Asia Times: Detours on the Korean roadmap (Don Kirk)
VoA: US Grants $25 Million in Energy Aid to North Korea
Dong-a Ilbo: 525 Pro-North Korea Messages Found Posted Online
Reuters: North Korea’s Kim: god at home, villain abroad
Chosun Ilbo: Bush Calls N.Korea a ‘Brutal Regime’
KBS Global: Japan PM Vows Better Ties with Koreas
Reuters: Draft sees North Korea disablement by year-end
Reuters: North Korea talks consider “nuts and bolts” text
Dong-a Ilbo: N.Korea Says It Will Not Report Nuclear Weapons Information
Chosun Ilbo: N.Korea ‘to Remove Core Devices From Reactors’
NYT: Plan to Disarm North Korea Is Evaluated as Talks Recess
Bloomberg: North Korea Nuclear Envoys Reach a `Consensus’
Japan Times: Sanctions on North Korea to be extended six months
KCNA: 27 Sep | 28 Sep | 29 Sep | 01 Oct

Blogs, etc:

• Korean Unification Studies brings us a ROK Ministry of Unification article, “Gwon Yong-Jin, an employee of Korea Land Corporation, who works and lives at the Gaeseong Industrial Complex(GIC).” An interesting read.
• ROK Drop notes the hypocrisy of the Roh administration calling GNP candidate Lee Myung-bak’s upcoming meeting with U.S. President Bush, “pro-American flunkeyism” while preparing to meet Kim Jong-il with buckets of aid.
• DPRK Forum discusses Roh’s plan for “gifts” (tribute) to Kim Jong-il – making the Roh admin’s statements about Lee Myung-bak all the more hypocritical.
• The Marmot points to two must read articles about, “Bobby Egan, restaurateur and Kim Jong-il’s man in Hackensack.”
• A bit older, but… The Korea Society hosted a presentation (here in a 1:46 podcast, 09 August) by Jack Pritchard, president of the Korea Economic Institute and former State Department special envoy to North Korea, giving him a chance to present his new book, “Failed Diplomacy: The Tragic Story of How North Korea Got the Bomb.” While he makes some valid points about the Bush administrations lack of North Korea policy focus, unfortunately the premise of the book is fundamentally flawed: diplomacy will not denuclearize North Korea.