Visit to North Korea urged

Washington Times by Nicholas Kralev | Oct. 11, 2007 (News Report)

The South Korean government urged Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday to visit Pyongyang as a "political boosting measure" to an international deal requiring North Korea to disable its main nuclear facilities by year"s end.

Seoul's ambassador to Washington also said it was "ironic and paradoxical" that the Bush administration softened its previously harsh stance against the communist state only after it conducted a nuclear test one year ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S.
Topics: Nuclear Weapons, North Korea, Foreign Policy
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Posted by: Posted by Roland F. Hirsch - Oct 11, 2007 - 5:38 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Roland F. Hirsch (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Fabrice Florin (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Oct 11, 2007 - 8:55 AM PDT

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 by Roland F. Hirsch - Oct. 1, 2008

This news article is largely based upon an interview with the South Korean Ambassador to the U.S. He provides several suggestions about U.S.-Korean relations that no doubt were approved by his government. The author provides useful background. The tone of the article is neutral, neither pro-Bush or anti-Bush, unlike many foreign policy articles which tend to reflect the author's ideologies.

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