Change in North Korea? (So far, there's little sign of it)

Washington Post ^ | October 13, 2007

[TigerLikesRooster]

Change in North Korea?

So far, there's little sign of it.

Saturday, October 13, 2007; Page A18

THE BUSH administration and the South Korean government are behaving as if they expect a remarkable transformation in North Korea within the next few months. The administration is quietly preparing to remove the regime of Kim Jong Il from the list of state sponsors of terrorism -- essentially reversing and repudiating President Bush's description of Pyongyang as part of an "axis of evil." For his part, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun -- like Mr. Bush, an unpopular lame duck -- showered Mr. Kim with promises of investments in North Korean roads, railroads and industrial zones at a summit meeting last week. One South Korean institute estimated that all the pledges would cost South Korea $11 billion if they are implemented by Mr. Roh's successor.

And the transformation? So far the evidence of it is mixed, at best. North Korea has shut down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor and allowed monitoring by international inspectors, as it did in exchange for economic and diplomatic favors during the Clinton administration. Last week it approved a statement that said it would disclose all of its nuclear programs and materials -- presumably including the nuclear bombs it possesses -- and "disable" the Yongbyon facilities by the end of this year.

[dighton]

The Washington Post would bitch as loud if we showered Mr. Kim with B61s.

[ari-freedom]

there is a change...a smoking hole in the middle of syria

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[TigerLikesRooster]

Whatever Bush does, WP tend to take the opposite position.
So they now go skeptical on N. Korea.

[pas]

This time they happen to be right. When they trumpeted the Clinton deal, they should have been sceptical as well.

[TigerLikesRooster]

I agree.:-)

[SevenofNine]

Whoa maybe Wash Post know something we don’t know we kinda reported here first on FR that Chia Pet might have out of control type two diabetes

I think Chia Pet is roaney

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thanks for the ping.