North Korea to shut down nuke program
North Korea agreed on Sunday to shut down its nuclear facilities by the end of the year. Although the country has previously pledged to dismantle its facilities, this is the first time that a timeline for the shut down has been given. In exchange for dismantling its facilities, North Korea will receive oil and other aide to help the country economically. Perhaps most importantly, this act is being viewed as a step toward improving relations between North Korea, its neighbors and the West. Before North Korea is removed from the State Department's list of state supporters of terror, I think further investigation of the reported second uranium enrichment program needs to be conducted. Before full diplomatic relations are restored, the U.S. needs to ensure that full disclosure has taken place.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/02/koreas.nuclear.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/02/koreas.nuclear.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch
posted by Crystal Williamson at 8:16 PM
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I don't know to much about north korea, but I don't understand why it is on the list of countries that fund state supported terrorism. It's an awfully repressive country, and in many ways a backward one, but maybe I'm just ignorant but I have yet to hear of one terrorist attack that has any links with North Korea. It's a good thing though that they have agreed to shut down their program because their leader Kim Jong Ill? doesn't seem like the most stable of people, I mean you look at picture of Pyongyang and it looks like a beautiful city amazing monuments, buildings, beautiful stadiums yet as far as I know they can barely feed the people, somethings amiss and that country desperately needs reforming. They have such a big personality cult worship devoted to Kim that I'm not sure that the country will be reformed till he's gone or ousted from power.
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