North Korean poster shows U.S. Capitol under fire
North Korea's 'Dear Leader'
While more than a million of his people starved to death in the last decade, he spent billions on gigantic monuments and elaborate stadium spectacles to deify his father and himself. He's a movie producer who says he has always wanted to direct. And he once sent thugs to kidnap a South Korean actress and her director husband so he could force them to help build his country's film industry. [He's clearly his father's son:] The Great Leader had an insatiable craving for adulation. By the late '80s he had erected more than 34,000 monuments to himself. His photograph was displayed in every building and pinned to the clothing of every citizen, right over the heart. Benches where he'd once sat were sealed in glass and turned into relics. [Source: Peter Carlson (Washington Post Staff Writer), "Sins of the Son: Kim Jong Il's North Korea Is in Ruins, But Why Should That Spoil His Fun?", Washington Post, May 11, 2003, p. D1]
North Korea learned about n-weapon threats firsthand from McArthur and Truman
The North Koreans had learned from the nuclear diplomacy of the Korean War. During the war General Douglas MacArthur, who had been in charge of the UN troops, was sacked by US President Harry Truman because he had publicly stated nuclear weapons could be used on China to end the war. Even Truman later made veiled threats that nuclear weapons might be used in the conflict, to speed up armistice talks. [Source: Troy Lennon (MATP), "How outsiders snuck into the nuclear club", The Daily Telegraph (Australia), June 20, 2006, p. 47]
Population: 22 million
Socialist dictatorship.
A highly secretive state that has isolated itself from the rest of the world for decades.
NPT: Joined in 1985, but only submitted to inspections beginning in 1992. In January 2003, it pulled out..
NUCLEAR WEAPONS: UNKNOWN
North Korea may have produced enough plutonium for 3 to 6 nuclear weapons and is producing more plutonium at a reactor it took out of mothballs in 2002. The CIA estimates North Korea has 1 or 2 nuclear bombs..
NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES:
-- North Korea began producing plutonium for nuclear weapons in the 1970s. In October 2002, the United States said North Korea had admitted to a secret long-running uranium enrichment project. The country has extensive natural uranium deposits.
-- Under a 1994 accord with the United States, North Korea agreed to freeze plutonium production in return for two proliferation-resistant nuclear power plants and delivery of fuel oil.
-- In December 2002, North Korea expelled IAEA inspectors and subsequently quit the NPT. North Korea is also suspected of running a highly enriched uranium program. Six-party talks, among the U.S., China, Russia, Japan and the two Koreas, are set to resume this week..
DELIVERY SYSTEM
-- North Korea has a highly sophisticated ballistic missile program. It has deployed short-range missiles with ranges of up to 620 miles and has tested one with an 800-mile range. Technology is mostly derived from Soviet Scud designs.
-- It has also conducted a partially successful test of an intermediate-range system (Taepo Dong-1). It may be working on a Taepo Dong-2, which if fully developed could deliver a small payload to California.
-- North Korea is the worlds leading exporter of ballistic missiles and has sold missiles and components to Egypt, Iran, Libya, Pakistan and Syria.
[Source: The San Francisco Chronicle, "The dangerous world of nuclear weapons", FEBRUARY 22, 2004, p. A21]
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Crisis on the Korean Peninsula: How to Deal With a Nuclear North Korea -- August 2003 paperback -- The authors of this study have a worthy goal: to completely transform the nature of the world's relationship with North Korea. Although appreciative of previous attempts to freeze the North's provocative nuclear program, O'Hanlon and Mochizuki see the faults in past efforts, and make a strong case for a new way to bring a stable peace to the peninsula and to introduce the so-called Hermit Kingdom to the international community.
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The Two Koreas (Revised Edition) -- Jan 2002 paperback -- journalist and contemporary historian Don Oberdorfer (international studies, Johns Hopkins U.) updates his 1997 account of how the two halves of the ancient and homogeneous people, thoughtlessly divided at the end of World War II, have grappled with each other for advantage and supremacy and dealt with the powerful forces all around them.
February 25, 2008
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February 24, 2008
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February 23, 2008
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February 20, 2008
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February 5, 2008
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January 29, 2008
January 23, 2008
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November 3, 2007
North Korean cargo ship fends off pirate attack, accepts medical help from US Navy
It has taken half a century, but North Korea and the United States have finally found a common enemy: the pirates prowling the waters off the coast of east Africa. In one of the world's most unlikely rescues, a US naval vessel cruised to the support of a North Korean cargo ship this week after it repulsed a boarding by Somali pirates. The mission - which would have been almost unthinkable a year ago - was described by US diplomats as a goodwill gesture that underscored the thaw in ties between two of the cold war's oldest and, until recently, most bitter enemies. US sailors were invited aboard the North Korean ship to provide medical assistance to wounded crewmen ... The coast off Somalia has the world's second most pirate infested waters, after Indonesia. There have been more than two dozen shipjackings already this year. Pyongyang has yet to comment on the incident.
[Source: Jonathan Watts (East Asia correspondent, The Guardian), "US navy helps injured North Korean sailors after pirate attack", The Guardian (UK), November 3, 2007]
November 2, 2007
North Korea - Yongbyon "disablement" this week is of a reversible nature
North Korea starts disabling the plant at the heart of its nuclear arms program this week, but analysts say Pyongyang could be back in the plutonium-producing business within a year. "All disablement steps are welcome and will slow the North down. However, the North defines disablement as being reversible," said Siegfried Hecker, a professor at Stanford University and one of the few U.S. scientists to have visited the Soviet-era Yongbyon complex. In an e-mail to Reuters, Hecker wrote that in their current stand-down mode, the facilities could be restarted in a matter of days, but the International Atomic Energy Agency would be aware of such a move because of monitoring equipment it has installed. In the next step due to begin this week, nuclear equipment is likely to be taken out as part of a low-level disablement that could be reversed in about a year, said Kim Tae-woo, a senior research fellow at the South's Korea Institute for Defence Analyses. "High-level disablement would be like pouring cement into the insides of the car with no tires," Kim said. "Low level would be like leaving the engine but just pulling out the generator so the car doesn't start."
[Source: Jon Herskovitz (Reuters), "Nuclear program down but not out", China Post (Taiwan), November 1, 2007]
December 14, 2006
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A way out of the bunker
Mark Seddon, The Guardian
The author uses aljazeera.net for his email. Who do you think he blames for the nuclear unpleasentness in North Korea?
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U.S. to Press North Korea For Progress in Disarming
Glenn Kessler, Washington Post
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S.Korea Calls for Progress on Nuke Talks
Guardian
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Previous bid to scrap NKorea nukes winds up
Agence France Presse
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U.S. open to offering N.K. security guarantee
Lee Joo-hee, Korea Herald
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KEDO closes final deal on liquidation of N. Korean nuclear reactor project
Yonhap News
October 25, 2006
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Tiny sample of xenon confirms nuclear test
JoongAng Daily
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Changing Pyongyang regime remains ultimate goal: Bolton
Korea Herald
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Pyongyang threatens war if S.Korea joins sanctions
ABC News
... The North issued a similar warning in September before it conducted a nuclear test earlier this month, prompting the UN Security Council to impose financial ...
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SKorea forms task force to carry out UN resolution on NKorea ...
Leesville Daily Leader (LA)
... Oct. 9 nuclear test, both South Korea and China have been reluctant to impose stern measures against their volatile neighbor. The ...
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N. Korea warns South against sanctions
Jae-Soon chang, AP/Times Picayune (LA)
... saying Wednesday that its neighbor would 'pay a high price' if it joins the US-led drive to punish the reclusive communist nation for its nuclear test. ...
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North Korea warns South over sanctions
UPI
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Seoul rethinking unification strategy as Pyongyang continues to ...
AsiaNews.it (Italy)
... South Korean Unification Minister Lee Jong-seok handed in his resignation today to President Roh Moo-hyun after 'North Korea's recent nuclear test, [which ...
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Changing NK regime ultimate goal, but UN has different vision ...
hani.co.kr (South Korea)
... a lot more concerned' about what's going on inside North Korea and inside Iran as well, Bolton said, naming the two countries seeking to build nuclear weapons. ...
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Rice: World events support 'axis of evil' claim
Evening Echo (Ireland)
The US Secretary of State made the claim yesterday after radio discussions on the North Korean nuclear test and the anti-Semitic remarks of Iranian President ...
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What to do before Tehran gets the bomb
San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
The threat to American and global security posed by nuclear weapons in the hands of North Korea's dictator Kim Jong Il has dominated international headlines ...
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Switzerland imposes sanctions on North Korea
NZZ Online (Switzerland)
The cabinet says it will introduce sanctions as of Thursday on North Korea over its reported nuclear weapons test earlier this month. ...
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Asia-Pacific powers working on North Korea sanctions
Reuters/ABC News
Oct 25, SEOUL - Asia-Pacific powers sought to pin down the details of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea for a nuclear test that Pyongyang ...
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Australia considers North Korean sanctions
UPI
... of South Pacific nations and the United States is lobbying the international community to support sanctions against North Korea because of its nuclear program. ...
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Pace: N. Korea conflict would require 'brute force'
ArmyTimes.com (VA)
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China: N. Korea not planning test
Victoria Times Colonist (Canada)
... Korea, saying it got no apology from top leader Kim Jong Il for the atomic explosion but did receive assurances there were no plans for a second nuclear test. ...
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N. Korea lets South search for Russian sailors in its waters
RIA Novosti (Russia)
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Putin urges caution in dealing with North Korea
Reuters/Swissinfo (Switzerland)
SEOUL - North Korea should not be backed into a corner over its nuclear test if the global community wants to resolve the crisis over the North's ...
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Putin: West shouldn't corner North Korea
United Press International
MOSCOW, Oct. 25 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said some states provoked North Korea's nuclear test by cornering the regime in Pyongyang. ...
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Putin: Resumption of six-party talks possible
Xinhua (China)
The possibility of resuming the six-party talks on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) nuclear program still exists, Russian ...
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Russia Uses Railway to Expand Role in North Korea (Update1)
Bloomberg
... President Vladimir Putin is strengthening ties with North Korea, even as most of the world seeks to punish Kim Jong Il's regime for testing a nuclear bomb. ...
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Nuclear Proliferation - Why North Korea Wants Nukes
Desicritics.org (India)
The testing of a nuclear device by North Korea has drawn the ire of US, South Korea, and Japan, among others. ... Why does North Korea want nuclear weapons? ...
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International cooperation vital to North Korea siege
Belleville News-Democrat (IL)
... should be regarded as unsuccessful in terms of achieving its goal of placing North Korea under international siege in the wake of the country's nuclear test. ...
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Ban Ki-moon to Visit Russia, France
Korea Times (South Korea)
... meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao, State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan and Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing to discuss ways to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis ...
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Rice returns empty-handed from North East Asia
Bay Area Indymedia (CA)
... of State Condoleezza Rice's four-day visit to Japan, South Korea, China and Russia last week to press for action over North Korea's nuclear test on October ...
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Rice Presses South Korea on Sanctions
Anne Gearan, AP/Guardian
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Rice plays down veiled Putin criticism of US handling of NKorea crisis
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
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Seoul Confirms North's Nuke Test
Kim Tae-kyu, Korea Times (South Korea)
... Ministry said yesterday that a radioactive material has been detected in South Korea, officially confirming that the communist nation conducted a nuclear test. ...
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SKorea Officially Confirms North Nuke Test
Guardian
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S. Korea reportedly has cruise missile
Market-Day.net (AZ)
... and successfully. It has enough range to hit nuclear targets in North Korea or even Beijing or Tokyo, the report said. Defense Minister ...
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No shortage of cognac in North Korea
Cognac-World (France)
Even though sanctions have been put in place against North Korea bu the UN following its nuclear test at the start of October, the embargo should not affect ...
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Interview with Russian FM Sergey Lavrov
Asharq Alawsat (UK)
... When we are faced with the threat of weapons of mass destruction and when talk is about a country which withdrew from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and ...
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RP as host of negotiations with N. Korea proposed
Sun.Star (Philippines)
Arroyo made the offer during a teleconference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last October 20 wherein they discussed the nuclear testing issue and the ...
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International cooperation vital to North Korea siege
Fort Wayne News Sentinel (IN)
... should be regarded as unsuccessful in terms of achieving its goal of placing North Korea under international siege in the wake of the country's nuclear test. ...
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Aso skeptical of North Korea's nuclear plans
Japan Times
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Pyongyang warning to South Korea
BBC News
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Darker days loom after nuclear test
Mark Magnierv, Los Angeles Times
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Bush says alliance against North Korea 'firm'
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
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China and US closing ranks over North Korea issue: US
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
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North Korea signalling readiness for nuclear talks: Putin
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
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SK preparing sanctions report for U.N.
UPI
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Bush: N.Korea just making threats
UPI
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Leading dove on North says he's resigning
Chun Su-jin, JoongAng Daily
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North warns against Seoul sanctions
JoongAng Daily
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North Korea point man quits
Lee Joo-hee, Korea Herald
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Herald Interview: 'Get tough' on N.K., says George Soros
Korea Herald
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Seoul drafting measures against N.K.
Lee Joo-hee, Korea Herald
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China's N.K. policy unlikely to change
Nam Sung-wook, Korea Herald
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Editorial: Time for dialogue?
Korea Herald
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N. Korea Celebrates Success in Nuke Test
Korea Times
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Silent Response to Nuclear Threat--People Have Stronger Fear Than Government
Korea Times
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Direct Talks: Washington Should Meet Pyongyang One-on-One
Korea Times
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"N. Korean Leader Believes Sanctions Will Weaken"
Kim Sue-young, Korea Times
July 4, 2006
North Korea - apparently dissuaded from missile test by China (oops - this conclusion was shown to be wrong within hours)
Washington and Japan have said in recent weeks that spy satellite images show North Korea has taken steps to prepare a long-range Taepodong-2 missile for a test-launch. Estimates for the range of the missile vary widely, but at least one US study said it could be able to reach parts of the US with a light payload. Speculation that Pyongyang could fire the missile has waned in recent days since the countryâs top ally and a major source of its energy supplies, China, reportedly urged North Korea not to go ahead with the test.
[Source: Joseph Coleman (Associated Press), "N. Korea: US preemptive attack will be met with nuclear war", Jerusalem Post, July 4, 2006, p. 9]
July 1, 2006
North Korea - 6-way talks could resume in unofficial July meeting proposed by China
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei presides over the six-nation talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear arms programm. Last Wednesday, Wu spoke to the diplomats from the involved countries and proposed that "chief delegates" of all six nations attend an unofficial meeting in July, in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, to help revive the stalled talks.
The proposal followed a meeting in Beijing last Tuesday between Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and his South Korean counterpart Ban Ki Moon. They agreed to make diplomatic efforts to bring North Korea back to the six-party talks.
[Source: Agence France Presse, "China proposes meeting to revive six-way Korean nuclear talks: report", July 1, 2006 4:55 am GMT]
* [2006-05-31] Consortium ends N.Korea nuclear reactor project
Reuters
* [2006-05-31] DPRK FM in Beijing for talks
Xinhua News
* [2006-05-30] N Korea foreign minister in China
Dan Griffiths, BBC News
* [2006-05-30] N.Korean FM Visits China
Chosun Ilbo
* [2006-05-29] China, S. Korea out of naval exercise
Japan Times
* [2006-05-28] Korea promotes exports of new modular reactor
Kim So-hyun, Korea Herald
* [2006-05-26] US envoy rules out new incentives to draw North Korea back to talks
Yahoo! UK
* [2006-05-26] U.S. Envoy Meets Partners in N. Korea Negotiations
Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times
* [2006-05-26] US says no compromises on North Korea
Yahoo! News
* [2006-05-25] Envoy says no progress on North Korea talks
Lindsay Beck, Reuters
* [2006-05-25] US says no compromises on North Korea
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* [2006-05-24] US rules out incentives to lure NKorea back to six-way talks
Yahoo! News
* [2006-05-24] N.K. calls off cross-border railway test run
Lee Joo-hee, Korea Herald
* [2006-05-24] News Analysis: Railroad cancellation puts brake on N.K. ties
Lee Joo-hee and Jin Dae-woong, Korea Herald
* [2006-05-23] S.Korea's ex-leader urges North, US to cooperate
Lee Jin-joo, Reuters
* [2006-05-23] Annan wants greater effort on NKorea
Cindy Sui, Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* [2006-05-23] Playing the North Korea Card
Kim Dae-joong, Chosun Ilbo
* [2006-05-23] DJ hopes his visit will help nuke talks
Korea Herald
* [2006-05-22] N.Korea won't get better deal by waiting: US envoy
Reuters
* [2006-05-22] US says no better deal for NKorea
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* [2006-05-22] Ban calls for proactive engagement toward N.K.
Lee Joo-hee, Korea Herald
* [2006-05-20] Major concern if North Korea launches long-range missile: US
Yahoo! UK
* [2006-05-19] Indonesian President to visit DPRK, ROK
Xinhua News
* [2006-05-19] Springtime in North Korea
John Swenson-Wright, The Guardian
* [2006-05-19] Rice leads push for US to open talks on peace deal with North Korea
Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian
* [2006-05-19] RI, S Korea to sign MoU on nuclear cooperation
Antara
* [2006-05-19] Movement Observed at N.Korea Missile Site
Jae-soon Chang, Guardian
* [2006-05-19] Senator drafts roadmap bill for N.Korea talks
Carol Giacomo, Reuters
* [2006-05-19] Indonesia to urge N. Korea to return to six-nation talks
Yahoo! UK
* [2006-05-19] US to make peace moves with North Korea if it returns to nuclear talks
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* [2006-05-19] Koreas hold economic cooperation talks
Lee Joo-hee, Korea Herald
* [2006-05-18] U.S. Said to Weigh a New Approach on North Korea
David E. Sanger, New York Times
* [2006-05-18] US 'to soften North Korea approach'
The Guardian
* [2006-05-18] South Korea Seeks Progress on Nuke Issue
Bo-mi Lim, Guardian
* [2006-05-18] Update 4-US puts condition on North Korea peace treaty talks
Carol Giacomo, Reuters
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* [2006-05-18] US is considering new approach to N. Korea: report
Reuters
* [2006-05-18] North Korea must return to nuclear talks before any peace moves: US
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* [2006-05-18] Bush may offer new carrot to end Korean nuclear crisis
P. Parameswaran, Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* [2006-05-18] Korea peace treaty may get stuck on drawing board
Jack Kim, Reuters
* [2006-05-18] US negotiator on North Korea to visit China
Reuters
* [2006-05-17] U.S. Nuclear Negotiator to Visit S. Korea
Bo-mi Lim, Guardian
* [2006-05-17] Annan hopes for nuclear issue resolution
North Korea Times
* [2006-05-16] Annan backs six-party North Korea nuclear talks
Jack Kim, Reuters
* [2006-05-16] Contact between Koreas grows
Lee Joo-hee, Korea Herald
* [2006-05-15] N.Korea appears to restart nuclear reactor - report
Reuters
* [2006-05-15] 'Korea's role in U.N. magnified'
Lee Joo-hee, Korea Herald
* [2006-05-15] Contact between Koreas grows
Lee Joo-hee, Korea Herald
* [2006-05-15] Annan Prioritizes Nuke Issue Over Human Rights in NK
Park Song-wu, Korea Times
* [2006-05-14] Heightened activity at North Korean nuclear plant
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* [2006-05-11] NK as a Temporary Nuclear State
Michael Breen, Korea Times
* [2006-05-11] South Korea Proposes Meeting With North Korea
Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times
* [2006-05-11] Roh ups ante on North Korea--Opposition fears widening fissure with Washington
Lee Joo-hee, Korea Herald
* [2006-05-11] Seoul Looks Bent on Separate N.Korea Policy
Chosun Ilbo
* [2006-05-11] WFP Reaches Agreement With North Korea
Christopher Bodeen, Guardian
* [2006-05-11] Editorial: Roh's summit proposal
Korea Herald
* [2006-05-11] Second Summit
Korea Times
* [2006-05-10] S. Korean President Says He Will Aid North
Bo-mi Lim, Guardian
* [2006-05-09] The great divide over North Korea
By Gavan McCormack, Asia Times
* [2006-05-08] UNSG Annan to visit Korea this week
Korea Herald
* [2006-05-08] U.S. acceptance of refugees may affect nuke talks
Korea Herald
* [2006-05-08] UN Chief to Visit Seoul Next Week
Park Song-wu, Korea Times
* [2006-05-07] Is China Trying to Fool West on Korea?
Tom Plate, Korea Times
* [2006-05-05] [EDITORIAL] No more violence
Korea Herald (subscription)
... Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions pose a threat to security on both the Korean Peninsula and the entire Northeast Asian region. ...
* [2006-05-05] NK proposes talks on DJ's visit to Pyongyang
Korea Herald (subscription)
... visit to the North Korean capital because Seoul expects it would assist in breaking a deadlock in the six-party talks on resolving the North's nuclear program. ...
* [2006-05-05] Roh set for central Asia tour
Korea Herald (subscription)
... He also plans to discuss Northeast security issues that are expected to center on regional prosperity, and the North Korean nuclear program. ...
* [2006-05-05] Preparation Starts for Kim DJ's Visit to NK
Korea Times
... Seoul officials hope Kim Dae-jung's visit will lead to a breakthrough in the stalled six-nation talks on the North's nuclear programs as well as for linkage of ...
* [2006-05-05] Fantasies of American Power
Lew Rockwell (CA)
... officials peered out from the capital of the globe's only 'hyperpower' at desperate, starveling, grim-faced North Korea with its possible nuclear weapon or two ...
* [2006-04-30] DPRK A-bomb victims urge Japan to legislate compensation law
Xinhua News
* [2006-04-28] Korea Breaks Ground for 2 Nuclear Power Plants
Kim Yon-se, Korea Times
* [2006-04-27] Lesson From Chernobyl
Korea Times
* [2006-04-25] N. Korea Won't Return to Six-Nation Talks
Kwang-tae Kim, Guardian
* [2006-04-25] Expectations Run High on DJ's NK Visit
Seo Dong-shin, Korea Times
* [2006-04-25] Editorial: Hollow agreements again
Korea Times
* [2006-04-25] Editorial: Ex-leader's N.K. visit
Korea Times
* [2006-04-24] North, S. Korea Agree to Push for Accord
Guardian
* [2006-04-24] S.Korea fails to get North back to nuclear talks
Jon Herskovitz, Reuters
* [2006-04-24] N.Korea says no nuclear talks under US pressure
Reuters
* [2006-04-22] S.Korea Offers Aid if N.Korea Cooperates
Jae-Soon Chang, Guardian
* [2006-04-22] SKorea urges North to return to nuclear talks
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* [2006-04-21] Two Koreas start talks amid nuclear standoff
Reuters
* [2006-04-20] North-South Korea to meet amid nuclear stalemate
Jon Herskovitz, Reuters
* [2006-04-20] Korea maintains strong nuclear safety, control system
Korea Herald
* [2006-04-20] KOPEC becomes global leader
Korea Herald
* [2006-04-18] US pressure on 'criminal' N Korea
Charles Scanlon, BBC News
* [2006-04-18] US asks China to be assertive to break Korea nuclear logjam
Yahoo! Australia
* [2006-04-18] Inter-Korean Talks to Resume Friday
Korea Times
* [2006-04-16] The myths of Chernobyl
Kalman Mizsei and Louisa Vinton, Korea Herald
* [2006-04-15] N.Korea marks founder's birthday with nuclear boast
Jon Herskovitz, Reuters
* [2006-04-14] North Korea Vows to Strengthen Nukes
Jae-soon Chang, Guardian
* [2006-04-14] Envoy Vows More Pressure on N. Korea
Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times
* [2006-04-13] North Korea Still Won't Rejoin Talks
Kwang-tae Kim, Guardian
* [2006-04-13] North Korea threatens to boost nuclear arsenal
Jack Kim, Reuters
* [2006-04-13] US envoy says North Korea boycotts nuclear talks
Reuters
* [2006-04-13] US says North Korea risks losing nuclear deal
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* [2006-04-13] NKorea vows no compromise, threatens military buildup
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* [2006-04-12] North Korea Still Won't Rejoin Talks
Kwang-tae Kim, Guardian
* [2006-04-12] U.S. Envoy Not Hopeful on Korea Nuke Talks
Kwang-tae Kim, Guardian
* [2006-04-12] Outlook dim for N.Korea atom breakthrough
Reuters
* [2006-04-11] U.S. Denies Envoy Met With North Korean
Guardian
* [2006-04-11] U.S., N. Korea and China Nuke Envoys Meet
Guardian
* [2006-04-11] Hill: no plan to see N. Korea envoy on Tuesday
Reuters
* [2006-04-11] US, China discuss reviving N.Korea nuclear talks
George Nishiyama and Jack Kim, Reuters
* [2006-04-11] NKorea nuclear crisis deadlocked despite Chinese push
Yahoo! UK
* [2006-04-10] China: N. Koreans Warming to Negotiations
Hans Greimel, Guardian
* [2006-04-10] Efforts under way to revive N.Korea nuclear talks
George Nishiyama and Jack Kim, Reuters
* [2006-04-10] N.Korea should return to nuclear talks: Hill
Reuters
* [2006-04-09] S.Korea Pessimistic About N.Korea Talks
Kwang-Tae Kim, Guardian
* [2006-04-09] S.Korea warns against hope in N.Korea nuclear row
Jack Kim, Reuters
* [2006-04-09] SKorea dashes hopes on North's nuclear drive
Yahoo! News
* [2006-04-08] Japan urges DPRK to return to six-party talks
Xinhua News
* [2006-04-08] North Korea Issues Yet Another Warning
Guardian
* [2006-04-08] Koreas Seek Common Ground in Tokyo
Guardian
* [2006-04-08] N. Korea envoy to seek progress in nuclear row
Jack Kim, Reuters
* [2006-04-08] North Korea hints at return to six-nation nuclear talks
Yahoo! UK
* [2006-04-07] N.Korea envoy: restart of nuclear talks up to US
Jack Kim, Reuters
* [2006-04-07] Stalled Six-Party Talks--US-NK Direct Contact Key to Resumption
Korea Times
* [2006-04-07] Editorial: Return to six-way talks
Korea Herald
* [2006-04-07] N Korea talks revival 'up to US'
BBC News
* [2006-04-07] Two Koreas to Resume High-Level Talks
Guardian
* [2006-04-07] Pyongyang proposes resumption of inter-Korean talks
Yahoo! UK
* [2006-04-07] N.K. proposes resumption of inter-Korean talks
Korea Herald
* [2006-04-06] No More Gambling on N. Korea
Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times
* [2006-04-06] Top N.Korea official allowed to visit Japan: source
Teruaki Ueno, Reuters
* [2006-04-06] NKorea negotiator to visit Tokyo
Yahoo! News
* [2006-04-06] Seoul warns Pyongyang not to stall talks
Lee Joo-hee, Korea Herald
* [2006-04-06] Russia urges U.S., North Korea to resume six-party nuclear talks
RIA Novosti
* [2006-04-05] US running out of patience over North Korea: envoy
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* [2006-04-04] Six-party nations to meet in Japan
Korea Herald
* [2006-04-04] N Korea to attend security talks
BBC News
* [2006-04-04] U.S.-N.Korea mistrust hurdle to talks, says China
Reuters
* [2006-04-04] Six Nations Involved in N. Korea Talks to Meet in Japan
Anthony Faiola, Washington Post
* [2006-04-04] North Korean nuclear talks countries meet to meet at Japanese security conference
Joseph Coleman, OhmyNews
April 3, 2006
* North Korea had 3-6 nuclear bombs by 1994, and may be making more now, sez Gen. LaPorte
* [2006-04-03] South Korea, Indonesia to cooperate in nuclear energy
Xinhua News
* [2006-04-03] South Korea to help develop nuclear power in Indonesia
Tomi Soetjipto, Reuters
* [2006-04-03] N.Korea Has Six Nuclear Weapons: LaPorte
Chosun Ilbo
* [2006-04-03] N.K. may have over six nukes: LaPorte
Jin Dae-woong, Korea Herald
* [2006-04-03] NK Believed to Have 6 Nukes: Ex-USFK Chief
Jung Sung-ki, Korea Times
* [2006-03-31] U.S. Envoy Urges on Pyongyang Abuses
Foster Klug, Guardian
* [2006-03-30] N.Korea "Must Scrap Nukes Before Peace Deal"
Chosun Ilbo
* [2006-03-30] N.Korea on agenda as US envoys meet in Beijing
Reuters
* [2006-03-29] U.S. views holding back N.K. nuclear talks
Korea Herald
* [2006-03-27] Japan government thinktank calls China military growth 'destabilizing factor' in East Asia
Eric Talmadge, Associated Press Worldstream, 6:23 am GMT
Ties between Japan and China have deteriorated sharply in the past year. The two countries are feuding over maritime gas deposits near disputed islands in the East China Sea, interpretations of World War II history and other issues. On Monday, the policy research arm of Japan's Defence Agency released its annual East Asian Strategic Review 2006, concluding that China's increasing military strength and the possibility of it using force to quash independence movements on Taiwan are a major destabilizing factor in East Asia.
The report also concludes that "North Korea's WMD and ballistic missiles pose a grave threat to East Asia", explaining that "North Korea announced in February 2005 that it has nuclear weapons, and it is believed that North Korea already possesses WMD (weapons of mass destruction) such as chemical and biological weapons or has the capability to produce them." The report noted Pyongyang's reluctance to participate in multilateral talks and said that it is developing missiles with a range of 3,500-6,000 kilometers (2,100-3,600 miles).
* [2006-03-26] IAEA chief hopes to inspect N.K. sites
Korea Herald
* [2006-03-25] North Korea says six-nation nuclear talks can resume if U.S. lifts sanctions
OhmyNews
* [2006-03-25] UN nuclear chief hopes to return to N.Korea
Reuters
* [2006-03-23] N.Korea seeks nuclear talks return: South
Martin Nesirky and Jon Herskovitz, Reuters
* [2006-03-22] N.Korea parliament to meet amid nuclear crisis
Reuters
* [2006-03-21] Unfazed by threats, US urges Pyongyang to resume nuclear talks
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* [2006-03-20] North Korea Assails 'Axis of Evil' Comment
Jae-soon Chang, Guardian
* [2006-03-17] N.Korea wants Norway to broker nuclear deal
Reuters
* [2006-03-16] U.S. forces issue should not be included in peace talks: Lee
Annie I. Bang, Korea Herald
* [2006-03-16] Inter-Korean Travel Jumps This Year
Korea Times
* [2006-03-14] N.Korea army threatens pre-emptive attack
Jon Herskovitz, Reuters
"The KPA side [North's Korea People's Army] is of the view that a pre-emptive attack is not (the) monopoly of the U.S. and the DPRK, too, has the right to pre-empt an attack as the most effective and positive act for self-defense in the light of the hard reality that the DPRK and the U.S. sides are still technically at war," the KPA spokesman was cited as saying.
* [2006-03-13] N.Korea Blames U.S. for Stalled Nuke Talks
Guardian
* [2006-03-11] N.Korea Delays Cabinet Talks With South
Kwang-tae Kim, Guardian
* [2006-03-11] North Korea urges US to change "biased" nuclear policy
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* [2006-03-10] U.S. Squeezes North Korea's Money Flow
Joel Brinkley, New York Times
* [2006-03-10] NKorea missiles tested are quantum leap: US general
Jack Kim, Reuters
* [2006-03-09] N. Korea Sets Terms for Return to Nuclear Talks
Glenn Kessler, Washington Post
* [2006-03-09] Analysis: N. Korea seeks sanctions talks
Jong-heon Lee, UPI
* [2006-03-08] North Korean Missile Test Causes Concern
Burt Herman, Guardian
* [2006-03-08] North Korea Refuses Return to Nuke Talks
Guardian
* [2006-03-08] N.Korea says won't return to talks under duress
Jon Herskovitz, Reuters
* [2006-03-08] North Korea says will not return to six-party talks
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* [2006-03-08] North Korea rules out return to nuclear talks
North Korea Times
* [2006-03-07] North Korea missile threat growing: US military
Reuters
* [2006-03-07] N.Korea says won't return to nuclear talks: report
Reuters
* [2006-03-07] US says door remains open to N.Korea nuclear talks
Paul Eckert, Reuters
* [2006-03-06] US says door remains open to N.Korea nuclear talks
Paul Eckert, Reuters
* [2006-03-06] Korean, U.S. chief nuclear envoys meet
Korea Herald
* [2006-03-06] U.S.-India Nuke Deal May Hurt NKorea Talks
Burt Herman, Guardian
October 16, 2005
September 3, 2005
North Korea resumes reactor contruction at Yongbyon and Taechon
North Korea is building reactors at Yongbyon and Taechon, according to a Japanese government source. The unnamed source was cited Sunday by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun. The construction is believed to be still in the stage of leveling the land. A US spy satellite has confirmed the resumption of activity several times in August. North Korea was supposed to have suspended development of the two reactors under a 1994 agreement with the USA.
[Source: Agence France Presse, "North Korea continuing construction of nuclear reactors: report", September 4, 2005 2:16 am GMT]
August 7, 2005
Argus Hamilton is the host comedian at The Comedy Store in Hollywood. He recently joked that "North Korea announced Thursday its great leader Kim Jong Il just played golf for the first time and scored 11 holes-in-one." But his punchline was ashot at President Bush: "Forget nuclear weapons. Don't ask how many troops Republicans will send to get their hands on the Wonder Driver."
* 2005-05-22: US Denies Halting Food Aid to NK
Reuben Staines, Korea Times
* 2005-05-22: North Korea sets conditions for return to talks - daily
Reuters
* 2005-05-22: North Korean ships in South for first time in decades to pick up aid
Yahoo! News
* 2005-05-22: Avoiding a nuclear North Korea
Anne Wu, Boston Globe
* 2005-05-22: U.S. could play Japan nuke card to press China on N. Korea
Japan Times
* 2005-05-21: Japanese, Korean leaders to meet on June 20
Reuters
* 2005-05-21: NRC to scrap Davis-Besse oversight unit
John Funk, Cleveland Plain Dealer
* 2005-05-20: Editorial: Hoping for a Restoration of Intra-Korean Relations
The Hankyoreh
* 2005-05-20: Colorado agency to rethink ban on drilling near nuclear test site
KLTV
* 2005-05-20: Work resumes at Hot Garden
Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel
* 2005-05-20: Space Junkyard
Frank D. Roylance, Baltimore Sun
* 2005-05-20: South Korea positive, US disappointed over North Korea talks
Yahoo! UK
* 2005-05-20: Pyongyang reveals its hand
Selig Harrison, Asia Times
* 2005-05-20: South Korea criticized on talks
Martin Nesirky and John Ruwitch, Reuters
* 2005-05-20: Meeting in N.Y. With N. Korea Yields Little
Tyler Marshall and Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times
* 2005-05-20: In Rare Talks, the 2 Koreas Agree to Talk Again Next Month
Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times
* 2005-05-20: Editorial: Outlook for six-party talks
Korea Herald
* 2005-05-20: Seoul to discuss nukes in June talks with N.K.
Joo Sang-min, Korea Herald
* 2005-05-20: Editorial: N. Korea nukes: a fresh approach
NY Newsday
* 2005-05-19: N. Korean Nuke Program a Topic at Meeting
Paul Alexander, Guardian
* 2005-05-19: Seoul plays down hopes on N.Korea nuclear talks
Jack Kim, Reuters
* 2005-05-19: S.Korea to give North fertilizer, no nuclear accord
Reuters
* 2005-05-19: US gaffes make Korea's neighbours wince
Stuart McMillan, NZ National Business Review
* 2005-05-19: US asks North Korea to return to nuclear talks at rare meeting
Yahoo! News
* 2005-05-19: U.S. says it held talks with North Korea
Reuters
* 2005-05-19: White House Report, May 19: North Korea
US Embassy Japan
* 2005-05-19: No thanks to nuclear power policy
Stefan Dietrich, Frankfurter Allgemeine
* 2005-05-19: Workweek change for BWXT
Frank Munger, Knoxville News-Sentinel
* 2005-05-19: Koreas Can't Break Nuclear Impasse
Paul Alexander, Guardian
* 2005-05-19: U.S., N. Korean Officials Met Last Week
Joseph Coleman, Guardian
* 2005-05-18: Rival Koreas Extend Talks to Thursday
Paul Alexander, Guardian
* 2005-05-18: Energy secretary sees new nuclear power plant by 2014
Associated Press
DOE Secretary Samuel Bodman said Tuesday that a new nuclear power plant could be completed by 2014 under administration proposals to reduce construction risks and speed licensing. "If all goes well, we could see new plants online by 2014," he told the an industry conference (Nuclear Energy Assembly) in Washington.
* Insurance pool
DOE will ask Congress to establish a $3 billion insurance pool to help investors cover interest, operating, maintenance and newly acquired construction costs stemming from regulatory delays. Premiums would be waived for utilities that place firm orders before 2009 for new power plants. Each new reactor would be insured for up to $500 million. The insurance would apply to the first two plants built from a new Westinghouse design, and the first two built from a new General Electric design. Companies would be asked to pay an insurance premium of about 10 percent of their total coverage, possibly over a period of years. The insurance would cover half the costs of interest, operations and maintenance, and "newly acquired construction costs accumulated during the second, third and fourth years of a serious regulatory delay", Bodman said.
Fewer licensing appeals
The administration also plans to ask Congress to make it harder to stop a new reactor from operating once it is built. Bodman said fewer appeals to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission would give "more certainty in the licensing process." Bodman said he has no specific criteria for raising the bar for an appeal to the NRC, other than requiring "clear evidence that there is a failure to comply with that which was undertaken when the construction began." "That's really what the standard, in my judgment, should be," he said. President Bush said last month that more than 35 nuclear power plants in the United States have been stopped "because of bureaucratic obstacles." NRC spokesman Eliot Brenner said the NRC has offered a simpler application process, for more than ten years now, for the building and operating phases. He said it already had set "a very high threshold to get to a second public hearing" after a new plant is built.
Bodman dismissed the need for other incentives. "Looking for upfront incentives now sends the message that nuclear power cannot stand on its own without special government assistance. I don't think this is the right message to send to the American people, and I don't think it's true," he said.
* 2005-05-18: Particle conference to draw nearly 1,400
Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel
* 2005-05-18: Oak Ridge expert MIA in photo
Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel
* 2005-05-18: Sparks fly on Y-12 work sked
Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel
* 2005-05-18: Panel expected to OK Yankee waste site today
Rutland Herald
* 2005-05-18: Maine Yankee Foresees Waste Gone in Decade
Greg Foster, Lincoln County News
* 2005-05-18: South Korea pushes "more acceptable" nuclear deal for North
Yahoo! News
* 2005-05-18: Korea Advised to Build Trust to Construct Nuke Waste Site
Seo Jee-yeon, Korea Times
* 2005-05-18: Intra-Korean Talks Must be Productive
The Hankyoreh
* 2005-05-18: Chernobyl's link to thyroid cancer confirmed
New Scientist
* 2005-05-18: Push North Korea toward real reform
Michael O'hanlon and Jack Pritchard, Japan Times
* 2005-05-18: S.Korea enticing North to talks with new proposal
Jack Kim and Rhee So-eui, Reuters
* 2005-05-18: Hill Confident South Korea Will Stick to U.S. Alliance
Chosun Ilbo
* 2005-05-18: Inter-Korean negotiators extend talks to third day
Korea Herald
* 2005-05-18: Editorial: Limiting Spread Of Nuclear Plague
Korea Herald
* 2005-05-18: N. Korea Plays Off Fears in Nuke Standoff
Joseph Coleman, Las Vegas SUN
* 2005-05-18: N. Korea Plays Off Fears in Nuke Standoff
Joseph Coleman, Guardian
* 2005-05-17: Papers Show N. Korea Sought Nukes in 1960s
William C. Mann, Las Vegas SUN
* 2005-05-17: North and South Korea talks break, no progress
Reuters
* 2005-05-17: Seoul pitches incentives to N.K.
Joo Sang-min, Korea Herald
* 2005-05-17: Stronger US push needed for N. Korea reform
Michael O'Hanlon and Jack Pritchard, Christian Science Monitor
* 2005-05-17: South Korea Says It Doubts That the North Plans an A-Test
Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times
* 2005-05-17: South Korea keeps pressing North to resume talk
Jack Kim and Linda Sieg, Reuters
* 2005-05-17: N. Korea Invites Rice for Bilateral Nuclear Talks
Chosun Ilbo
* 2005-05-17: China denies arranging Rice visit to Pyongyang
Xinhua News
* 2005-05-17: Pyongyang's Communist enabler
Segye
* 2005-05-17: North Korea asks China to arrange Rice visit-report
Reuters
* 2005-05-17: Talks bog down as South Korea presses North Korea
Yahoo! News
* 2005-05-17: Uranium not secure at ORNL, group says
Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel
* 2005-05-17: Rival Koreas Extend Talks to Thursday
Paul Alexander, Guardian
* 2005-05-17: Koreas' Meeting Shows Signs of Souring
Paul Alexander, Guardian
* 2005-05-16: N Korea 'in urgent need of food'
BBC News
* 2005-05-16: Letter: 'Bunker-busting' nuclear weapon is not needed
Peggy Maze Johnson, Las Vegas SUN
* 2005-05-16: Lab Cleanup Change Nixed
Adam Rankin, Albuquerque Journal
* 2005-05-16: US cautious as North, South Korea huddle
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* 2005-05-16: US not consulted yet on SKorea's new plan to break nuclear deadlock
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* 2005-05-16: Editorial: Intra-Korean Talks After 10 Months
The Hankyoreh
* 2005-05-16: US Eyes Kaesong for Nuke Talks Breakthrough
Reuben Staines, Korea Times
* 2005-05-16: Chung Expresses Hopes for S-N Talks
Ryu Jin, Korea Times
* 2005-05-16: Thorp leak officially ranked a Òserious incidentÓ as UK mulls shutting plant down for good
Charles Digges, Bellona
* 2005-05-16: US, North Korea make contact on nuclear crisis
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* 2005-05-16: U.S. Is Warning North Koreans on Nuclear Test
David E. Sanger, New York Times
* 2005-05-16: Seoul hints at new disarmament proposal for North Korea
Guardian
* 2005-05-16: North and South Korea resume talks after long gap
Jack Kim, Reuters
* 2005-05-16: South Korea asks North to return to nuclear talks
Jack Kim, Reuters
* 2005-05-16: South Korea to again press North on nuclear talks
Jack Kim, Reuters
* 2005-05-16: U.S. Chief N.Korea Negotiator ÔTired of Crystal-GazingÕ
Chosun Ilbo
* 2005-05-16: Chosun Ilbo-CSIS Seminar to Look at U.S.' Korea Policy
Chosun Ilbo
* 2005-05-16: Seoul plans 'important proposals'
Joo Sang-min, Korea Herald
* 2005-05-16: Two Koreas Resume Nuke Talks After Hiatus
Paul Alexander, Guardian
* 2005-05-15: Korea meeting a chance to push for nuke talks - Seoul
Reuters
* 2005-05-15: U.S. warns N. Korea nuke test may lead to penalties
Adam Entous, Reuters
* 2005-05-15: Two Koreas to Talk Fertilizer, Nukes at Kaesong Meet
Ahn Yong-gyun, Chosun Ilbo
* 2005-05-15: South Korea Pushes to Engage the North, Rejecting U.S. Notion of a Quarantine
James Brooke, New York Times
* 2005-05-15: US warns North Korea against nuclear defiance
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* 2005-05-15: Nearby, atomic test sites
Jill Schensul, NorthJersey
* 2005-05-15: KHNP Seeks Exports of Nuclear Power Plants
Seo Jee-yeon, Korea Times
* 2005-05-15: Korea Introduces Competitive Nuclear Technology at ICAPP
Seo Jee-yeon, Korea Times
* 2005-05-15: Annan Stresses 6-Party Talks for NK Nuke Deadlock
Korea Times
* 2005-05-15: Efforts for 6-Party Talks Picking Up Steam
Ryu Jin, Korea Times
* 2005-05-15: Resuming Inter-Korean Dialogue
Korea Times
* 2005-05-14: Old Foes Soften to New Reactors
Felicity Barringer, New York Times (advance from tomorrow's paper)
Several of the nation's most prominent environmentalists have gone public with the message that nuclear power, long taboo among environmental advocates, should be reconsidered as a remedy for global warming. For many longtime advocates of environmental causes, such talk is nothing short of betrayal. Stewart Brand, a founder of the Whole Earth Catalog and the author of "Environmental Heresies," an article in the May issue of Technology Review, explained the shift as a direct consequence of the growing anxiety about global warming and its links to the use of fossil fuel. "It's not that something new and important and good had happened with nuclear, it's that something new and important and bad has happened with climate change," Mr. Brand said in an interview. In his article, Mr. Brand argued, "Everything must be done to increase energy efficiency and decarbonize energy production." He ran down a list of alternative technologies, like solar and wind energy, that emit no heat-trapping gases. "But add them all up," he wrote, "and it's just a fraction of enough." His conclusion: "The only technology ready to fill the gap and stop the carbon-dioxide loading is nuclear power." In recent statements, three top environmental experts - Fred Krupp, the executive director of Environmental Defense, and Jonathan Lash, the president of the World Resources Institute and James Gustave Speth, the dean of Yale's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies - have stopped well short of embracing nuclear power, but they have emphasized that it is worth trying to find solutions to the economic, safety and security, waste storage and proliferation issues rather than rejecting the whole technology.
The addition of significant financial incentives for the development of three new nuclear technologies to the McCain-Lieberman bill, which is being circulated in draft form, would codify a new political bargain. Conservatives would support emission controls in return for liberal support for a new generation of nuclear power plants, a shift that could reshape the existing alignments on these issues, The Times asserts. Details of the proposed new language in the McCain-Lieberman bill, some of which were first reported in The Energy Daily, a trade publication, were provided by a person who had read a draft. He requested anonymity because no final decision on the measure has been made.
* 2005-05-14: Setbacks On Hill For Bunker Buster
Walter Pincus, Washington Post
* 2005-05-14: Nuke cleanup nears end; BNFL management changing
Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel
* 2005-05-14: 'No evidence NK planning nuclear test'
Lee Joo-hee, Korea Herald
* 2005-05-14: North Korea Distrustful of U.S. Overture
Guardian
* 2005-05-14: North Korea proposes dialogue with South, raising hopes for nuclear talks
Yahoo! News
* 2005-05-14: North Korea proposes dialogue with South, raising hopes for nuclear talks
Yahoo! News
* 2005-05-14: Two Koreas to meet next week, nuclear talks planned
Reuters
* 2005-05-14: Two Koreas to meet, nuclear talks on agenda
Cheon Jong-woo and Kim Kyoung-wha, Reuters
* 2005-05-14: N. Korea Seeks Emergency Meeting With South
Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times
* 2005-05-14: Inter-Korean dialogue to be resumed Monday
Xinhua News
* 2005-05-14: N Korea to open talks with South
BBC News
* 2005-05-13: S.Korea bullish on North atom talks despite boast
Lee Shin-hyung and Jack Kim, Reuters
* 2005-05-13: South Korea Urges the North to Rejoin Talks on Weapons
Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times
* 2005-05-13: Critics smother bunker-buster
Ian Hoffman, Tri-Valley Herald
* 2005-05-13: Seoul intelligence chief says no evidence of N.Korea nuclear test
Yahoo! News
* 2005-05-12:
* A draft environmental study of proposed steam generator replacement at San Onofre-2 and -3 will be discussed at public hearing today. The study, by Aspen Environmental Group, was released in mid-April. The project is estimated to cost $813-million, with the new generators in place as early as 2009. One of the recommendations in the draft is to use an inland route between port of Long Beach and the plant, instead of the beach route proposed by Southern California Edison. The route Edison prefers would move the new generators in multiaxle trucks along the beach near Camp Pendleton to the Las Pulgas area, turn east onto mostly dirt roads to Interstate 5, go north on the freeway a quarter-mile, then turn west onto old Highway 101 for the final leg. This is identical to the route Edison proposed 18 months ago for moving the reactor vessel head of Unit 1, which was decommissioned. But Aspen researchers found that trucks traveling that route would cause higher air emissions than on the other route, pass dangerously close to unstable bluffs, and damage the tranquillity of the state beach and campgrounds nearby. "Here you are trying to have a nice time camping with the wife and kids, and all of a sudden there are these things that are entirely unnatural, huge, coming along the road," said Andrew Barnsdale, project manager for the Public Utilities Commission. So Aspen researchers recommended the second route along restricted, mostly paved roads on Camp Pendleton that are controlled by the Marines, then north on I-5 about two miles before reaching the plant. They said the route would avoid the bluffs and cause less disruption to state beach and campground activities, but would require that the freeway be closed longer and that work be done to protect wetland areas along the way, such as laying special paving or mats across sensitive parts of the route. "We've never shipped that way, first and foremost," said San Onofre spokesperson Ray Golden. "We have a demonstrated success shipping along the route we're proposing." Rochelle Becker, executive director of the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility, which opposes nuclear power in California, said there is more at stake than just swapping generators in and out of a nuclear power plant. The environmental study is cursory, critics say, because it does not consider the long-term impacts of keeping the 2,150-megawatt plant open until its license expires in 2022 -- and possibly beyond. Spokespersons for San Onofre and the California Public Utilities Commission said such big-picture thinking was not part of the research firm's mission. "They were tasked with looking at steam generator replacement," said San Onofre's Ray Golden. "It wasn't to look at the overall licensing of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station."
* 2005-05-12: Activists dispute ORNL health report--Group says federal study 'flat-out false' * 2005-05-12: Second nuclear plant shut down * 2005-05-12: North Koreans Claim to Extract Fuel for Nuclear Weapons * 2005-05-12: North Korea sparks fresh plutonium alarm * 2005-05-12: Nuclear treaty talks keep seat for North Korea * 2005-05-12: Alarm spreads as North Korea speeds up nuclear drive * 2005-05-12: North Korea Reports a Key Nuclear Move * 2005-05-12: When Dealing With North Korea, Assume the Worst * 2005-05-12: What Are Koreans Up To? U.S. Agencies Can't Agree * 2005-05-12: N. Korea Says It Will Bolster Nuke Arsenal * 2005-05-11: U.S. weighs rules for any N. Korean missile strike * 2005-05-11: Concerned over N.Korea atom fuel extraction-Seoul * 2005-05-11: China urges restraint from all in N.Korea talks * 2005-05-11: Factbox--Yongbyon, heart of N.Korea nuclear programs * 2005-05-11: Shock at NKorean claims on nuclear fuel rods North Korea has "successfully finished" removing 8000 fuel rods from the reactor at its Yongbyon nuclear complex, which was shut down last month, so it could "bolster its nuclear arsenal", according to a North Korea Foreign Ministry spokesman. South Korean media reported that reprocessing the spent rods could yield enough plutonium for about two nuclear bombs. To get the plutonium, the rods would first need to cool for a couple months and then be reprocessed, which also takes a couple of months.
* 2005-05-11: North Korea Advancing Nuclear Program * 2005-05-11: US says North Korea headed in 'wrong direction' on nukes * 2005-05-11: China Is Unwilling to Impose Sanctions on North Koreans * 2005-05-11: China Rules Out Using Sanctions on North Korea * 2005-05-11: North Korea says completes nuclear fuel extraction * 2005-05-11: Text of North Korean government nuclear statement * 2005-05-11: North Korea finishes removing spent fuel rods from nuclear reactor * 2005-05-11: Nuclear power may be the only way, says chief scientist Sir David King, the UK Government's chief scientific adviser, says that if Britain is not to miss -- badly -- its global warming targets, there may be no alternative to building new nuclear power plants -- "one generation only", he stresses. The reason is what he refers to as the "energy gap" -- the period coming soon when Britain's existing range of atomic power stations, which provides nearly a quarter of UK's electricity without producing any significant amounts of CO2, start to be retired and drop out of the energy mix. Over the next 15 years or so, 11 out of Britain's current 12 nuclear power stations come to the end of their working lives. As they are shut down, the proportion of Britain's electricity produced by nuclear (CO2-free) power will drop from around a quarter now to about 4 per cent by 2020. The quietly spoken South African-born scientist, professor of chemistry at the University of Cambridge, is a practised Whitehall hand and was scrupulously careful not to give any direct public endorsement of his own to a new nuclear energy programme. This is a decision strictly for ministers. But the stress he laid on the energy gap gave an insight into the Government's private thinking. "I'm not a great fan of nuclear," he said. "I can understand the public concerns, I can understand all the concerns about radioactive waste and so on. But I also feel that the climate change issue is so important that we really have to examine the potential use of nuclear."
* 2005-05-11: Alliance slams nuke report * 2005-05-11: Maine Yankee Removes Railcars from Topsham * 2005-05-11: US envoy confirms atomic test preparations as NKorea raises tension * 2005-05-11: Working at K-25 a security dance * 2005-05-11: NRC meeting draws light crowd * 2005-05-11: N. Korea Removes Nuclear Rods From Reactor * 2005-05-10: N. Korea Dismisses Nuclear Test Reports * 2005-05-10: U.S. Offers Diplomatic Carrots to N. Korea * 2005-05-10: N Korea 'may test nuclear device' * 2005-05-10: Cinergy, Duke merger may take year to finish Cinergy and Duke Energy have agreed to merge. State utilities regulators in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, North Carolina and South Carolina will have to approve the deal, as will the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice. Cinergy spokesman Steve Brash said the merger applications will be filed with the states in June or July. He said Cinergy is confident the merger will be approved thanks, in part, to the company's track record after it was created in 1994 through the merger of Cincinnati Gas & Electric and PSI of Indiana. Closing the deal is expected to take about a year.
* 2005-05-10: Feds say level of radiation in water near ORNL 'safe' * 2005-05-10: NRC awaits more data on Vermont Yankee plant power increase * 2005-05-10: Maine Yankee Says Rail Cars Won't Come Back * 2005-05-10: Defiant NKorea stokes concern over nuclear test * 2005-05-10: Hopes for talks revive as NKorea warned against "reckless" A-bomb test * 2005-05-10: North Korea blames U.S. for nuclear test 'fuss' * 2005-05-10: North Korea has plutonium 'to make six nuclear bombs' * 2005-05-10: N. Korea Suggests It Will Hold Atomic Test * 2005-05-10: Mysteries surround N. Korea nuclear test * 2005-05-10: S.Korea: No signs detected of DPRK preparing nuclear test * 2005-05-09: N. Korean Official Hints at Nuclear Test * 2005-05-09: U.S. reassures N.Korea on sovereignty, direct talks * 2005-05-09: IAEA: N. Korea has up to 6 nuclear bombs * 2005-05-09: N. Korean Official: Nuclear Test 'Indispensable' Step * 2005-05-09: China, S.Korea press for resumption of 6-way talks * 2005-05-09: Asia-Europe conference wraps up divided on North Korea, Myanmar * 2005-05-09: Japan sees step forward as NKorea says not insisting on talks just with US * 2005-05-09: IAEA: North Korea Can Make Atomic Arms * 2005-05-09: North Korea Will Test Nuclear Weapon * 2005-05-09: North Korean Nuclear Standoff Should be Resolved through Talks * 2005-05-09: Not Much Time Left For North Korea * 2005-05-09: IAEA: North Korea Can Make Atomic Arms * 2005-05-09: North Korea hints at return to stalled nuclear talks * 2005-05-09: US ready for direct talks with N. Korea within multi-party negotiations * 2005-05-09: Hopes for talks revive as NKorea warned against "reckless" A-bomb test * 2005-05-08: "Pyongyang Likely to Proceed with Nuclear Tests" * 2005-05-08: Roh, Hu Urge NK to Return to Dialogue * 2005-05-08: Talk of six North Korea nuclear bombs worries US, UN * 2005-05-08: UN nuclear chief says North Korea has close to six nukes * 2005-05-08: North Korea 'may have six bombs' * 2005-05-08: Plainly Tell North Korea that Nuclear Test Will Result in Calamity * 2005-05-08: China, S.Korea press for resumption of 6-way talks * 2005-05-07: China said to reject plan to cut off N.Korea oil * 2005-05-07: There's No Plan B to Deter N. Korea * 2005-05-07: U.S. says has deterrent amid North Korea fears * 2005-05-07: ASEM ministers urge North Korea back to nuclear talks * 2005-05-07: Concern mounts over North Korea * 2005-05-07: U.S. Warns North Korea Against Nuclear Test * 2005-05-07: China Rejected U.S. Suggestion to Cut off Oil to Pressure North Korea * 2005-05-07: North Korea Slams US Intentions * 2005-05-07: Ministers Urge N. Korea on Nuclear Talks * 2005-05-06: N Korea activity puzzles analysts * 2005-05-06: Spy photos spot signs of N Korea nuclear test site * 2005-05-06: N.Korea nuclear threat, Myanmar haunt ASEM meet * 2005-05-06: North Korean nuclear test would have disastrous consequences: UN nuclear chief * 2005-05-06: Nuclear test by North Korea will be 'provocative act:' White House * 2005-05-06: China defends diplomacy on NKorea, SKorea says Beijing can do more * 2005-05-06: Vague intelligence ups N Korea nuclear test speculation * 2005-05-06: U.S. Cites Signs of Korean Preparations for Nuclear Test * 2005-05-05: U.S. Rejects N. Korean Conditions for Restart to Talks * 2005-05-05: US struggles with North Korea, Iran nuclear standoffs * 2005-05-05: Bush, Hu express concern about North Korea * 2005-05-05: Editorial: North Must Come to 6-Party Talks * 2005-05-05: South Korea looks at China to do more to revive six-way nuclear talks * 2005-05-04: Bargaining With North Korea * 2005-05-04: S.Korea says at 'critical moment' on N.Korea crisis * 2005-05-04: N.Korea Sites Watched for Nuke Test Preparations * 2005-05-03: S. Korea Says It Has No Intel on Nuke Test * 2005-05-03: Nuke Resolution Crucial for Future Peace Treaty * 2005-05-03: U.S. intelligence detects N.Korea test work-daily * 2005-05-03: US ready for direct contacts with N Korea if 6-party talks resume * 2005-05-03: Editorial: Review of the NPT * 2005-05-03: U.S. Lambastes Iran, N. Korea at U.N. Meeting * 2005-05-03: US intelligence suggests North Korea preparing nuclear test site * 2005-05-03: IAEA chief calls on NKorea to return to negotiating table * 2005-05-03: Seoul Denies Report on NK Nuke Test * 2005-05-02: US has 'significant' deterrent capability against North Korea: Rice * 2005-05-02: U.S. Denounces North Korea After Reports of Missile Test * 2005-05-02: Deprive Iran, N.Korea of nuclear energy, U.S. says * 2005-05-02: Iran, N. Korean nuclear crises worsen as non-proliferation meeting begins * 2005-05-02: Japan, EU urge N.Korea to scrap nuclear reactors * 2005-05-02: US, Asian allies downplay North Korea missile test * 2005-05-02: 'Nuke Strike on Yongbyon Creates 550,000 Victims' * 2005-05-02: Seoul, Washington attempt to revive operation plan for N. Korean crisis * 2005-05-02: Rice to N. Korea: U.S. Can Defend Itself * 2005-05-01: Report: N. Korea May Have Fired Missile * 2005-05-01: N. Korea Missile Test Raises New Fears * 2005-05-01: N. Korea Lashes Out at 'Hooligan' Bush * 2005-05-01: NK Could Have Ability to Produce One to Three Nuclear Weapons * 2005-05-01: Seoul Denies Report on NK A-Bomb Test * 2005-05-01: North Korean missile fired towards Japan * 2005-05-01: N. Korea may have launched missile near Japan - media * 2005-05-01: North Korea conducts missile test: US * 2005-05-01: North Korean missile fired into Japan Sea * 2005-05-01: U.S. targets Iran, North Korea at nuke arms talks * 2005-05-01: Analysis - North Korea nuclear test could change dynamics in Asia * 2005-05-01: North Korea 'tests new missile' * 2005-04-30: U.S. Warns of Possible N. Korea Nuke Test * 2005-04-30: Feds: N. Korea Could Build Nuke Missile * 2005-04-30: North Korea may carry out nuclear test by June - Kyodo * 2005-04-30: U.S. Downplays Remarks on N. Korea's Arms Ability * 2005-04-30: U.S. Weapons Envoy Pessimistic About Talks With North Korea * 2005-04-30: Diplomacy on North Korean nukes urged * 2005-04-30: North Korea Lashes Out at Bush * 2005-04-30: North Korea has the ability to arm a nuclear missile! * 2005-04-30: Korea may conduct nuclear test by June * 2005-04-29: Bush Pleased With Progress in Iraq, Explains N. Korea Steps * 2005-04-29: Top U.S. Envoy Warns N.Korea on Nuke Tests * 2005-04-29: DIA: N. Korea Can Arm Missile With Nuke * 2005-04-29: U.S., S. Korea Discuss N. Korea's Nukes * 2005-04-29: North Korea reactor shut-down problematic - U.S. * 2005-04-29: US envoy says six-party talks best option for North Korea * 2005-04-29: North Korea capable of firing nuclear-armed missile at US: US official * 2005-04-29: Pentagon plays down, but does not deny assessment on North Korean nukes * 2005-04-29: True or False: Can North Korean Missiles Carry Nuclear Warheads? * 2005-04-28: Officials: N. Korea Missile Years Away * 2005-04-28: N. Korea Refusal to Talk Called a Problem * 2005-04-28: U.S. envoy says 6-way talks still best for North Korea * 2005-04-28: U.S. envoy says six-way talks still best for North Korea * 2005-04-27: N Korea nuclear talks 'in doubt' * 2005-04-27: U.S. says fate of North Korea nuclear talks in doubt * 2005-04-27: Chernobyl Disaster Blamed for Cancer Surge in Women * 2005-04-27: How Many Nukes in North Korea's Arsenal? * 2005-04-26: US prepares for nuclear stand-off with Pyongyang * 2005-04-26: U.S. negotiator in China to push for N.Korea talks * 2005-04-26: U.S. envoy Hills says North Korea talks 'uncertain' * 2005-04-26: US envoy on NKorea holds talks in Beijing * 2005-04-26: Rice says US committed to six-party talks on North Korea * 2005-04-26: North Korea: a Yawning Gap in Perceptions * 2005-04-25: US prepares for nuclear stand-off with Pyongyang * 2005-04-25: N Korea warned over nuclear test * 2005-04-25: White House May Go to U.N. Over North Korean Shipments * 2005-04-25: South Korea Warns North Over Nuclear Test * 2005-04-25: U.S. may seek U.N. help on N.Korean shipments - report * 2005-04-25: Nuclear test would be bad move for N.Korea - Seoul * 2005-04-25: U.S. plays down talk of North Korea quarantine * 2005-04-25: Seoul says nuclear test will backfire on NKorea as US calls for talks * 2005-04-25: US expresses frustration with N. Korea over nuclear talks * 2005-04-25: US, S.Korean negotiators discuss strategies on nuclear issue * 2005-04-25: NYT Smells N.Korea Quarantine Plan * 2005-04-25: Allies Agree on Best Tactics for N. Korean Nukes * 2005-04-24: US warns China that NKorea could conduct nuclear test at any time - report * 2005-04-24: NKorea in nuclear arsenal pledge * 2005-04-24: Concerns Stirred over Possible North Korean Nuclear Tests * 2005-04-24: Korean Leaders Agree to Restart Talks * 2005-04-24: N.Korean general: U.S. brought atom talks to collapse * 2005-04-24: North and South Korea hold breakthrough talks on Pyongyang's nuclear * 2005-04-24: North Korea vows to bolster nuclear deterrent * 2005-04-24: UN chief calls on NKorea to return to six-party talks on N-problem * 2005-04-24: U.S. Intelligence Fears N. Korea Nuke Test: Reports * 2005-04-24: Editorial: Inter-Korean dialogue * 2005-04-24: Hill Hints at Tougher Tactics on N. Korea * 2005-04-24: Nuclear Weapons Test; Six-Party Negotiations Must Be Preserved * 2005-04-23: North and South Korea agree talks * 2005-04-23: Korean Leaders Agree to Restart Talks * 2005-04-23: Korean Leaders Agree to Resume Talks * 2005-04-23: North, S.Korea meet again in Jakarta, no breakthrough * 2005-04-23: U.S. Sees Nothing Definitive on N. Korea Nuke Tests * 2005-04-23: U.S. believes N. Korea Will Conduct Nuclear Bomb Tests * 2005-04-22: N. Korea Says Nukes Needed for Defense * 2005-04-22: N. Korea Says Nukes Needed for Defense * 2005-04-22: Senior South, North Koreans Meet; No Nuclear Talk * 2005-04-22: Russia insists on Korea adopting non-nuclear status * 2005-04-22: DPRK urges US to clear its nuclear weapons in and near South Korea * 2005-04-22: Roh, Bush may hold June summit on N. Korea nukes * 2005-04-22: S. 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