From AFP: “On North Korea, Richardson [who] has had long experience dealing with Pyongyang’s controversial nuclear program, said: ‘My sense is that the next round of six-party talks …(is) moving in the right direction.’” Sounds like he’s not really paying attention.
In a previous post on Pyongyang Soju being imported to the U.S., I used pics from a bottle I have, which was purchased in South Korea. Jason Perlow of Off the Broiler sampled some Pyongyang Soju at a Korean restaurant in New Jersey and has photos of the updated labels (looks like it was $5.99 a bottle).
- #OFK has a telling post (w/video) on Joe Biden's North Korea policy. It's hard to do much of a related post on Obama since he hasn't even completed one term in the senate and so has a thin record. See all Election 2008 posts.
- #15 August is the 63rd anniversary of Victory over Japan (V-J) Day, or Liberation Day in North and South Korea. It’s hard to imagine how the North Koreans could explain the significance of the day without mentioning the U.S. doing the heavy lifting, but they still manage to do so.
- #North Korean Economy Watch has released version 11 of his layer/bookmarks for North Korea in Google Earth - easily the most authoritative map of North Korea on the web.
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February 8th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Richardson’s not trying to rock the boat because he is running for President. He said the same thing about Bush’s policy toward Darfur, that it was moving in the right direction.
February 8th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Yes, I know - I’m taking the obligatory jab at him as he’s for the sort of do-nothing engagement/appeasement from the Clinton-era (sweeping reports in the late 90s of a uranium program under the rug) that left the mess for Bush to clean up and take the blame for.