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...onto his 2-year-old grandson with one hand and balancing a pizza box with the other, he seemed remarkably unruffled by the vitriol spewing from Stalinist North Korea just 40 kilometers away. After taking another step toward mass production of nuclear weapons by announcing it was restarting a plutonium-producing reactor, North Korea last week vowed to unleash "total war" if the U.S. bombed the Yongbyon nuclear complex. That threat was followed by another: if America beefs up its military presence in the region, the peninsula "will be reduced to ashes, and the Koreans will not escape horrible nuclear...
...sight of Secretary of State Colin Powell at the U.N. playing audio tapes of Iraqi officers allegedly discussing the hiding of chemical weapons seems almost comical when Kim Jong Il's scientists have fired up a nuclear reactor, the primary purpose of which is to produce weapons-grade plutonium. American inaction in the face of North Korean threats amounts to throwing oil onto the fire. Or should I say putting petroleum before a burning issue...
Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs Ashton B. Carter moderated the discussion. He characterized North Korea’s nuclear aspirations and its potential to produce enough plutonium for five to six bombs as one of the greatest threats to global security...
...have to talk and work together and communicate with other people, including with North Korea, very, very clearly." The smart money is betting Pyongyang will soon ratchet things up yet again to get Washington's full attention. The next surprise could be an announcement that North Korea's plutonium-producing reactor is up and running again, or something even more dramatic - like a missile test. But in this risky game, any miscalculation could have disastrous consequences. Says one Western diplomat: "There is a risk someone will make a mistake somewhere along the line." - By Kim Yooseung/Seoul...
...gave up its enrichment program. In November the U.S. led the way to stopping shipments of fuel oil promised to North Korea under a 1994 nonnuclear accord. North Korea's response, as U.S. allies in Asia had predicted, was to move to restart its original--and much more dangerous--plutonium nuclear-weapons plant. The North Koreans now appear to me to be headed toward production of nuclear weapons from this plant as rapidly as possible in an effort to assure their security, having been convinced by hard-liners, probably in the military, that a negotiated solution will not come...