Shipment Marks Korea Progress

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 30, 08 1:56 PM CDT

      Big US Food Shipment Marks Korea Progress

      After a major US food shipment arrived yesterday, North Korea has approved a plan for the UN's World Food Program to expand aid delivered to the country, and has agreed to allow UN monitors more access to track where the food ends up, the Washington Post reports. "This marks a major advance in the way we work in this country," an official said. More »

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      United Nations  • North Korea  • World Food Program

    • Bush's North Korea Deal Is 'Total Intellectual Collapse'

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 30, 08 12:36 PM CDT

      Bush's North Korea Deal Is 'Total Intellectual Collapse'

      The latest US deal with North Korea—taking the North off its state terror list in exchange for a nuclear declaration—is a travesty and intellectual capitulation in pursuit of burnishing President Bush's legacy, former UN ambassador John Bolton writes in a predictably scathing piece in the Wall Street Journal . It’s a final sign that the administration's toughness is history, argues Bolton, a longstanding hardliner on North Korea—and awful policy to boot. More »

    • Softer Bush: Saving Legacy or Showing Wisdom?

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 27, 08 8:26 AM CDT

      Softer Bush: Saving Legacy or Showing Wisdom?

      North Korea's nuclear declaration is a diplomatic milestone for a Bush administration showing a more pragmatic side on a host of issues in the home stretch, writes Steven Lee Myers in the New York Times . The conciliatory approach has extended to other issues, including reducing emissions, Israel-Palestinian peace, and Iran's nuclear activities. "I think we learned a bit," says a White House adviser.  More »

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      Bush administration  • North Korea  • diplomacy  • John Kerry  • Axis of Evil

    • N. Korea Blows Up Nuclear Tower

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jun 27, 08 6:52 AM CDT

      N. Korea Blows Up Nuclear Tower

      North Korea demolished the biggest symbol of its nuclear program today, destroying the water tower of its Yongbyon plutonium facility, which had been used to extract plutonium to build nuclear weapons until it was decommissioned last year. But the huge implosion wasn’t just symbolic—the tower would take at least a year to rebuild, and without it the facility is useless. More »

    • Rice: Diplomacy Key in Progress on North Korea

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 26, 08 10:44 AM CDT

      Rice: Diplomacy Key in Progress on North Korea

      Diplomacy is working with North Korea, and the US has made few concessions to bring the rogue state closer to eliminating its nuclear ambitions, Condoleezza Rice writes in today’s Wall Street Journal . "We and the other four parties will expect North Korea to cooperate with us in verifying the accuracy and completeness of its declaration," the Secretary of State writes. "And if that cooperation is lacking, we will respond accordingly." More »

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      Condoleezza Rice  • North Korea  • diplomacy  • nuclear disarmament

    • North Korea Hands Over Nuclear Data

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jun 26, 08 7:36 AM CDT

      North Korea Hands Over Nuclear Data

      The North Korean regime has submitted a long-awaited rundown of its nuclear program to China, 6 months after its due date. The report is expected to detail the nation's plutonium enrichment efforts, but will probably leave out details of its nuclear arsenal, reports the BBC. The White House responded by notifying Congress of its intent to remove North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism in 45 days. More »

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      China  • North Korea  • nuclear weapons  • nuclear disarmament  • six party talks  • plutonium

    • Bush to Ask Congress to Take N. Korea off Terror List

      newser  |  The Washington Note  |  Jun 25, 08 1:13 PM CDT

      Bush to Ask Congress to Take N. Korea off Terror List

      President Bush will ask Congress tomorrow to remove North Korea from the “terrorist watch list,” reports Steve Clemons in the Washington Note, a move meant to build confidence with Kim Jong-Il and China in the quest to bring the North back from its nuclear pariah status. In return, reports the Age, Pyongyang is today to list all its nuclear activities and permanently disable its nuclear reactor. More »

    • China Admits Burying US POW From Korean War

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 20, 08 8:53 AM CDT

      China Admits Burying US POW From Korean War

      China has for the first time admitted holding an American prisoner from the Korean War on its soil, AP reports. The Vermont man, just 18 when he was captured, died in China and was buried there, officials said. China authorities, who said the prisoner was mentally ill, had previously insisted no American POWs were taken from North Korea. More »

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      China  • North Korea  • POW  • prisoner of war  • Korean War  • POW/MIA

    • Arms Smugglers Had Nuke Blueprints

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 15, 08 11:02 AM CDT

      Arms Smugglers Had Nuke Blueprints

      Smugglers who sold weapons parts to Libya, Iran, and North Korea also had blueprints for a compact nuclear weapon—plans that could have been sold “to some of the most treacherous regimes in the world," warns an upcoming report by American and international investigators. The device could be attached to missiles used by Iran and many developing countries, according to the Washington Post . More »

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      Iran  • North Korea  • nuclear weapons  • missile  • design  • smuggler

    • Top Vacations Off-Limits to Americans

      newser  |  Foreign Policy  |  Jun 14, 08 4:53 PM CDT

      Top Vacations Off-Limits to Americans

      Here are top spots for an exotic foreign trip—except that Washington has labeled them off-limits or far too dangerous. Foreign Policy lists five: Mt. Kumgang is North Korea's "unspoiled spiritual retreat," but Americans will be quarantined by Pyongyang if they can even get in. More »

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      Burma  • North Korea  • Mogadishu  • Persepolis  • Mandalay

  • May 2008

    • Obama, McCain Mix It Up on Nuclear Policy

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  May 27, 08 6:43 PM CDT

      Obama, McCain Mix It Up on Nuclear Policy

      John McCain called for a new nuclear arms pact with Russia and said the US should show more "broad-minded internationalism" to reduce weapons around the world. McCain seemed to distance himself from President Bush's policies, and he took a veiled swipe at Barack Obama for the notion that sitting down with "hostile governments" is all that's necessary to rein in nuclear programs, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Iran  • North Korea  • nuclear arsenal

    • North Korea Hands Nuclear Docs to US

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 8, 08 2:12 PM CDT

      North Korea Hands Nuclear Docs to US

      Seeming to move closer to US demands for information, North Korea handed key documents on its nuclear weapons program to an American diplomat today, the AP reports. The records provide information on the North’s silenced plutonium reactor, and would allow American officials to fact-check a still-awaited summary of the country’s nuclear workings. More »

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      Bush administration  • North Korea  • nuclear program  • food aid

  • April 2008

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