Archive for the 'Election 2008' Category

North Korea Delisted, or America Bends Over for Kim Jong-il, Again

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

According to CNN:
The United States on Saturday removed North Korea from its list of states that sponsor terrorism, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.
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McCormack said the United States and North Korea had reached agreement “on an number of important verification measures” of North Korea’s nuclear program.
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“Every element of verification that we sought is included [...]

Sarah Palin and North Korea

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

John McCain’s pick for vice-president, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, doesn’t have a clear record on North Korea policy that I can find. However, as GI Korea points out, she is well aware of South Korea-U.S. ties having proclaimed Korea-Alaska Friendship Day.
As governor, Palin is the head of the state’s National Guard and has been [...]

Joe Biden’s North Korea Policy

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

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.

Obama’s Comments on North Korea – The Rest of the Story

Friday, July 25th, 2008

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 10 [...]

North Korea Blows-up Nuclear Reactor Cooling Tower, to Reap Benefits of Pseudo Engagement

Friday, June 27th, 2008

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 this [...]

North Korea Endorses Barack Obama

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

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 endorsements [...]

John McCain’s North Korea Policy

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

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 also [...]

Poll: 74 Percent of South Koreans Favor Summit

Friday, August 24th, 2007

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 20.8%
Reunification [...]

CFR’s “The Candidates on North Korea Policy”

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

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 attention [...]