Clouds are hanging over the prospect of lasting peace on the Korean peninsula once again. In an apparent repeat of the Nuclear Crisis in 1994, the current crisis arose out of Pyongyang's admission of having developed nuclear weapons programs. Its refusal to dismantle the nuclear development project is further damaging the prospect of peace. While there...
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SOLUTIONS TO KOREAN NUCLEAR CRISIS II AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS Peter Sylvestre (Pssylve@hotmail.com) Institute of Foreign Language Studies Korea University INTRODUCTION Like a sequel to a bad B-Grade movie, a rerun of the 1994 Korean nuclear crisis is seemingly scheduled for the summer and fall of 2003. The trailer to thi...
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On October 17, 2002, the U.S. announced that during its contacts with Pyongyang, North Korea admitted to having a nuclear weapons development program. Since then tension has been mounting between Washington and Pyongyang. Under the circumstances, the KEDO, mainly due to strong insistence by the Bush administration, has decided to suspend fuel shipments...
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I. American Unilateralism A South Korean poet who makes a living on the south side of the peninsula reflects on the repercussions of September 11 for the Korean peninsula. He writes: I am horribly scared. I eagerly hoped that North Korea was not involved in the terrorist attack that occurred on September 11. I also feared that Korean soldie...
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