Posted on 07/08/2005 9:02:51 PM PDT by datura
North Korea has resumed construction of nuclear reactors at Yongbyon and Thaechon that were frozen under the 1994 Agreed Framework with the United States, Japan's Nihon Keizai reported last week. U.S. intelligence agencies said the two graphite-moderated reactors are capable of producing plutonium for nuclear warheads.
Aboveground work was underway on a 50,000-kilowatt reactor at Yongbyon and ground-leveling work had begun at Thaechon for a 200,000-kilowatt reactor.
Government sources said the North Koreans had informed the United States about the resumed construction.
The information has not been made public in the United States. The State Department is attempting to salvage the Agreed Framework and to ultimately create an Agreed Framework II as a result of the six-party nuclear talks.
U.S. intelligence officials have sought to play down the latest construction so as not to further undermine the 1994 pact.
Posted "breaking" due to the fact that this is not generally released yet.
Connection?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1439075/posts
Seoul vows to bar U.S. strike at North Korea
International Herald Tribune ^ | July 8th, 2005 | Choe Sang-Hun
Posted on 07/08/2005 9:14:09 AM MDT by Paul Ross
SEOUL President Roh Moo Hyun declared Thursday that under no circumstances would South Korea allow the United States to resort to a military attack against North Korea.
President George W. Bush insists that he wants to resolve the nuclear crisis through diplomacy, but he has not officially ruled out a military option, which he has called a "last choice."
Maybe - good find!
I don't trust the Koreans of any stripe any longer as friends or allies.
Allow? Maybe we should allow North Korea to wander through South Korea, and allow them to take over it's government.
I really hope that we have own own timeline for dealing with Iran and North Korea - that we're not just waiting for events to develop on their own.
My thoughts exactly.
Ever since Condi has gone to State, our foreign policy has been turned upside down. We no longer take the lead - we REACT.
There is nothing I find to be proactive in this administration any longer, and even less that I find comforting.
South Korea plays a contrary tune for the sake of strategy; it's a head game. They are firmly on our side.
Allow?
SK won't ALLOW?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Kinda like a bunny telling a tiger what it's not allowed to do.
Their government, possibly. Their populace, not.
Shoot us with what? The ROK army is a fierce and loyal ally. Very hardened soldiers, despite their limited engagements.
I agree the population is under heavy student influence, and highly subverted by the North.
ping
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