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• Shots Across The DMZ

  Published: August 6, 2007, 8:04 am

  Tags: North Korea

  Seoul confirms that the two Korean armies exchanged short bursts of gunshots across the DMZ, one day before disarmament talks expected to set the procedure for permanently disabling the Yongbyon nuclear plant. The exchange could mean that Kim Jong-Il wants...

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• The Never-Ending (Yawn!) Unification Dream

  Published: August 10, 2007, 8:58 am

  Tags: Wmd, Business Economy, East Asia, Politics, Dprk, Japan, Korea, Koreas, North Korea, Nukes, Politics, Roh Moo Hyun, Rok, Six Party Talks, South Korea, Summits, Wmd

  dprk, East Asia, japan, korea, koreas, north korea, nukes, politics, roh moo hyun, rok, six party talks, south korea, summits, us, wmdBusiness/Economy dprk East Asia japan korea koreas north korea nukes politics roh moo hyun rok six party talks south korea summits us wmd Business/Economy, dprk, East Asia, japan, korea, koreas, north korea,

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• Wait, so if we actually talk to countries whose behavior we want to change . . .

  Published: September 2, 2007, 3:14 pm

  Tags: North Korea, Foreign Policy

  from North Korea: diplomacy works.Kudos to Chris Hill, one of the few decent civil servants in the upper echelons of the current administration.I'd write more, but frankly after yesterday's showing by my beloved Wolverines I'm too depressed to think straight. Appalachian effing State . . . unreal. I'm not turning on ESPN for at least a

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• North Korea Agrees To End Nuclear Programs

  Published: September 2, 2007, 4:20 pm

  Tags: North Korea

  Talks in Geneva between North Korea and the US have produced a breakthrough on nuclear disarmament. Pyongyang has declared that it will end all nuclear-weapons efforts by the end of 2007, agreeing for the first time to account for its...

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• ASIA: North Korea, acuerda desmantelar su proyecto nuclear

  Published: September 3, 2007, 5:01 pm

  Tags: Christopher Hill, Nuclear Energy, North Korea, Geneva, Russia, Usa, China, Pyongyang, Nuclear Power, Geopolitic, Swiss, Japan, South Korea, Yongbyon

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• US, N Korea treaty hangs on nuclear disarmament

  Published: September 7, 2007, 4:21 am

  Tags: Defence National Security, Security Alliances, Government Politics, World Politics, Apec 2007, Australia, Nsw, Sydney 2000, North Korea, United States

  President George W Bush says the United States would be willing to consider a formal peace treaty with North Korea if it gave up its nuclear weapons program.

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• Howard denies trilateral talks 'anti-Chinese'

  Published: September 9, 2007, 4:12 am

  Tags: Defence National Security, Security Alliances, Government Politics, Federal Government, Foreign Affairs, World Politics, Apec 2007, Australia, China, Japan, North Korea, United States

  Prime Minister John Howard has moved to quash suggestions the security dialogue between Australia, Japan and the United States is anti-Chinese.

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• Korean Nuke Link in Paragraph Seven of NYT Syria Airstrike Story

  Published: September 12, 2007, 4:16 pm

  Tags: Iran, Israel, North Korea, Syria, Terrorism, James Joyner, New York Times, Outside The Beltway, Blogs

  reason to believe that North Korea may be smuggling "nuclear material" to terror-sponsoring states Iran and Syria: Talk about burying your lede. This is seven paragraphs down in the story (I use scarce quotes because newspaper style favors incredibly short paragraphs and breaks even when the subject has not changed for ease

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• That Glow In Pyongyang-Damascus Relations

  Published: September 13, 2007, 1:43 pm

  Tags: North Korea

  The Washington Post reports that evidence of a nuclear partnership between North Korea and Syria has received top-level attention in the Bush administration. In what appears to be a reverse of the problems of 9/11, the data has bypassed much...

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• Don’t Discount the Need for Korean Union

  Published: September 13, 2007, 10:57 pm

  Tags: Military, East Asia, Politics, Usa, Asia, Bruce Klinger, Gnp, Lee Myung Bak, North Korea, Rok, South Korea, The Heritage Foundation

  presented a plan for inter-Korean cooperation. This is more than just, in Klinger’s argument, a “policies to fend off internal dissension and gain favor with the populace.” Some sort of economic union with North Korea responds to a majority of elite and popular South Korean opinion. Military engagement with North Korea is

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• Israel Negotiates Tough New Sanctions On Syria

  Published: September 16, 2007, 10:47 am

  Tags: General, America S Enemies, The Middle East, World, North Korea

  that they were buying from North Korea and not Iran is a sign that the Iranian nuke program isn’t putting out yet. That’s why we need to take it out before it does. Rogue regimes are much more difficult to deal with after they get nuclear missiles. Send the IDF some love. Tags: North Korea, DPRK, Israel,

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• What Happened in Syria?

  Published: September 17, 2007, 9:42 am

  Tags: Israel, North Korea, Nukes

  been delivered to Syria from North Korea. This didn't make a lot of sense to me. I understand that Syria would like to have nuclear weapons, but by no account does it have any of the infrastructure necessary to support the construction of such a weapon. I suppose that the North Koreans could have shipped a completed nuke to Syria, but that

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• PIFF: Xmas Come Early

  Published: September 18, 2007, 8:08 am

  Tags: Spleen, Lf Recommended, Books Movies Media, Busan, Films, Movies, North Korea, Piff, Pusan International Film Fesival

  The 12th Pusan International Film Festival runs from October 4 to 12, and I will blog about my selections and experiences.

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• The links between North Korea and Syria

  Published: September 18, 2007, 1:09 pm

  Tags: North Korea, Syria

  with arms bought from North Korea. North Korea has become critical to Syria's plans to enhance and upgrade its weapons. Syria's liquid fuelled Scud-C missiles depend on essential foreign aid and assistance, primarily from North Korean entities, said the CIA in a report to the US Congress in 2004.Both North Korea and Syria are secret

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• Syria is up to its neck in dirt

  Published: September 19, 2007, 12:16 am

  Tags: Iran, Israel, North Korea, Syria

  transaction involving Syria, North Korea and Iran. This is especially true given the absence of huffing and puffing from anyone, including Syria, about what Israel did. Syria wants to keep the event low profile, because it was violating every international law known to man. And heads of state around the world are once again breathing a sigh

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