The nuclear policy of the DPRK

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• The contemporary political history in general of the DPRK

Bush team turned a soluble problem into a crisis

By Bruce Cumings, Le Monde diplomatique, February 2003. The policy of the U.S. is stuttering, confused and confounded, although the crisis over North Korea’s nuclear programme is dangerous. Bush senior inaugurated the first high-level talks with Pyongyang and the justification for North Korea’s nuclear program was removed. When Bill Clinton took office in 1992, he failed to pursue the this initiative.

North Korea Set to Test Nukes

Opinion by Tim Kennedy, Arab News, Al Jazeerah, 28 July 2003. American arms specialists with expertise in North Korea’s nuclear program predict Pyongyang will soon test an atomic weapon. President Bush’s unwillingness to directly negotiate with North Korea virtually compels Kim Jong Il to test his nuclear weapons

North Korea Says U.S. Forced Its Nuclear Stance

CNN, Tuesday 30 September 2003. North Korea again blamed its need for a nuclear weapons program on U.S. hostile policy. The DPRK’as ultimate goal and initiative is de-nuclearizing the Korea Peninsula. The key to the solution would be a fundamental change in U.S. policy toward the DPRK.

N. Korean Reactor Project May End

By Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, Tuesday 4 November 2003. The international consortium building two nuclear reactors to provide energy to North Korea is likely to agree today to suspend the project, effectively killing it. The project was a centerpiece of a 1994 deal by the Clinton administration to freeze North Korea’s nuclear weapons capabilities.