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.
This week Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama criticized the Bush administration for not engaging in diplomacy with North Korea between 2002-2005. Said Obama:
“While the United States was refusing to talk with North Korea, the reclusive regime developed eight units of nuclear weapons… North Korea secured nuclear materials (plutonium) that can make eight to […]
Update: Probably it would have been better to get these answers *before* announcing plans to delist North Korea and remove other trade barriers, as that is what the agreements actually called for:
North Korea did not answer U.S. suspicions of enriching uranium and proliferating technology when it released an inventory of its nuclear plans […]
The Chosun Shinbo (조선신보, also Romanized as Chosun Sinbo), a newspaper in Japan controlled by the North Korean organization Chosun Soren (a.k.a the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, 재일본 조선인 총련합회), has endorsed Barack Obama over John McCain in the upcoming U.S. presidential elections. This is not to be confused with American-style […]
Today my North Korea news aggregator picked up a piece by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on John McCain’s North Korea policy, per his comments in the Asia Wall Street Journal. The article had a spiffy title, “Today’s McCain Myth: John McCain would produce results with North Korea.”
John McCain writes that “American leadership is […]
While South Koreans aren’t giddy about he second North-South summit in Pyongyang, as they were in 2000, the majority do support the meeting, according to a recent poll:
Do you support or oppose the upcoming summit with North Korea?
Support 73.9%
Oppose 22.6%
Which topic should be at the top of the agenda during the summit?
Denuclearization 34.1%
Economic cooperation […]
A representative from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) sent a link to their new presidential campaign issue tracker that, “outlines the stances of each 2008 presidential candidate on North Korea.” You can find it at: The Candidates on North Korea Policy
Perhaps because it’s only June of 2007, I haven’t been paying too much […]
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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