Saturday, October 13, 2012

Hot on the Alaskan trail?

N. Korea's rhetoric is a plea for a better deal, US needn't take it seriously

Clearly, the new US Secretary of state was eager to make a strong statement on her maiden Asian tour. Hillary Clinton said during her speech in South Korean capital Seoul, “The fact is that, over the past eight years, the North Koreans have obtained the capacity… to make nuclear weapons.” She said that Pyongyang should adhere to its commitment to denuclearize the Korean peninsula and it is not going to get a different relationship with US while insulting and refusing dialogue with South Korea. Referring to speculation that North Korea was preparing to test-fire long range Taepodong-2 missile that can reach Alaska, at least in theory, Clinton said that US would consider such a test very provocative.

Will North Korea give up its nuclear weapons programme, its only bargaining chip, completely? Success in denuclearizing the Korean peninsula largely depends on how US fulfills promises made at the six-party talks.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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