North Korean Nuclear Disarmament

Posted by Indigenious at 10/4/2007 4:55 PM
Categories: North Korea



Intro:

I will not get into the history of the conflict from the historical division of North and South Korea following the Japanese occupation at the end of WII and the subsequent Korean War. Nor will I get into the history of North Korean Nuclear armament, of which you can read more on the CNN mini-site about the recent North Korea Nuclear Tension.
But, only mention the most recent events.

In February's Six Party Talks North Korea agreed to gradual disarmament of its nuclear weapons program and to non-proliferation. The agreement was finally signed in September. Along the way there were some concerns and rumors that North Korea was helping Syria develop a nuclear program. Yesterday in a breakthrough at the continued talks North Korea apparently agreed to shut down its main reactor at Yangbon, including issuing out an invitation for a US team to start disabling the reactor next week. In addition to the aforementioned exciting developments today a historical meeting was held in Pyongyang between the South Korean President, Roh Moo-hyun and Kim Jung Il (the first since 200 between leaders of the two countries). The two signed a peace pledge (whatever that means).

In any case we thoug

ht it interesting to bring the North Korean point of view, although it is hard to come by.

North Korean Press:

Another reasonable source is the Naenara News Section. Naenara, the central online portal of North Korea. The site gives a reasonable idea of the press in the country, which is quite similar to that of Myanmar seen in yesterday's post (many congratulations to Kim Jung Il and leaders of foreign countries and condemnations of the US).
There is no mention of the talks or the North Korean Nuclear Program.  

Another source is the Korean Central News Agency of DPRK, the official North Korean news agency (although

in North Korea they are all official).
In this site there is a mention of the agreement reached in February:  
Third Phase of Fifth Round of Six-Party Talks Held
In September there is a mention of the rumors of nuclear cooperation with Syria:

Rumor about Secret Nuclear Cooperation between DPRK and Syria Dismissed
There are also several mentions of the Six Party talks held in September. However, there is no mention of the most recent agreement.
Kim Jung Il's meeting with the South Korean President does get quite a few headlines in the last few days.

And one great article speaking of "Proliferation":
New Technology for Frog Proliferation and Breeding Developed


 

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