I attended a Heritage Foundation event titled “China’s North Korea Conundrum” today. The speakers were:
Bonnie Glaser, Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies;
John Tkacik, Senior Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation; and
Gordon Chang, Author of Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World (see a related Korea Liberator entry here).
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No more guessing if the translation of a phrase meant “nuclear weapon” or “nuclear deterrent,” and what those difference might imply, North Korea has claimed that they are indeed a nuclear power:
“We manufactured nuclear weapons with our own technology, funds and raw materials from A to Z. As we are not dependent on the U.S. [...]

NY Times: An Industrial Park in North Korea Nears a Growth Spurt
LA Times: A One-Hour Commute to Another World
VOA: World Media Gets First Glimpse of North-South Korea Joint Industrial Zone
ABC News: Rare Inside Look Into North Korea: Controlled Capitalism
WaPo: Two Koreas Learn to Work as One

North Koreans employed by Seoul-based Shinwon Textile Co. [...]

Kyodo: China says no way to predict when 6-way talks will resume
Kyodo: Post remittances to N. Korea in FY 04 one third of earlier tallied
Kyodo: Koizumi may visit N. Korea again, LDP’s Katayama says
Gulf Times: Koreas meet for talks on rail link
Pravda: North Korea blames U.S. of leading 170 spy flights in February
Yale Global: Keeping [...]

IHT: For managers, a Korean paradise
Daily NK: What Happens after Kim Jong Il Falls?
Daily NK: What is Going On in the North Hamkyung Border?
Chosun Ilbo: N.K. Counterfeit Bill Accounts Surface in Hong Kong
Dong-a Ilbo: North’s Illicit China Accounts Found
JoongAng Ilbo: North’s repentance not deemed enough
Kyodo: N. Korea agrees economic aid by [...]

This is a response to the U.S. attempting to pressure South Korea into enforcing the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) as it pertains to North Korea. From Reuters:
North Korea warned the United Nations on Friday that U.S. efforts to draw South Korea into Washington’s campaign against the spread of weapons of mass destruction could stall talks [...]

According to a recent poll by Gallup, North Korea (15 percent) came in third behind Iran (31 percent) and Iraq (22 percent) when Americans were asked to name America’s greatest enemy. The margin of error was 3 percent, so even if Kim Jong-il argued to add the margin to North Korea and subtract if from [...]

“Seoul Train,” a documentary about North Korea, is available on DVD for $24.99. A portion of the amount will go to Liberty in North Korea (LiNK), an NGO dedicated to North Korea human rights.

Reuters: Lawmakers prod US on N.Korean refugee act
Kyodo: Police request warrants for 2 N. Korean agents over abductions
BBC: Japan wants N Korean spies held
NYT: Q&A: Only Continued Pressure, Combined With Inducements, Can
Yonhap: N. Korea confirms its agreement to find ‘missing’ S. Koreans
AP: U.N. Agency: North Korea Requesting Food
Reuters: U.N. sees $100 [...]

MacKinnon responded to my response to her response to my earlier question to her on WaPo:
As for why Chinese reformers haven’t become “revolutionaries,” James my short answer is: because they have way too much to lose. Most of the urban intellectuals and pro-reform bureaucrats who favor change have on the whole gained too much materially [...]