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| by Christopher
Spencer |
Former Senior
Advisor International Organizations,
Canadian Department of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade |
| Updated: 13 SEP
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In Feb 2005, the Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK), normally known elsewhere as
North Korea, had been negotiating its own nuclear weapons-related activities/status against an
improved physical/ diplomatic status in return. However, on 10 Feb it caused/reflected a number
of new complications when it "declared explicitly for the first time that it now had nuclear
weapons, and announced its withdrawal from six-party talks aimed at ending its nuclear
ambitions"(from the first item below). The "talks"were being carried out via unprecedented
meetings with five"neighbours": USA(meetings'-initiator concerned about irresponsible/nuclear
states); Republic of Korea(or South Korea, much wealthier/more democratic); China(traditional
co-communist friend but now concerned about any sick but armoured neighbour); Japan(like
South Korea a potential target); Russia(its past similar to China's, but less today). Here are titles
from selection of good reports on the chronically complex follow-up. [Graham Allison Nuclear
Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe(New York: Owl Books/Henry Holt & Co 05):-extremely disturbing threat-reporting/ending source. It includes serious references to North
Korea's global role as both potential nuclear weapons developer and contributor to other
potential nuclear weapons developers/users. A specific North Korea sub-title stresses regime's
global nuclear-weapons activities(78-81); the stress on the fundamental error of US invasion of
Iraq includes:"In the fall of 2002, North Korea shrewdly seized its opportunity and announced
that it would begin making more nuclear weapons(134); an essential global security aim: NO
NEW NUCLEAR WEAPONS STATES(165-171) stresses that "Stopping North Korea from breaking
and entering into the nuclear club must become a supreme priority"; and the 2005 AFTERWORD
stresses: "North Korea's development of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons production line
promises to become greatest failure in nearly 230-year history of American foreign policy"(219).
Selig S.Harrison"Did North Korea Cheat?"Foreign Affairs Vol 84/No 1(Jan/Feb 05):-North Korean
nuclear background essay is listed and summarized in CONFLICT: EVOLUTION AND FUTURE
OF COMBAT AND WEAPONS. It is also immediately followed by summaries of media articles for
key period 16 Jan 05 - 03 Mar 05, i.e. around DPRK's unique statement, and leading up to the
following:] Reuters"North Korea Abruptly Delays Assembly Session"New York Times 04 Mar 05;
The Associated Press"China Calls on U.S. to Meet With N. Korea"NYT 05 Mar 05; Joseph
Kahn"China Doubts U.S. Data on North Korean Nuclear Work"NYT 07 Mar 05; Reuters"Nutrition
Improves in N.Korea, Aid Still Needed - UN"NYT 07 Mar 05; Reuters"U.S. Envoy Warns North
Korea to Return to Nuke Talks"NYT 10 Mar 05; Reuters"US: N.Korea Throws Up Smoke Screens
on Nukes"NYT 11 Mar 05; James Brooke"How Electronics Are Penetrating North Korea's
Isolation"NYT 15 Mar 05; AP"N. Korea Denounces U.S. - S. Korea Exercises"NYT 15 Mar 05;
Reuters "N.Korea Says It May Build More Nuclear Weapons"NYT 15 Mar 05; Reuters"N.Korea
Says No Talks Without U.S. Retraction"NYT 16 Mar 05; AP"Envoys Aim to Restart N. Korea Nuke
Talks"NYT 17 Mar 05; AP"Official: N. Korea Sought Normalization"NYT 18 Mar 05; Reuters"Rice
Presses China on Fresh North Korea Nuke Talks"NYT 18 Mar 05; AP"Rice to Endorse Japan for
U.N. Council"NYT 18 Mar 05; Reuters "Rice: U.S. Can't Wait Forever for N.Korean Talks"NYT 20
Mar 05; Joel Brinkley"Visiting Korea Base, Rice Sends Forceful Reminder to the North"NYT 20
Mar 05; Reuters"U.S. Says It May Need New Ways to Deal with N. Korea"NYT 21 Mar 05;
Reuters"N.Korea Says It Adds to Nuclear Arsenal"NYT 21 Mar 05; AP"Rice Hints at Sanctions
for North Korea"NYT 21 Mar 05; Joel Brinkley"China Balks at Pressing the North Koreans"NYT
22 Mar 05; Reuters"N.Korea Wants Japan Ditched from Six - Way Atom Talks"NYT 22 Mar 05;
AP"North Korea's Premier Visits China"NYT 22 Mar 05; AP"China Pressures North Korea for
Talks" NYT 23 Mar 05; Reuters"Bush Says Kim Jong - Il 'Must Listen' on Nuclear"NYT 23 Mar 05;
Howard W. French"Glimpse of World Shatters North Koreans' Illusions"NYT 24 Mar 05;
Reuters"China Says No Breakthrough on North Korea Nuclear Talks"NYT 24 Mar 05;
Reuters"U.S. Team Says North Korea Suppresses Religion"NYT 24 Mar 05; Reuters"US Sees
N.Korea as an Equal in Nuclear Talks: Seoul"NYT 24 Mar 05; Reuters"South Korean Lawmakers
See North 'Execution' Tapes"NYT 25 Mar 05; AP"North Korean Premier Visits Shanghai"NYT 25
Mar 05; Reuters"China's Hu to Visit N.Korea in Early May - - Report"NYT 25 Mar 05; Reuters"WFP
Cuts Food Aid for N.Korea, Says Worse Ahead''NYT 26 Mar 05; AP "North Korea: Drills Delay
Nuclear Talks"NYT 26 Mar 05; AP"U.N. Agency Seeks More Food for N. Korea" NYT 26 Mar 05;
AP"North Korea Reports Outbreak of Bird Flu"NYT 27 Mar 05; Reuters"S.Korea Ready to Help
North Contain Bird Flu"NYT 27 Mar 05; Howard W.French"North Korea Experiments, With China
as Its Model"NYT 28 Mar 05; AP"N. Korea Puts Restrictions on Aid Workers"NYT 29 Mar 05;
Reuters"Seoul: China Working on N.Korea for New Nuke Talks"NYT 30 Mar 05; Reuters"World
Glimpses North Korea Violence After Soccer Loss"NYT 30 Mar 05; Norimitsu Onishi"Rogue Fans
Disrupt Iran-North Korea Soccer Match"NYT 31 Mar 05; Reuters"North Korea Wants
Comprehensive Arms Talks - Yonhap" NYT 31 Mar 05; AP"N. Korea Demands Equal Treatment
in Talks"NYT 31 Mar 05; Reuters"N.Korea Sets Date for Parliament After Delay"NYT 31 Mar 05;
Reuters"N.Korea Wants Explicit U.S. Apology Before Talks"NYT 31 Mar 05; "RED-HANDED: The
Truth About North Korea's Weapons Program"Foreign Affairs Vol 84/No 2(Mar/Apr 05):-this
Responses section contains three articles following up the critical essay "Did North Korea
Cheat?" that is the first item included in this list. They are: Mitchell B.Reiss & Robert L.Gallucci
"Dead to Rights"; Richard L.Garwin"HEU Done It"; and Selig S.Harrison, the author of the
controversial "first item", in "Harrison Replies"in response to the other two; AP"U.S. Envoy
Shuns N. Korea Apology Request" NYT 01 Apr 05; Reuters"U.S. Forces Say May Cut Combat
Equipment in Seoul"NYT 02 Apr 05; AP"N. Korea Wants Japan Out of Nuclear Talks"NYT 02 Apr
05; Reuters"No Sign N.Korea Returning to Nuke Talks: Official"NYT 06 Apr 05; AP"U.S. Envoy:
N. Korea Nukes Went to Libya"NYT 07 Apr 05; Joel Brinkley "North Korea Said to Reject China's
Bid on Nuclear Talks"NYT 09 Apr 05; Reuters"Time Running Out to Get N.Korea to Talks - US
Expert"NYT 09 Apr 05; AP"Scholar: N. Korea Won't Dismantle Weapons"NYT 09 Apr 05; AP"S.
Korea to Play Neutral Role in Asia"NYT 10 Apr 05; Joseph Kahn"North Korea Deals a Blow to
Arms Talks"NYT 11 Apr 05; Reuters"U.S. Says No Deadline, Concessions for N.Korea"NYT 11
Apr 05; AP"North Korean Parliament Approves Budget"NYT 11 Apr 05; Reuters"No Aid to North
Korea Until Nuclear Crisis Ends: Roh"NYT 13 Apr 05; AP"S. Korea Willing to Help North's
Economy"NYT 13 Apr 05; Reuters"Roh: N.Korea Collapse Unlikely and Undesirable"NYT 14 Apr
05; Reuters"North Korea To Boost 'Atomic Potential' - Tass"NYT 14 Apr 05; AP"North Korea to
Increase Nuclear Deterrent"NYT 14 Apr 05; Reuters"North Korea Fetes Birthday of Late Great
Leader Kim"NYT 15 Apr 05; Economist 16 Apr 05"George Bush's Appointments: Bolton
Wanderer"(26-7):-report on US Senate debate over President's nominee to become ambassador
to the UN recalls a State Department divide regarding US policy towards North Korea; David
E.Sanger"Steps at Reactor in North Korea Worry the U.S."NYT 17 Apr 05; Reuters"Seoul:
N.Korea Halts Nuclear Reactor, Reason Unclear"NYT 18 Apr 05; AP"North Korea Nuke Shutdown
Raises Concerns"NYT 18 Apr 05; Reuters"Seoul: N.Korea Security Council Referral an Option"
NYT 20 Apr 05; AP"North Korea Asks U.S. to Change Policy"NYT 21 Apr 05; Reuters"Senior
South, North Koreans Meet; No Nuclear Talk"NYT 22 Apr 05; AP"N. Korea Says Nukes Needed
for Defense"NYT 22 Apr 05; Reuters"U.S. Sees Nothing Definitive on N. Korea Nuke Tests" NYT
22 Apr 05; AP"Korean Leaders Agree to Resume Talks"NYT 23 Apr 05; Reuters"North, S.Korea
Meet Again in Jakarta, No Breakthrough" NYT 23 Apr 05; AP"Korean Leaders Agree to Restart
Talks"NYT 24 Apr 05; David E.Sanger"White House May Go to U.N. Over North Korean
Shipments"NYT 25 Apr 05; Reuters"Nuclear Test Would Be Bad Move for N.Korea - Seoul"NYT
25 Apr 05; AP"South Korea Warns North Over Nuclear Test"NYT 25 Apr 05; AP"South Korea
Warns North Over Nuclear Test"NYT 25 Apr 05;Nicholas D.Kristof:OP-ED COLUMNIST"N. Korea,
6, and Bush, 0"NYT 26 Apr 05:-since the item's title is unusual, its thrust is unclear without
reading some of the text. It concludes very critically:"The irony is that Mr. Bush's policies toward
North Korea have steadily become more reasonable over time. Perhaps by the time he leaves
office, he'll finally be willing to negotiate seriously with the North Koreans. But by then North
Korea will have well over a dozen weapons, the risks of a terrorist nuclear explosion at Grand
Central Terminal[NY] will be increased and our influence in Asia will be in tatters."; Reuters"U.S.
Plays Down Talk of North Korea Quarantine"NYT 25 Apr 05; Reuters"U.S. Negotiator in China
to Push for N.Korea Talks" NYT 26 Apr 05; AP"U.S. Nuclear Envoy Arrives in Beijing"NYT 26 Apr
05; Reuters"U.S. North Korea Envoy Says Nuclear Talks Uncertain" NYT 26 Apr 05; Reuters"U.S.
Says Fate of North Korea Nuclear Talks in Doubt"NYT 27 Apr 05; AP"S. Korea Urges N. Korea
to Negotiate"NYT 27 Apr 05; Reuters"U.S. Envoy Says 6 - Way Talks Still Best for N.Korea"NYT
28 Apr 05; AP"N. Korea Refusal to Talk Called a Problem"NYT 28 Apr 05; Reuters"U.S. Agency
Says N.Korea Can Mount Warhead on Missile"NYT 28 Apr 05; David S.Cloud & David E.Sanger
"U.S. Aide Sees Arms Advance by North Korea"NYT 29 Apr 05; Reuters"North Korea Reactor
Shut - Down Problematic, U.S. Says"NYT 29 Apr 05; AP"Top U.S. Envoy Warns N.Korea on Nuke
Tests"NYT 29 Apr 05; James Brooke"U.S. Weapons Envoy Pessimistic About Talks With North
Korea"NYT 29 Apr 05; Reuters"N.Korea May Carry Out Nuclear Test by June - Kyodo"NYT 29 Apr
05; Economist 30 Apr 05 "Curbing Proliferation: How To Stop the Spread of the Bomb; The
World's Anti-Nuclear Rules are in Urgent Need of Tightening"(Edit.12); AP"Feds: N. Korea Could
Build Nuke Missile"NYT 30 Apr 05; AP"U.S. Warns of Possible N. Korea Nuke Test"NYT 30 Apr
05; AP"U.S.: N. Korea Could Put Nuke on Missile"NYT 30 Apr 05; AP"North Korea Sees No
Solution to Standoff"NYT 30 Apr 05; Reuters"N.Korea Nuclear Test Could Change Dynamics in
Asia"NYT 01 May 05; David E.Sanger"Threats by Iran and North Korea Shadow Talks on
Nuclear"NYT 01 May 05:-item discusses UN's five-year review of Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
at which US delegation tends to: stress nuclear weapons threat from North Korea and Iran;
criticize the treaty's inability to prevent that; and anticipate criticism of its own nuclear weapons
planning in lieu of US's treaty obligation to eliminate its own stockpile; AP"Report: North Korea
May Have Fired Missile"NYT 01 May 05; Reuters"Reports: N.Korea May Have Launched Missile
Near Japan"NYT 01 May 05; Reuters"U.S. Targets Iran, North Korea at Nuke Arms Talks"NYT 01
May 05; AP"N. Korea Missile Test Raises New Fears"NYT 01 May 05; AP"S. Korea Downplays N.
Korea Missile Test"NYT 01 May 05; Reuters"South Korea, Japan Play Down Missile Testing by
North"NYT 01 May 05; Brian Knowlton"U.S. Denounces North Korea After Reports of Missile
Test" International Herald Tribune via NYT 01 May 05; Reuters"Neighbours Play Down Threat of
N.Korea Missile Test"NYT 02 May 05; AP"Neighbours Play Down N.Korea Missile Test"NYT 02
May 05; Reuters"N.Korea Develops Missiles for Strategic Power, Cash"NYT 02 May 05;
Reuters"Japan, EU Urge N.Korea to Scrap Nuclear Reactors"NYT 02 May 05; Reuters"Iran, North
Korea Dominate Nuclear Conference"NYT 02 May 05; AP"Nations Gather to Review Nuclear
Treaty"NYT 02 May 05; AP"S. Korea Says It Has No Intel on Nuke Test"NYT 03 May 05;
Reuters"U.S. Intelligence Detects N.Korea Test Work - Daily"NYT 03 May 05; AP"Chance of
Resuming Nuclear Talks Said Slim"NYT 04 May 05; Reuters"N.Korea Tested Improved, Short-Range Missile"NYT 04 May 05; Reuters"S.Korea Says At 'Critical Moment' on N.Korea Crisis"NYT
04 May 05; Reuters"Bush, Hu Express Concern About North Korea"NYT 05 May 95;
Reuters"N.Korea Nukes, Japan's Past Haunt Asia - Europe Talks"NYT 06 May 05; David E.Sanger
& William J.Broad"U.S. Cites Signs of Korean Steps to Nuclear Test"NYT 06 May 05; AP"North
Korea May Test Nuclear Device"NYT 06 May 05; AP"Japan Threatens U.N. Action on N.
Korea"NYT 06 May 05; Reuters"N.Korea Nuclear Threat Haunts Asia - Europe Meet"NYT 06 May
05; Reuters"N.Korea, China - Japan Talks Top Asia - Europe Meet"NYT 06 May 05; Economist
07 May 05"North Korea: Testing Times; And No Talks In Sight"(39); David E.Sanger"U.S. Warns
North Korea Against Nuclear Test"NYT 07 May 05; AP"Ministers Urge N. Korea on Nuclear
Talks"NYT 07 May 05; Reuters"Ministers Urge North Korea Back to Nuclear Talks"NYT 07 May
05; Reuters"North Korea Warned"[by US]NYT 08 May 05; David E.Sanger"Who Scares the Rest?
(See Bottom Left)"NYT 08 May 05:-"Political power of atomic weapons no longer rests on the
size of your stockpiles...It is linked to your ability to convince the world that you might just be
crazy enough to use, or sell, whatever you've got." "Bottom Left" is photo of North Korean angry
crowd demonstration. Reuters "S.Korea's Roh to Meet China's Hu to Discuss Talks"NYT 08 May
05; AP"Envoy Wants to Resume Korea Nuke Talks"NYT 08 May 05; Brian Knowlton"Chair of
Senate Intelligence Committee Believes North Korea Is Preparing Nuclear Test"IHT in NYT 08
May 05; Reuters"N.Korea Hints of Return to Stalled Nuclear Talks"NYT 08 May 05; AP"IAEA:
North Korea Can Make Atomic Arms"NYT 09 May 05; Financial Times "Pyongyang Keeps World
Guessing on Arms"via NYT 09 May 05; Daniel A.Pinkston"Q&A: North Korea Talks 'Are
Dead'"Council on Foreign Relations 09 May 05:-Substantial interview by Bernard Gwertzman,
consulting editor for cfr.org with director of East Asia Nonproliferation Program and Korea
specialist at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, California; Joseph Kahn &
David E.Sanger"China Rules Out Using Sanctions to Pressure North Korea"NYT 11 May 05;
James Brooke"North Korea Says It Has Removed Nuclear Rods From Reactor"NYT 11 May 05;
Reuters"Japan Gives Green Light to North Korean Ferry"NYT 11 May 05; AP"N. Korean Defectors
Seeking Jobs in South"NYT 11 May 05; Reuters "N.Korea Completes Extracting Nuclear Fuel
Rods - KCNA"NYT 11 May 05; Reuters"Text of North Korean Government Nuclear Statement"NYT
11 May 05; AP"U.S. Presses China on N.Korea Nuke Talks"NYT 11 May 05; Reuters"North Korea
Says Completes Nuclear Fuel Extraction"NYT 11 May 05; AP"North Korea Says It Has Removed
Nuclear Rods From Reactor"NYT 11 May 05; David E.Sanger"What Are Koreans Up To? U.S.
Agencies Can't Agree"NYT 11 May 05; James Brooke"North Koreans Claim to Extract Fuel for
Nuclear Weapons"NYT 11 May 05; Reuters"Region, Markets Calm Despite N.Korea Nuclear
Boast" NYT 12 May 05; FT"North Korea Nuclear Fears Deepen" NYT 12 May 05; AP"North Korea
Plans to Bolster Nuke Arsenal"NYT 12 May 05; AP"Japan: Talks Possible Without N. Korea"NYT
12 Mar 05; Joseph Kahn "China Says U.S. Impeded North Korea Arms Talks"NYT 12 May 05;
Norimitsu Onishi"South Korea Urges the North to Rejoin Talks on Weapons"NYT 12 May 05;
Reuters"S.Korea Bullish On North Atom Talks Despite Boast"NYT 13 May 05; AP"U.S. Envoy to
Discuss N. Korea Standoff"NYT 13 May 05; Reuters "China Says U.S. Impending N.Korea Arms
Talks"NYT 13 May 05; Reuters"Two Koreas To Meet, Nuclear Talks On Agenda"NYT 14 May 05;
Economist 14 May 05:-"Iran and North Korea: Return of the Axis of Evil"(9); AP"North Korea
Distrustful of U.S. Overture"NYT 14 May 05; James Brooke"South Korea Pushes to Engage the
North, Rejecting U.S. Notion of a Quarantine"NYT 15 May 05; AP"Japan Official Calls for N. Korea
Sanctions"NYT 15 May 05; Reuters"Korea Meeting A Chance To Push For Nuke Talks -
Seoul"NYT 15 May 05; AP"Japan Official Calls for N. Korea Sanctions"NYT 13 May 05;
Reuters"North And South Korea Resume Talks After Long Gap"NYT 15 May 05; David
E.Sanger"U.S. Is Warning North Koreans on Nuclear Test"NYT 15 May 05; AP"Koreas Resume
Talks After 10 - Month Hiatus"NYT 16 May 05; AP"South Korea Luring North to Nuclear
Talks"NYT 16 May 05; Reuters"S.Korea Has New Offer If North Goes To Atom Talks"NYT 16 May
05; Norimitsu Onishi"South Korea Says It Doubts That the North Plans an A-Test"NYT 16 May
05; Reuters"South Korea To Again Press North On Nuclear Talks"NYT 16 May 05; AP"Two
Koreas Resume Nuke Talks After Hiatus"NYT 16 May 05; Reuters"North Korea Asks China To
Arrange Rice Visit - Report"NYT 17 May 05; AP"Koreas' Meeting Shows Sign of Souring"NYT 17
May 05; Reuters"South Korea Keeps Pressing North To Resume Talk"NYT 17 May 05; AP"Rival
Koreas Extend Talks to Thursday"NYT 18 May 05; Reuters"North Korean Ferry Meets Japan
Protests"NYT 18 May 05; Reuters"S.Korea Enticing North To Talks With New Proposal"NYT 18
May 05; Reuters"South Koreans Mark 25 Years Since Kwangju Uprising"NYT 18 May 05: brief
account of origin of democracy in South Korea; AP"N. Korea Plays Off Fears in Nuke
Standoff"NYT 18 May 05; Reuters "Seoul Plays Down Expectations On N.Korea Atom Talks"NYT
18 May 05; William Grimes"What to Do About a Country That Has a Nuclear Threat and No Use
for Rules"NYT 18 May 05:-generally favorable review of: Jasper Becker "Rogue Regime: Kim
Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea"(New York: Oxford Univ.Press 05). Author is a
veteran foreign correspondent, who is criticized only for a somewhat imperfect grammatic style.
But this is the result of getting the book out very fast to inform readers of North Korea's
confrontational nuclear situation, and suggest the counter military action US government might
take. "If the history feels thin, the journalism is compelling."; Reuters"U.S. Says It Held Talks
With North Korea"NYT 19 May 05; AP"U.S. and North Korean Officials Met Last Week"NYT 19
May 05; Reuters"S.Korea Gives North Farm Help, No Nuclear Accord"NYT 19 May 05; AP"Koreas
Can't Break Nuclear Impasse"NYT 19 May 05; IHT"Koreas End Talks but Agree to Resume High-Level Ties"via NYT 19 May 05; Norimitsu Onishi"In Rare Talks, the 2 Koreas Agree to Talk Again
Next Month"NYT 19 May 05; Reuters"S.Korean Media Critical On Talks, U.S. Met North"NYT 19
May 05; AP"S. Korea Sways N. Korea to Hold Nuke Talks"NYT 20 May 05; Reuters"South Korea
Criticized On Talks"NYT 20 May 05; Reuters "U.S. Considering Food Aid For North Korea"NYT
20 May 05; Reuters"Japanese, Korean Leaders To Meet On June 20"NYT 20 May 05:-"The
leaders...will meet...with the twin aims of easing tensions over a territorial dispute and
jumpstarting talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis; Reuters"South Korea Sends Fertilizer To
North Korea By Land"NYT 20 May 05; Economist 21 May 05"South Korea: The Daughter Also
Rises"(44):-"Next South Korean president might be a woman... Her attitude to North Korea is
pragmatic. Although she talks tough, she paid a visit to North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Il, three
years ago; AP"U.S. Considers Sending N. Korea Food Aid"NYT 21 May 05; Reuters"N. Korea Sets
Conditions For Return To Talks - Daily"NYT 22 May 05; AP"N. Korea Says It's Watching U.S.
Attitude"NYT 22 May 05; AP"N. Korean Cargo Ship Makes Historic Trip"NYT 22 May 05; Choe
Sang-Hun"North Korean Ships Arrive in South Korea to Pick Up Fertilizer"IHT via NHT 22 May
05; AP"N. Korea Claims Confusion by U.S. Position"NYT 22 May 05; Reuters"N.Korean Ships
Make Rare Visit To Ports In South"NYT 23 May 05; Reuters"N.Korea Considering Nuclear Talks
Return - Analysts"NYT 23 May 05; Reuters"Russian Envoy To Japan Pessimistic On NKorea
Talks"NYT 23 May 05; AP"Russian Official: Prevent N. Korean Test"NYT 23 May 05; AP"S. Korea
Urges North to Respond to U.S."NYT 23 May 05; AP"Report: Leaders May Meet, Discuss N.
Korea"NYT 23 May 05; Reuters"China Says Bush, Hu To Exchange Visits This Year"NYT 24 May
05:-North Korean issues not mentioned, but sure to be subject; Reuters"U.S. Head Of N. Korea
Nuclear Consortium Let Go"NYT 25 May 05; Reuters "N.Korean Ships End Rare Visit To
South"NYT 25 May 05; Reuters"N.Korea Unmoved Despite U.S.Contact - - Czech Leader"NYT 25
May 05; Reuters"U.S. Suspends Hunt For Troop Remains In N. Korea"NYT 25 May 05;
Reuters"South Korea Criticizes 'Rude' Japanese Official"NYT 26 May 05:-somewhat stiff
relations are identified as partly reflecting different views towards N. Korea; Reuters "Pentagon
Making Plans If N.Korea Abandons Talks"NYT 26 May 05; AP"Fashion Show Highlights Contrast
in Korea"NYT 26 May 05:-"South Korea and Hyundai business group are developing [Kaesong
Industrial Complex]zone as model of inter-Korean cooperation, hoping will encourage
Pyongyang to reform its poverty-wracked, centrally controlled economy and open up to outside
world"; AP"N. Korea Denies Nuclear Testing Reports"NYT 27 May 05; AP"Koreas to Hold Joint
Music Festival"NYT 27 May 05:-festival will take place at tourism project on North's east coast;
Reuters"U.S. Sends Mixed Messages In N.Korea Nuke Dispute"NYT 27 May 05; AP"N.Korea: U.S.
Plotting S.Korea Occupation"NYT 28 May 05; Reuters"S. Koreans Clash With Police In Anti - U.S.
Protest"NYT 29 May 05:-"March... called by major students' activist group demanding US scrap
policy it says heightens tensions with North Korea"; AP"South Korean Students Hold Anti - U.S.
Rally"NYT 29 May 05; AP"Cheney: China Key to Ending N. Korea Nukes"NYT 29 May 05; Joel
Brinkley"Pressure on North Korea: U.S. Stealth Jets Sent to South"NYT 30 May 05; David
E.Sanger"Rice to Discuss Antiproliferation Program"NYT 30 May 05:-"With tensions mounting
over negotiations with [North Korea and Iran, US] administration officials are eager to
demonstrate that their own approach, which operates outside of treaties or UN, is already
choking off [weapons and missile technology.] But China is not part of [Bush's Proliferation
Security Initiative], and its participation would be critical to enforcing a quarantine on North
Korea."; Reuters"North Korean Growth Masks Economic Troubles"NYT 31 May 05;
Reuters"Bush Says Diplomatic Options Remain On North Korea"NYT 31 May 05; Reuters"North
Korean Growth Masks Economic Troubles"NYT 31 May 05; James Brooke"North Korea, Facing
Food Shortages, Mobilizes Millions From the Cities to Help Rice Falmers"NYT 01 Jun 05;
Reuters"S.Korea Says Distrust Delaying Talks"NYT 01 Jun 05; AP"North Korea Facing Huge
Food Shortages"NYT 01 Jun 05; AP"U.N. Cites North Korea Food Shortages"NYT 01 Jun 05;
AP"South Korea Applauds Bush Diplomacy Vow"NYT 01 Jun 05; AP"North Korea Calls Cheney
a 'Bloodthirsty Beast'NYT 02 Jun 05; Reuters"N.Korea Calls Cheney A 'bloodthirsty Beast'NYT
02 Jun 05; James Brooke"North Korea Denounces the U.S. and Calls Cheney 'Bloodthirsty'"NYT
02 Jun 05; Reuters "After Cheney Blast, Rare N.Korean Praise For Bush"NYT 03 Jun 05;
Reuters"Failed NPT Talks Bad Signal For 6 - Way Talks - NKorea"NYT 03 Jun 05; AP"Rumsfeld:
China a Major Buyer of Weapons"NYT 03 Jun 05:-Despite its title, most of article relates to North
Korean problem; AP"North Korea Praises Bush for Use of 'Mr.'"NYT 03 Jun 05;
Reuters"N.Korean, U.S. Officials Spoke By Phone"NYT 04 Jun 05; AP "Report: U.S., North Korea
Speak by Phone"NYT 04 Jun 05; Reuters"U.S. Could Decide Soon On Taking N. Korea To
U.N."NYT 05 Jun 05; AP"N.Korea Again Faults U.S. Nuclear Policy"NYT 05 Jun 05; AP"U.S. May
Push U.N. to Punish North Korea"NYT 05 Jun 05; Joseph Cirincione"Q&A: Resolving the Iranian
and North Korean Nuclear Crises"Council on Foreign Relations 06 Jun 05:-North Korean nuclear
program is declared more urgent than Iran's, and is discussed first. Exchanges includes gloomy
view on failure of recent review conference on Non-Proliferation Treaty; David E.Sanger & Thom
Shanker"North Korea Is Reported to Hint at Nuclear Talks"NYT 06 Jun 05; Reuters"Japan Says
May Need To Let UN Handle N.Korea Issue"NYT 06 Jun 05; AP"Japan Believes N. Korea Wants
Nuke Talks"NYT 06 Jun 05; AP "Rumsfeld: No Quick Decision on N. Korea"NYT 06 Jun 05;
AP"Japan Endorses U.S. - North Korea Meeting"NYT 06 Jun 05; Reuters"US, North Korean
Officials Meet In New York"NYT 07 Jun 05; AP"Seoul Urged to Ease Food Shortage in North"NYT
07 Jun 05; AP"Japan Urges N. Korea to Return to Talks"NYT 07 Jun 05; Reuters"US - North
Korea Meeting Leads To Optimism"NYT 07 Jun 05; David E.Sanger"North Korea Said to Offer
to Rejoin Nuclear Talks"NYT 07 Jun 05; AP"China: N. Korea Talks Likely to Start Soon"NYT 07
Jun 05; Reuters"North Korea Nuke Talks May Resume In Weeks - China"NYT 07 Jun 05; AP
"North Korea Says It Is Open to Resuming Six-Party Negotiations"NYT 07 Jun 05; Reuters"Japan
Mulls Damage Control Vs N.Korea Attack - Report"NYT 07 Jun 05; Reuters"N.Koreans Seek
Asylum At Thai Embassy In Hanoi"NYT 08 Jun 05:-item's final para:"In Jul 04, more than 460
North Korean refugees were airlifted to South Korea from Vietnam in a secret South Korean
operation that enraged the North's leaders and caused them to suspend North-South Korean
dialogue."; AP"Prospect of N.Korea Talks Met With Caution"NYT 08 Jun 05; Reuters"N.Korea
Faces Food Crisis Despite Reforms - Expert"NYT 08 Jun 05; AP"North Korea Boasts It Has More
Bombs"NYT 09 Jun 05; AP"Bush, South Korean President to Meet" NYT 09 Jun 05;
Reuters"S.Korea's Roh Arrives in U.S. for Bush Talks on North"NYT 09 Jun 05; Reuters "Bush,
Roh to Send Message of Unity to North Korea"NYT 10 Jun 05; AP"Bush, S. Korean Leader Differ
on N. Korea"NYT 10 Jun 05; AP"Bush, S. Korea Try to Bridge Differences"NYT 10 Jun 05; David
Stout "Bush and South Korean President Stress Common Goals"NYT 10 Jun 05; Reuters"Bush,
Roh Press North Korea to Return to Talks"NYT 10 Jun 05; Economist 11 Jun 05"North Korea:
Test Its Intentions" (Edit.11-2):-"The diplomats need to get a better act together"; Economist 11
Jun 05"America and the Koreas: A Lull in Insult Diplomacy"(39-40):-"North Korea hints that it
may return to nuclear talks. But is that progress?"; Economist 11 Jun 05"North Korea: Bad
Guys"(81-2):-review of new book: Jasper Becker "Rogue Regime: Kim Jong Il and the Looming
Threat of North Korea"(Oxford Univ Press 04) 300pp; David E.Sanger"U.S. and Seoul Try to Ease
Rift on Talks With the North"NYT 11 Jun 05; AP"U.S. Troops Review Safety in South Korea"NYT
11 Jun 05; Reuters "Top Korean Officials to Hold Rare Meet in Pyongyang" NYT 12 Jun 05;
Reuters"ANALYSIS - N.Korea Nuclear Test Would Spur Neighbours"NYT 12 Jun 05; AP "South
Korea Optimistic on Nuclear Talks"NYT 13 Jun 05; Reuters"UN Rights Envoy Asks China to Aid
N.Korea Refugees"NYT 13 Jun 05; Reuters "S.Korea's Roh Says North Can Expect
Flexibility"NYT 13 Jun 05; Reuters"Rice Says Does Not Know if N.Korea's Kim Is Sane"NYT 13
Jun 05:-statement in response to interview question; AP"S. Korean Official Arrives in
Pyongyang"NYT 14 Jun 05; AP"IAEA Chief Urges N. Korea to Abandon Nukes"NYT 14 Jun 05;
AP"Korean Unity Elusive 5 Years After Summit"NYT 14 Jun 05; AP"S. Korean Envoy in North for
Summit Marker"NYT 14 Jun 05; John Kifner"Returning Lebanese General Stuns Anti-Syria
Alliance"NYT 13 Jun 05; AP"Key Players in Lebanese Elections"NYT 13 Jun 05:-2-3 lines each
on: Saad Hariri, Walid Jumblatt, Michel Aoun, Nabih Berri, Samir Geagea, Suleiman Franjieh;
AP"Switching General Hurts Lebanon Opposition"NYT 13 Jun 05; Reuters"Syria Says Won't Give
U.S. 'Pretext' to Attack"NYT 13 Jun 05; AP "Aoun Sets Back Anti - Syrian Opposition"NYT 13 Jun
05; AP"AP: Hariri Hopes for Rebound in Lebanon" NYT 14 Jun 05; Reuters "U.N. Seeks End to
Nuke Standoffs with N.Korea, Iran"NYT 14 Jun 05; Reuters "Koreas Mark Anniversary but
Nuclear Crisis Looms"NYT 15 Jun 05; AP"South, North Korea Celebrate 2000 Summit"NYT 15
Jun 05; Steven R.Weisman"Bush Aides Report 'Increasing Doubts' North Korea Will Give Up
Nuclear Arms Program" NYT 15 Jun 05; Reuters"US Envoy Says Time Not on N.Korea's Side for
Talks"NYT 15 Jun 05; Reuters "Koreans Play in Celebration, Skirt Nuclear Crisis"NYT 16 Jun 05;
Reuters "U.S. May Consider Other Options on North Korea"NYT 16 Jun 05; Reuters"N.Korea's
Kim to Meet S.Korean Minister Friday" NYT 16 Jun 05; AP"Key Dates in North Korea Nuclear
Crisis"NYT 17 Jun 05:-22 dates are identified in one or two lines, covering Dec 2001-17 Jun 05;
AP"North Korean Leader Hints at Return to Talks"NYT 17 Jun 05; Norimitsu Onishi"North Korean
Leader Signals Willingness to Resume Talks"NYT 17 Jun 05; Norimitsu Onishi"North Korea's
Leader Says He's Ready to Resume Talks to End Nuclear Standoff"NYT 17 Jun 05;
Reuters"N.Korea Says Can Return to Atomic Talks in July"NYT 17 Jun 05; AP"South Korea
Envoys to Hold Consultations"NYT 18 Jun 05:-in light of Kim's offer - and cool US response,
ROK "envoys will fly to Washington, Moscow and Beijing", while Japanese PM Koisumi will be
in Seoul 20 Jun; James Brooke"A Voice From North Korea Echoes in the White House"NYT 18
Jun 05:-reference is to Kang Chol Hwan"The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North
Korean Gulag"(Seoul: English Trans by: Basic Books 02) which describes 10 years in North
Korean "slave labor camp, was read by President Bush spring 05, was recommended to his
senior staff, and influences US policy; Reuters"Seoul Sees Breakthrough From Talks with
North's Kim"NYT 19 Jun 05; Norimitsu Onishi"Japan and South Korea Brace for a Tense Summit
Meeting"NYT 19 Jun 05:-ref to their bilateral difficulties complicating pressure on North Korea;
AP"Koreas to Resume Nuke Disarmament Talks"NYT 20 Jun 05; Reuter"N.Korea's Kim Says
Might Give Up Missiles - South"NYT 20 Jun 05; AP"Japan, S. Korea Fail to Settle Disputes"NYT
20 Jun 05; Reuters"Japan and South Korea to Push North Korea on Nuclear Talks"NYT 20 Jun
05; Reuters"South Korean PM Lands in China for Talks"NYT 21 Jun 05; AP"North Korean
Delegation Arrives for Talks"NYT 21 Jun 05:-reference is to high-level delegation in Seoul to
"seek reconciliation" with South, and to discuss return to nuclear disarmament negotiations;
Reuters"Two Koreas Agree to Talk but Disagree on Issues"NYT 21 Jun 05:- North has interest
in winning more food aid; AP"N. Korean Delegation Angered by Protests"NYT 21 Jun 05:-protesters raised strong public criticism of President Kim Jong Il; Reuters"S.Korean PM Seeks
Support on N.Korea"NYT 21 Jun 05; AP"Korean Conscript's Rampage Raises Concern"NYT 21
Jun 05:-worry whether South Korean army is capable of defending against North; AP"North,
South Korea Open High - Level Talks"NYT 21 Jun 05; Reuters"North Korea Wants to Talk, Says
China"NYT 22 Jun 05; Reuters"S.Korea Urges North to Return to Nuclear Talks"NYT 22 Jun 05;
AP"N. Korea Makes Pledge Over Nuclear Weapons"NYT 22 Jun 05:-compromise would allegedly
be US treating DPRK "like a friend"; AP "Korea Experts: U.S. Spurned '02 Kim Effort"NYT 22 Jun
05; David E.Sanger"U.S. Plans to Renew Its Offer of Food Aid to North Korea"NYT 22 Jun 05;
Reuters"U.S. To Give North Korea 50,000 Tonnes in Food Aid"NYT 22 Jun 05; AP"U.S. to Provide
Food to North Korea"NYT 22 Jun 05; Reuters"China, Japan in Talks to Mend Relations"NYT 23
Jun 05:-ends noting talks come"as momentum gathers for resumption of six-party negotiations,
involving both China and Japan, on North Korea's nuclear program; AP"Koreas Agree to Resolve
Nuclear Standoff"NYT 23 Jun 05; Reuters"Koreas End Meeting Without Nuclear Talks
Agreement"NYT 23 Jun 05; AP"Koreas Make No Progress on Resuming Talks"NYT 23 Jun 05;
Reuters "North Koreans Go Home with Aid, but No Talks Pledge"NYT 23 Jun 05; AP"N. Korea
Rebuffs Date for Nuclear Talks"NYT 24 Jun 05; Reuters"S.Korea Says Biggest Threat Is North's
Nuclear Aims"NYT 25 Jun 05; AP"S. Korea Decries N. Korea Nuke Ambitions"NYT 25 Jun 05;
Reuters"Japan Suspects Iran - N.Korea Missile Link - Report"NYT 26 Jun 05; AP"S.Korea to Give
Fertilizer to N.Korea"NYT 26 Jun 05; AP"U.S. Campaign to Push for N. Korean Rights"NYT 26 Jun
05:-movement led by private Texan group, which invites Kang Chol Hwan(op.cit.) to visit US;
AP"Summary Box: N. Korea Human Rights"NYT 26 Jun 05:-slightly amplifies previous item;
Reuters"S.Korea Provides Additional Fertilizer Aid to North"NYT 27 Jun 05; Reuters"Japan to
Raise N.Korea Nuclear Issue at G8"NYT 27 Jun 05; AP"S. Korea's Point Man on North Goes to
D.C."NYT 27 Jun 05:-Unification Minister plans to tell US officials/lawmakers about his recent
personal meeting with Kim Jong Il; Reuters"Reunions to Go High Tech for Koreans Split by War"
NYT 28 Jun 05:-plan is to enable "Koreans seeking family members on other side of heavily
militarized border to see and speak to each other via TV-monitor connection"; AP"N. Korea
Defector Presses Human Rights"NYT 28 Jun 05:-ref is to author Kang Chol Hwan; Reuters"U.S.
Military Says Can Defeat Nuclear - Armed N.Korea"NYT 29 Jun 05; Reuters"Bush Issues WMD
Order on N.Korea, Iran, Syria"NYT 29 Jun 05:- instruction relates to control of specific US
exports to nations; Joel Brinkley"U.S. and Allies to Meet Official of North Korea"NYT 29 Jun 05;
Reuters"N. Korea Resumes Building Nuclear Reactors - Report"NYT 30 Jun 05; Reuters"U.S.,
N.Korea Informally Discuss Nuclear Row"NYT 30 Jun 05:-two-day conference in NY... "included
officials from the countries involved in the six-party talks"; Richard N.Haas"Regime Change and
Its Limits"Foreign Affairs Vol.84/No.4(Jul/Aug 05):-"So far, the Bush administration has shown
it would like to resolve its problems with North Korea and Iran the same way it did with Iraq:
through regime change. It is easy to see why. But the strategy is unlikely to work, at least not
quickly enough. A much broader approach - involving talks, sanctions, and the threat of force -
is needed."; Reuters"Conference Said Optimistic on North Korea Talks"NYT 01 Jul 05:-ref. is to
"informal discussions" in NY; Reuters"Optimism Raised on N. Korea Talks, No Date Fixed"NYT
01 Jul 05; AP"North Korea Wants U.S. to Withdraw Remark"NYT 02 Jul 05; Reuters"S.Korea, US
Agree to Merge North Nuclear Proposals"NYT 02 Jul 05; AP "S.Korea Hopeful N.Korea Will Come
to Talks"NYT 04 Jul 05; AP"North Korea, U.N. on Japan's Mind"NYT 05 Jul 05:-ref. is to PM
Koizumi's priorities at G8 summit; Reuters"North Korea Criticizes Bush Over Nuclear
Stance"NYT 05 Jul 05; Reuters"North Korea Still a Threat South's Next Top Spy"NYT 05 Jul 05:-ref. after "Threat" is to view of next director of National Intelligence Service; Reuters"Seoul Sees
N. Korea Nuclear Talks Resuming in July"NYT 05 Jul 05; AP"S. Korea: Rice Visit a Chance for
Talks"NYT 06 Jul 05:-Rice in Seoul 12-13 Jul, with visits to China and Japan as well; Reuters"US
Will Never Be Able to Use Arms on N.Korea - Roh"NYT 07 Jul 05:-S. Korean president's
statement(translated)is less incredible than title when quoted:"Neither side has the freedom to
take the situation to a breakdown... Under no circumstances can the North choose nuclear
weapons, and under no circumstances can US choose military means". Allusion seems more
towards practical constraints on wild initiatives, than toward 100% truth forever; AP "China
Sending Special Envoy to N. Korea"NYT 08 Jul 05; Reuters"China's Hu Sending Envoy to North
Korea"NYT 08 Jul 05:-former FM and State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan will go immediately after
Condoleezza Rice visits China; Reuters"Koizumi has Impression N. Korea to Return to
Talks"NYT 08 Jul 05; Reuters "Rice on Mission to Salvage NKorea Nuclear Talks"NYT 08 Jul 05;
Joel Brinkley"Rice Has No Plans to Improve Offer to North Korea in Arms Talks"NYT 08 Jul 05;
Reuters"North Korea Agrees to Return to Nuclear Talks"NYT 09 Jul 05; AP"N. Korea Agrees to
Rejoin Six - Nation Talks"NYT 09 Jul 05:-negotiations "will resume 25 Jul, the North's official
Korean Central News Agency said"; AP"North Korea to Resume 6 - Nation Nuke Talks"NYT 09
Jul 05; Joel Brinkley & David E.Sanger"North Koreans Agree to Resume Nuclear Talks"NYT 09
Jul 05; Reuters"U.S., Japan Seek Results From Korea Talks"NYT 10 Jul 05; Reuters "Six -
Country Talks Aimed at Nuclear - Free N.Korea"NYT 10 Jul 05:-key points, described briefly: THE
BEGINNING AND THE ROUNDS; GIVE AND TAKE; WHAT NORTH KOREA ASKED FOR; U.S.
DEMANDS; BREAKDOWN; Choe Sang-Hun"South Korea Welcomes Return to Disarmament
Talks"IHT 10 Jul 05; Joel Brinkley & David E.Sanger"Rice Says Nuclear Talks With North Koreans
Are 'Only a Start'"10 Jul 05; AP "Rice Calls Talks With North Korea 'Only a Start'"NYT 10 Jul 05;
Joel Brinkley"Setting the Table for North Korea's Return"NYT 10 Jul 02:-"Rice reiterated that US
would not sweeten the offer laid on the table more than a year ago. 'We are not talking about
enhancement of the current proposal'"; AP"Protesters, Police Clash in South Korea"NYT 10 Jul
04:-demonstrations pro and con the relocation of US troops; Reuters"N. Korea May Divert Focus
of Talks - S.Korea Media"NYT 10 Jul 05; Reuters"S.Korea Urges North's Worries to Be Met at
Talks"NYT 11 Jul 05; AP"North Korea Links Nukes to U.S. Threats"NYT 11 Jul 05:-"North Korea
said [11 Jul] it does not need nuclear weapons if it is not threatened by US"; Reuters"Rice, Japan
Map Strategy for North Korean Talks"NYT 11 Jul 05; AP"Two Koreas Agree on Cooperation, Rice
Aid" NYT 11 Jul 05; Reuters"S.Korea to Give 500,000 Tons of Rice to North"NYT 11 Jul 05;
AP"Rice Supports Food Aid to North Korea"NYT 12 Jul 05:-"Rice"in both duplicatory homonymic
senses!!; Reuters"Rice in Seoul for N.Korea Nuke Talks"NYT 12 Jul 05; AP"U.S. Urges N. Korea
to Abandon Atomic Arms"NYT 12 Jul 05; Reuters"North, South Korea to Hold Military Talks on
Border"NYT 12 Jul 05:-aim: to try to build trust; Reuters"U.S., Japan Say N.Korea Must End
Nuclear Ambitions"NYT 12 Jul 05; AP"Rice Warns North Korea Talks May Fail"NYT 12 Jul 05;
Reuters"S.Korea Says Offered to Supply North Electricity"NYT 12 Jul 05; Joel Brinkley"South
Korea Offers to Trade Electricity for North's Disarmament"NYT 12 Jul 05; Nicholas
D.Kristof"Behind Enemy Lines"NYT 12 Jul 05:-influential NYT OP-ED writer concludes from
North Korean capital Pyongyang:"Mr. Bush's refusal to engage North Korea directly is making
the peninsula steadily more dangerous. More than at any time since the Cuban missile crisis of
1962, we are on a collision course with a nuclear power"; AP"N. Korea Urged to Abandon
Weapons Program"NYT 12 Jul 05; Reuters"South Korea Offers Energy Aid to North"NYT 12 Jul
05; Joel Brinkley"South Korea Offers a Trade for North's Disarmament"NYT 12 Jul 05; AP"Rice
Praises Proposal of Energy Aid to North Korea"NYT 13 Jul 05; Reuters"Rice Optimistic N. Korea
Talks Can Bear Fruit"NYT 13 Jul 05; AP"Kim Jong Il Wants Nuclear - Free Korea"NYT 13 Jul 05;
Joel Brinkley"South Korea Offers Power if North Quits Arms Program"NYT 13 Jul 05; Joel
Brinkley"Rice Claims U.S. Role in Korean About-Face"NYT 13 Jul 05; Reuters "South Korea,
Japan, U.S. Discuss Extending Talks"NYT 14 Jul 05; AP"Envoys Meet Ahead of Korea Nuclear
Talks"NYT 14 Jul 05; Reuters"Tough N.Korea Verification Needed - Atomic Expert"NYT 14 Jul
05; Reuters"U.S. Wants Progress From N. Korea in July 25 Talks"NYT 14 Jul 05; Henry
A.Kissinger"Henry Kissinger on U.S. Foreign Policy"Council on Foreign Relations via NYT 14
Jul 05:-major interview to determine former US Secretary of State's views on the most serious
global problems facing US. Official summary of interview stresses:"[H]e states Iran's program
is more worrisome than the crisis over North Korea's nuclear weapons". Reuters"N.Korea Wants
Progress at Nuclear Talks - EU Envoy"NYT 15 Jul 05; Economist 16 Jul 05"Dealing With North
Korea: The Truant's Return"(37-8):-survey of difficult prospects; Nicholas D.Kristof"A Sucker
Bet"NYT 17 Jul 05:-OP-ED writer this time analyses whether North Korean regime is likely to
collapse, and concludes that its people's lack of information about their relative poverty makes
immediate instability unlikely; AP"Gen. MacArthur Statue Spawns Korea Protest"NYT 17 Jul 05:-memorial honors"UN"military leader against North Korean 1950 invasion. Struggle between"pro"
and"con"demonstrators gives evidence at least some South Koreans feel generally against US;
Reuters "North Korea Nuclear Talks to Start July 26 - Daily"NYT 17 Jul 05; AP"North Korea May
Demand More Concessions"NYT 18 Jul 05; AP"N.Korea Seeks U.S. Agreement at Nuke
Talks"NYT 18 Jul 05; Reuters "Two Koreas Get Wired for Video Family Reunions"NYT 18 Jul 05;
Reuters"N.Korea Seeks U.S. Trust at Nuclear Talks"NYT 18 Jul 05; AP"Top UN Envoy to North
Korea Loses Post"NYT 18 Jul 05:-Maurice Strong ceases role "as top UN envoy to North Korea
amid questions about his connection to a suspect in UN oil-for-food scandal" with Iraq;
Reuters"Japan to Seek N. Korea Nuclear Energy Ban - Report"NYT 18 Jul 05:-press also
contends China sympathetic to Pyongyang's insistence that it be allowed to retain nuclear
energy program; Nicholas D.Kristof"Remember the Pueblo"NYT 19 Jul 05:-item recalls that North
Korea seized US Navy ship off its east coast in 1968, and in 1999 it was "opened triumphantly
to crowds in Pyongyang"; Reuters"Six - Party N.Korea Nuclear Talks to Start July 26"NYT 19 Jul
05; AP"N. Korea to Resume Nuke Disarmament Talks"NYT 19 Jul 05; Reuters"Treat N.Korea
Rights Like Old USSR, Archivists Say"NYT 19 Jul 05:-item reports views on tactics, offered by
US-sought activists' meeting; Reuters"North, South Koreas Hold Military Talks on Border"NYT
20 Jul 05:-aim is to reduce bilateral tension just before six-member meeting; Reuters"No Role
for Japan at Six - Party Talks - N.Korea"NYT 20 Jul 05:-North is annoyed by Japanese intention
to raise bilateral kidnapping issues at meeting; AP"N. Korea Expects Little Progress at
Talks"NYT 20 Jul 05:-pessimism also relates to Japanese intention; Reuters "N.Korea Snubs
Japan on Talks at Asia Meeting - Kyodo"NYT 20 Jul 05:-Japan also wants to raise kidnap issue
"on sidelines of annual ASEAN Regional Forum"; Reuters"Japanese Abductees Haunt N.Korea
Nuclear Talks"NYT 20 Jul 05; AP"N. Korea: Agreement May Settle Standoff"NYT 21 Jul 05;
Reuters"N.Korea: Peace Treaty Key to Resolve Nuclear Issue"NYT 21 Jul 05:-1950-3 Korean War
was ended only by cease-fire/armistice; Jim Yardley & Joseph Kahn"North Korea Ties New Issue
to 50's War"NYT 22 Jul 05; Reuters "North Korea Says Peace Treaty Key to Nuclear Issue"NYT
22 Jul 05:-later version gives more background; AP"N. Korea Offers to Abandon Nuke
Weapons"NYT 22 Jul 05:-again reference to a peace treaty; AP "Japanese Parliament Backs
Missile Bill"NYT 22 Jul 05:-"Tokyo has become increasingly concerned about dangers posed by
North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs"; The Economist 23 Jul 05"US and China:
Sizing Up the Dragon"(28):-"The Pentagon wonders whether China may threaten more than
Taiwan... [But US] administration faces difficult negotiations over North Korea's nuclear
program, in which China is playing a central role... [Hence] a spat over China's perceived military
ambitions was the last thing the administration wanted; Reuters"Japan May Advance Missile
Shield Deployment - Paper"NYT 23 Jul 05; AP"North Korea Won't Hold Japan Nuke Talks"NYT
23 Jul 05:-"not clear from editorial carried by North's official KCNA whether North was refusing
to attend talks... if they include Japan - or if it was saying it did not want to meet with Japanese
officials on sidelines of talks as Tokyo has suggested"; AP"Officials Attempt to End N.Korean
Impasse"NYT 23 Jul 05:-"[A] more freewheeling atmosphere is expected this time with much
more room for informal give-and-take. There will be less hesitation about direct US talks with
North Koreans"; AP"Taku Urges Diplomacy in N.Korea Nuke Talks"NYT 24 Jul 05:-reference to
Japan raising kidnapping issue was made during TV statement by former LDP vice-president;
but he admitted pressing of this issue should not threaten discussion of key nuclear issue;
Reuters "North, South Korea Want Progress in Six - Party Talks" NYT 24 Jul 05:-two delegations
met in Beijing prior to conference, and hoped to see"substantial progress" at "ending
Pyongyang's pursuit of nuclear weapons"and participants coming up with "framework for a
nuclear-free Korean peninsula"; AP"U.S.: Korea Nuke Talks Going to Take Time"NYT 24 Jul 05:-top US delegate to conference, Christopher Hill, admits it is unlikely to be last meeting. Item also
summarizes recent positions by Koreas; Reuters"Two Koreas Call for Substantial Progress at
Talks"NYT 24 Jul 05:-item notes variety of issues faced, including Japanese; Nicholas
D.Kristof"Where the Right Is Right"NYT 24 Jul 05:-with his visit to North Korea completed, OP-ED writer provides complex examples of both awful and encouraging conditions. Essence of
conclusions is that US policies should be more active in seeking regime improvements; Douglas
Jehl & David E.Sanger "North Korea Nuclear Goals: Case of Mixed Signals"NYT 24 Jul 05:-major
article includes sections titled: "Fears About a Nuclear Test"; "Plans for an Arsenal"; "Sounding
an Alarm"; "Assessing the Intelligence"; "Warnings by the Allies"; Reuters"U.S. Tells N.Korea
Liaison Office Possible - Kyoto"NYT 24 Jul 05; Christopher Buckley"On Eve of Talks, U.S. Holds
Talks With North Korea"IHT in NYT 25 Jul 05; AP"U.S., N. Korean Envoys Hold Rare Meeting"NYT
25 Jul 05; Reuters"U.S., N. Korea Envoys Meet on Eve of Talks"NYT 25 Jul 05; AP"Peninsula Key
at North Korea Talks"NYT 25 Jul 05; Reuters"N.Korea Crisis Talks Resume with Hope for
Progress"NYT 26 Jul 05; Jim Yardley & David E.Sanger"U.S. and North Korean Envoys Meet
Ahead of 6-Nation Nuclear Talks" NYT 26 Jul 05; Jim Yardley & Chris Buckley"U.S. Reassures
North Korea at Opening of 6-Party Talks"NYT 26 Jul 05:-"top US negotiator stating that US
recognized sovereignty of North Korean government as a 'matter of fact' and had 'absolutely no
intention' of launching a military attack against the Stalinist regime"; AP"North Korea Joins 6-Party Talks, Ending 13-Month Boycott"NYT 26 Jul 05; AP"U.N.: N.Koreans Scavenging for
Food"NYT 26 Jul 05:-WFP believes about one in three North Koreans are chronically
malnourished. WFP food stockpiles have"very little"left , and US-promised 50,000 tons of cereals
not expected to arrive for three months; Jim Yardley & David E. Sanger"U.S. Tries a New
Approach in Talks With North Korea"NYT 26 Jul 05:-"Bush administration appeared to show
signs of new flexibility in talks with North Korea [26 Jul, with] diplomats meeting at length to
discuss delicate question of how aid or energy assistance may be provided to North as it begins
process of dismantling its nuclear weapons program"; Reuters"N.Korea Crisis Talks Enter Day
Two, Mood Upbeat" NYT 26 Jul 05; Reuters"Another Setback for ASEAN as China Snubs
Forum"NYT 27 Jul 05:-"resumption in Beijing of six-way talks... - an issue that has always
dominated [ASEAN Regional Forum] meetings... - has also pushed the forum into the
background"; Reuters"N.Korea Digs in on Day Two of Nuclear Crisis Talks" NYT 27 Jul 05:-main
issue is which party agrees to move first; AP"Report: North Korea Sets Nuclear Demands"NYT
27 Jul 05; Chris Buckley"South Korea Proposes Aid to North as It Disarms"NYT 27 Jul 05;
AP"Report: N. Korea Makes Demands of U.S." NYT 27 Jul 05:-substantially different from
previous AP Report; Reuters"N.Korea Talks Creep Into Third Day, Little Consensus"NYT 27 Jul
05; Mary Crane"Q&A: North Korean Disarmament Talks"Council on Foreign Relations 27 Jul 05:-questions addressed: What is the current status of disarmament negotiations with North Korea?;
How long will the talks continue?; What is the US position?; What does North Korea want?;
What is the state of US-North Korean relations?; What is the nuclear threat from North Korea?;
What nuclear programs does North Korea have?; What is the recent history of North Korean
nuclear program?; Did North Korea abide by the terms of the Agreed Framework?; What is
known about North Korea's plutonium program?; What is known about the uranium-enrichment
program?; Does North Korea have enough equipment yet to make a uranium-based nuclear
bomb?; How good is US intelligence on North Korea's nuclear capabilities?; Has North Korea
sold or transferred nuclear materials?; Jim Yardley "North Korea Seeks U.S. Aid Before It Halts
Its Nuclear Program"NYT 27 Jul 05; Reuters"N.Korea Talks in 3rd Day as Parties Seek
Consensus"NYT 27 Jul 05; AP"North Korean Defectors Detained in China"NYT 28 Jul 05;
AP"U.S., N. Korean Envoys Hold Third Meeting"NYT 28 Jul 05:-differing texts issued but with
same title; Reuters"N.Korea Talks to Stretch to Day Four, Gulf Remains" NYT 28 Jul 05; AP"U.S.
Rules Out Bilateral N. Korea Talks"NYT 28 Jul 05; Jim Yardley"U.S. Expresses Cautious
Optimism in Tough Talks With North Korea"NYT 28 Jul 05; Reuters"Japan, N.Korea May Hold
Bilateral Talks Fri - Report"NYT 28 Jul 05; David E.Sanger & Jim Yardley"U.S. Offers North Korea
Evidence That Nuclear Secrets Came From Pakistani's Network"NYT 28 Jul 05; Reuters"N.Korea,
U.S. Meet[sic] to Bridge Gap on Nuclear Crisis"NYT 28 Jul 05; AP"U.S., N. Korea Hold Longest
Meeting Yet"NYT 28 Jul 05; Chris Buckley"U.S. and North Korean Envoys Continue Talks"NYT
29 Jul 05; Reuters"N.Korea, U.S. Seek[sic] to Bridge Gap on Nuclear Crisis"NYT 29 Jul 05;
Reuters"Reclusive North Korea on ASEAN Charm Campaign"NYT 29 Jul 05:-active and positive
role towards other delegations by North Korean FM during conference in Vientiane, Laos; AP
"U.S., N. Korea Differ on Nuclear Policy"NYT 29 Jul 05:-"still divided over the issue of when the
North will receive aid in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons program". Yet this is longest
round since six-nation process began; previous rounds lasted only three days, and no end date
for this round has been set; Chris Buckley"6 Nations Work on Principles for North Korean
Nuclear Talks"NYT 29 Jul 05; AP"North Korea Nuclear Talks Reach 4th Day"NYT 29 Jul 05;
Reuters"North Korea Nuclear Talks Enter Unchartered Territory"NYT 29 Jul 05:-reference is to
drafting joint statement; AP"U.S. Envoy Says Korea Statement in Works"NYT 29 Jul 05:-draft still
to be started; Economist 30 Jul 05"North Korea: A Glimmer of Hope?"(39):-"Pyongyang lists
conditions for scrapping its nuclear program. [ I]n return for scrapping its own projects, it is now
asking Americans for nuclear concessions. As country that has declared itself nuclear power,
North Korea wants to be treated like one"; AP"China Offers Draft Statement at Nuke Talks"NYT
30 Jul 05; Reuters"Envoys Positive on Chinese Draft at N. Korea Talks"NYT 30 Jul 05:-draft to
hence be worked on is not expected to include more than targets, i.e. not how they are to be
achieved yet; Jim Yardley"U.S. and North Korea Meet At 6-Nation Talks"NYT 30 Jul 05:-draft to
be worked on suggested to be just "broad statement of shared principles"; Reuters"Chinese
Draft at Center of N.Korea Nuclear Talks"NYT 30 Jul 05; Reuters"North Korea Nuclear Talks
Struggle with Statement"NYT 30 Jul 05; Jim Yardley"U.S. and North Korea Meet at 6-Nation
Nuclear Talks"NYT 30 Jul 05:-reference is to bilateral seesions; AP"N. Korea Nuke Talks Focus
on Draft Accord" NYT 31 Jul 05; Reuters"Envoys Clash as Korea Nuclear Talks Seek
Consensus"NYT 31 Jul 05; Reuters "Korea Nuclear Talks Struggle Over Joint Statement"NYT
31 Jul 05; AP"China Proposes New Draft at Nuke Talks"NYT 31 Jul 05; Reuters"China, U.S.
Launch Strategic Dialogue in Beijing"NYT 31 Jul 05:-aim of dialogue is "to try to keep their
increasingly complex relationship on even keel as friction rises over a range of issues... Beijing
and Washington cooperate in many areas, including six-party talks to try to defuse North Korean
nuclear crisis"; Chris Buckley"Seoul to Offer Electricity as Reward if North Korea Ends Nuclear
Work"NYT 01 Aug 05; AP"China Proposes New Draft at Nuke Talks"NYT 01 Aug 05:-US envoy
said "China has proposed new draft of joint statement after weekend discussions were snarled
by North's demands for what it should receive in exchange for disarming"; Jim Yardley"Day 7
of Talks Yields No Progress on North Korea's Nuclear Effort"NYT 01 Aug 05; AP"Korean Nuclear
Talks Turn Pessimistic" NYT 01 Aug 05; Reuters"North Korea Negotiators Battle Over Draft
Statement"NYT 01 Aug 05; AP "Delegates Pessimistic on Korea Nuke Talks"NYT 01 Aug 05;
Editorial"Ambassador Bolton"NYT 02 Aug 05:-editor expressed regret that President Bush has
appointed controversial John Bolton as ambassador to UN without even getting approval of
Senate. "If there's a positive side to... appointment... it's that as long as Bolton is in New York
he will not be wreaking diplomatic havoc anywhere else. Talks with North Korea, for instance,
have been looking more productive since Bolton left State Department"; AP"N. Korea Sets
Conditions for Disarmament"NYT 02 Aug 05; Reuters"N.Korea Talks Stall, U.S. Envoy Seeks
Time - Out" NYT 02 Aug 05:-"Top US negotiator... said [02 Aug] it was time for the parties to take
a breather and mull what progress had been made in more than a week of wrangling"; Chris
Buckley"U.S. Envoy Say Talks on North Korea May End in Dispute"International Herald Tribune
via NYT 02 Aug 05:-"Six-nation talks... may take a break or even end in dispute if the participants
cannot settle on a summary of principles for future disarmament talks, US chief negotiator,
Christopher Hill, said today"; AP "N. Korea Talks May End Without Agreement"NYT 02 Aug 05:-"Main US envoy said talks were nearing their conclusion -- possibly within days -- with delegates
from six countries set to submit final comments [03 Aug] on a draft proposed by China for a
statement of principles to guide future arms negotiations"; Reuters"China in Last - Ditch Bid to
Save Nuclear Talks"NYT 02 Aug 05:-"[H]osts put forward fourth draft of proposed statement on
which the success of the talks... is now riding. South Korean Deputy FM... said latest draft
contained statements on dismantling of North Korea's nuclear programs and corresponding
measures by the other countries"; AP"U.S. Nuclear Envoy: Talks Nearing End"NYT 03 Aug 05:-"Delegates [said] they were approaching the final stages of discussions but that resolution to
dispute over the communist nation's nuclear weapons program ultimately lay in its own hands";
Reuters"North Korea Crisis Talks Tottering in No Man's Land" NYT 03 Aug 05:-"Six-party efforts
to resolve a crisis over North Korea's nuclear ambitions tottered into a 10th day on [04 Aug] with
Beijing battling to persuade Pyongyang to sign up to an agreement to end its weapons
programs"; Jim Yardley"U.S. and Allies Await North Korea's Next Move at Nuclear Talks"NYT 03
Aug 05; AP"Envoy to Korea: D.C. Has Done All It Can"NYT 03 Aug 05:-"Senior Chinese officials
tried to persuade North Korea to accept draft statement during unusual late-night session at
Chinese government guesthouse, said US envoy"; Reuters"N.Korea Holding Out at Marathon
Nuclear Talks"NYT 04 Aug 05:-"[T]alks appeared running out of steam, with China flagging
possibility that six parties would wind up without even joint statement"; AP"N. Korea Seeks
Peaceful Nuclear Activities"NYT 04 Aug 05:-"condition other delegates say has deadlocked
talks"; Jim Yardley & Chris Buckley"Talks on North Korea to Continue for Another Day"NYT 04
Aug 05; Reuters"Accord Hopes Dim on Day 11 of North Korea Talks"NYT 05 Aug 05:-"Gruelling
talks aimed at defusing a crisis over North Korea's neutral ambitions were deadlocked after their
11th day on[05 Aug], with Pyongyang still demanding the right to pursue a peaceful nuclear
program... A fourth round without agreement would call the entire talks process into question -
an outcome which could prompt Washington to take the issue to UN Security Council"; AP"N.
Korea Challenged on Nuclear Insistence"NYT 05 Aug 05:-"Chief US envoy to North Korea
disarmament talks expressed disappointment with negotiations [05 Aug] as he challenged
Pyongyang's insistence on retaining a peaceful nuclear program, pointing to its record of
converting a research reactor for weapons use"; Reuters"Deadlocked N.Korea Talks Limp Into
12th Day"NYT 05 Aug 05; AP"U.S. Envoy: N. Korean Talks 'Excruciating'"NYT 05 Aug 05:-"Washington and Pyongyang scheduled a meeting to discuss how to speed up the process";
Reuters"Stalled N.Korea Talks Seen Taking Recess"NYT 06 Aug 05:-"[W]eary negotiators said
they were preparing for a recess that will allow them to return home for consultations";
AP"Japan Envoy: N. Korean Talks Could Recess"NYT 06 Aug 05:-"Diplomats said talks
deadlocked over the North's insistence on retaining a peaceful nuclear program and the question
of what it would get for giving up its atomic arms program"; Reuters"U.S. Split on Nuclear
Energy for Iran, North Korea"NYT 06 Aug 05:-"US has taken opposite positions in each case over
the question of peaceful atomic energy"; AP "Korea Talks Could Be Suspended, China Says"NYT
06 Aug 05; Reuters"Six Parties Agree to Recess N.Korea Talks: China"NYT 06 Aug 05; AP"North
Korea Talks Recessing, China Says"NYT 06 Aug 05; Reuters"Six Parties to Recess N.Korea
Crisis Talks - China"NYT 07 Aug 05; Reuters"Envoys to N.Korea Nuclear Talks Take 3 - Week
Recess"NYT 07 Aug 05:-"Despite the gulf, host nation China insisted there was progress";
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