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Wednesday April 13, 9:11 PM Losyukov doesn't see 6-way talks can solve N. Korea nuclear issue (Kyodo) _ Russian Ambassador to Japan Alexander Losyukov voiced pessimism Wednesday over the possibility of resolving the issue of North Korea's nuclear arms program at the stalled six-party talks, firmly believing Pyongyang will not return to the table. The envoy was quoted by Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Yoshio Hachiro as suggesting the matter should be taken to the U.N. Security Council because there is no other choice than to tackle it under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. North Korea declared its withdrawal from the...

February 10, 2005 North Korea Says It Has Nuclear Weapons and Rejects Talks By JAMES BROOKE TOKYO, Feb. 10 - In a surprising admission, North Korea's hard-line Communist government declared publicly today for the first time that it has nuclear weapons. It also said that it will boycott United States-sponsored regional talks designed to end its nuclear program, according to a North Korean Foreign Ministry statement transmitted today by the reclusive nation's wire service. Pyongyang said it has "manufactured nukes for self-defense to cope with the Bush administration's undisguised policy to isolate and stifle" North Korea, and that it will...

The Dangers of Self-Delusion Appeasement failed with Hitler, and it won't work with Kim Jong Il BY NICHOLAS EBERSTADT Monday, Jun. 14, 2004 How can we make sense of the seemingly never-ending spectacle that is the North Korean nuclear crisis? Let me suggest an answer: we're watching "conference diplomacy" all over again—that is to say, the approach to conflict resolution embraced by the great powers of Europe in the 1920s and '30s. The premise underlying this peculiar mode of "diplomatic engagement" was that international disputes were really just disagreements among reasonable gentlemen. If only these men could gather to talk...

/start my translation N. Korea has produced two more nukes (Sankei reports) U.S. government informed Japanese government that N. Korea produced two more nukes, Sankei Shimbun( a conservative Japanese daily) reported on Oct. 18(, 2003.) "America has so far contended, 'N. Korea has one or two nukes'(Secretary Powell's position.) If N. Korea did produce two more nukes, 'she may now possess up to 4 nukes.'"(a Japanese government official), according to the newspaper. The paper added that, if N. Korea accelerates the production of nukes, it will definitely have impact on 6-way talks for resolving N. Korean nuke issues. /end my...

Top Defector Lays Out U.S. Agenda by Kim In-gu (ginko@chosun.com) “When I go to the United States I will speak about North Korea’s attempts to drive a wedge between South Korea and the U.S., and I will reveal plans for North Korea’s democratization.” The highest-ranking North Korean to ever defect, Hwang Jang-yeop, talked to the Chosun Ilbo on Saturday, about his long-awaited plans to visit the United States. “I have never been to the U.S. so I am going to look at their circumstances and understand." Asked about the Kim Dae-jung administration's efforts to prevent him accepting invitations to go...