North Korea positions itself as an international threat Chicagoland Final Edition

This is why the U.S. should begin looking toward an international conference on the North Korean nuclear program, composed of the countries most affected--the U.S., Japan, China, Russia and South Korea--to decide on a common strategy. In its first phase, this conference should endorse the restoratio...

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Published inChicago tribune (1963)
Main Author Henry A Kissinger, Tribune Media Services Henry A Kissinger was the US secretary of state from 1973 to 1977 He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago, Ill Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 12.01.2003
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North Korea
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Summary:This is why the U.S. should begin looking toward an international conference on the North Korean nuclear program, composed of the countries most affected--the U.S., Japan, China, Russia and South Korea--to decide on a common strategy. In its first phase, this conference should endorse the restoration of the nuclear status quo ante. When that has been accomplished, North Korea should be invited to join to discuss the ultimate destruction of its nuclear capability. In pursuing such a course, the U.S. has to navigate between two extremes: Pre-emption is prevented because North Korean artillery is holding Seoul hostage, but appeasement would hold the world community hostage to perhaps the most brutal and repressive regime in the world.
ISSN:1085-6706