Comments on: Peace in Our Time! Financial Edition http://freekorea.us/2007/03/09/peace-in-our-time-financial-edition/ Tue, 22 May 2012 21:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: OneFreeKorea » Did I Just Hear North Korea Renege Again? http://freekorea.us/2007/03/09/peace-in-our-time-financial-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-52433 OneFreeKorea » Did I Just Hear North Korea Renege Again? Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:19:17 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/03/09/peace-in-our-time-financial-edition/#comment-52433 [...] All three sites are in the immediate vicinity of the nearly used-up Yongbyon reactor, which North Korea finally shut down (but never disabled) last month, several months after the date it had agreed to do so.  You can see Google Earth images of some of those facilities here. But in the next stage of the six-nation disarmament deal, the North has committed to declaring and disabling all its nuclear facilities.  In a story datelined from China, where talks on the so-called “declare and disable” stage were held earlier this month, the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper said North Korea had announced it would only list three sites.  All three are at the Yongbyon facility, the paper said, citing sources close to the negotiations.  [Channel News Asia] [...] [...] All three sites are in the immediate vicinity of the nearly used-up Yongbyon reactor, which North Korea finally shut down (but never disabled) last month, several months after the date it had agreed to do so.  You can see Google Earth images of some of those facilities here. But in the next stage of the six-nation disarmament deal, the North has committed to declaring and disabling all its nuclear facilities.  In a story datelined from China, where talks on the so-called “declare and disable” stage were held earlier this month, the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper said North Korea had announced it would only list three sites.  All three are at the Yongbyon facility, the paper said, citing sources close to the negotiations.  [Channel News Asia] [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » Did North Korea Just Renege Again? http://freekorea.us/2007/03/09/peace-in-our-time-financial-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-52409 OneFreeKorea » Did North Korea Just Renege Again? Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:37:19 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/03/09/peace-in-our-time-financial-edition/#comment-52409 [...] All three sites are in the immediate vicinity of the nearly used-up Yongbyon reactor, which North Korea finally shut down (but never disabled) last month, several months after the date it had agreed to do so.  You can see Google Earth images of some of those facilities here. But in the next stage of the six-nation disarmament deal, the North has committed to declaring and disabling all its nuclear facilities.  In a story datelined from China, where talks on the so-called “declare and disable” stage were held earlier this month, the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper said North Korea had announced it would only list three sites.  All three are at the Yongbyon facility, the paper said, citing sources close to the negotiations.  [Channel News Asia] [...] [...] All three sites are in the immediate vicinity of the nearly used-up Yongbyon reactor, which North Korea finally shut down (but never disabled) last month, several months after the date it had agreed to do so.  You can see Google Earth images of some of those facilities here. But in the next stage of the six-nation disarmament deal, the North has committed to declaring and disabling all its nuclear facilities.  In a story datelined from China, where talks on the so-called “declare and disable” stage were held earlier this month, the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper said North Korea had announced it would only list three sites.  All three are at the Yongbyon facility, the paper said, citing sources close to the negotiations.  [Channel News Asia] [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » Agreed Framework 2.0: A Day 60 Scorecard http://freekorea.us/2007/03/09/peace-in-our-time-financial-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-35716 OneFreeKorea » Agreed Framework 2.0: A Day 60 Scorecard Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:17:26 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/03/09/peace-in-our-time-financial-edition/#comment-35716 [...] Failure.  Yongbyon (GE pictures) is still not shut down or sealed, and no IAEA inspectors have returned to North Korea or even set a date to do so.  North Korea added a new U.S. requirement to release its criminal proceeds from a dirty, fetid, corrupt bank in Macau, and we let them.  The Treasury investigation was so incomplete, and the parentage and ownership of those funds so obviously illegitimate, that not even the Bank of China wanted to touch them.  Supposedly, the North Koreans now have their money, but we’ve been stood up again, because we refuse to learn. 2. The DPRK will discuss with other parties a list of all its nuclear programs as described in the Joint Statement, including plutonium extracted from used fuel rods, that would be abandoned pursuant to the Joint Statement.  [...] [...] Failure.  Yongbyon (GE pictures) is still not shut down or sealed, and no IAEA inspectors have returned to North Korea or even set a date to do so.  North Korea added a new U.S. requirement to release its criminal proceeds from a dirty, fetid, corrupt bank in Macau, and we let them.  The Treasury investigation was so incomplete, and the parentage and ownership of those funds so obviously illegitimate, that not even the Bank of China wanted to touch them.  Supposedly, the North Koreans now have their money, but we’ve been stood up again, because we refuse to learn. 2. The DPRK will discuss with other parties a list of all its nuclear programs as described in the Joint Statement, including plutonium extracted from used fuel rods, that would be abandoned pursuant to the Joint Statement.  [...]

]]> By: North Korean Reneging Over Nuclear Agreement Begins at ROK Drop http://freekorea.us/2007/03/09/peace-in-our-time-financial-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-28295 North Korean Reneging Over Nuclear Agreement Begins at ROK Drop Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:42:45 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/03/09/peace-in-our-time-financial-edition/#comment-28295 [...] OFK and DPRK Studies has the latest on the beginning of the possible reneging by North Korea on the nuclear agreement signed last month.  Is anyone really surprised by this? [...] [...] OFK and DPRK Studies has the latest on the beginning of the possible reneging by North Korea on the nuclear agreement signed last month.  Is anyone really surprised by this? [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » I Can Already Write The Rest of This Story http://freekorea.us/2007/03/09/peace-in-our-time-financial-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-28291 OneFreeKorea » I Can Already Write The Rest of This Story Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:29:59 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/03/09/peace-in-our-time-financial-edition/#comment-28291 [...] Promises like this are not only inconsistent with Chris Hill’s testimony in the House last week, as well as his written statement, it’s pretty questionable that he could keep them if he wanted to. WASHINGTON (AFP) - The abrupt end to normalization talks between Japan and nuclear-armed North Korea is casting a shadow on US-led efforts to halt the Stalinist state’s nuclear weapons drive.   While experts ruled out any immediate impact on an aid-for-disarmament accord signed with North Korea last month, they warned that the emotional dispute over North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens could dampen Washington-Pyongyang normalization efforts. [...] [...] Promises like this are not only inconsistent with Chris Hill’s testimony in the House last week, as well as his written statement, it’s pretty questionable that he could keep them if he wanted to. WASHINGTON (AFP) – The abrupt end to normalization talks between Japan and nuclear-armed North Korea is casting a shadow on US-led efforts to halt the Stalinist state’s nuclear weapons drive.   While experts ruled out any immediate impact on an aid-for-disarmament accord signed with North Korea last month, they warned that the emotional dispute over North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens could dampen Washington-Pyongyang normalization efforts. [...]

]]> By: Playing Chicken in Tokyo : Left Flank http://freekorea.us/2007/03/09/peace-in-our-time-financial-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-28200 Playing Chicken in Tokyo : Left Flank Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:14:55 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/03/09/peace-in-our-time-financial-edition/#comment-28200 [...] Strategically isolating Japan is Pyongyang’s next game, not the Yongbyon plant, or so thinks the Daily NK.  The US will take North Korea off the teror list, if it resolves the abduction issue with Japan.  How much zwischenzug can the Japan-US alliance take?  It’s an idea the more legalistic of the American hardliners will resist, but it’s a smart play, with all the problems the Abe administration has with the issue of Japan’s past human rights abuses.  Pyongyang no doubt knows the US House of Representatives disapproves of the Abe administration’s handling of the “comfort women’ issue, too. [...] [...] Strategically isolating Japan is Pyongyang’s next game, not the Yongbyon plant, or so thinks the Daily NK.  The US will take North Korea off the teror list, if it resolves the abduction issue with Japan.  How much zwischenzug can the Japan-US alliance take?  It’s an idea the more legalistic of the American hardliners will resist, but it’s a smart play, with all the problems the Abe administration has with the issue of Japan’s past human rights abuses.  Pyongyang no doubt knows the US House of Representatives disapproves of the Abe administration’s handling of the “comfort women’ issue, too. [...]

]]> By: Mark http://freekorea.us/2007/03/09/peace-in-our-time-financial-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-28198 Mark Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:04:26 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/03/09/peace-in-our-time-financial-edition/#comment-28198 <a href="http://cagle.com/news/NonBindingResolution/" rel="nofollow">Non-binding resolutions</a>. Non-binding resolutions.

]]> By: Watching the NK http://freekorea.us/2007/03/09/peace-in-our-time-financial-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-28190 Watching the NK Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:48:18 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/03/09/peace-in-our-time-financial-edition/#comment-28190 Here are some clips from the Inside North Korea special a few days ago: (1) Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTNvaZu30UQ (2) Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmLJ8j5PIys Here are some clips from the Inside North Korea special a few days ago:

(1) Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTNvaZu30UQ

(2) Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmLJ8j5PIys

]]> By: usinkorea http://freekorea.us/2007/03/09/peace-in-our-time-financial-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-28189 usinkorea Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:44:34 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/03/09/peace-in-our-time-financial-edition/#comment-28189 <blockquote>Here is a prediction: If the North Koreans don’t shut down Yongbyon within 60 days, it will be politically difficult, perhaps impossible, for the United States to deliver the first shipment of fuel oil.</blockquote> If we send that fuel oil without a shut down of Yongbyon, it will be time to organize protests in DC from groups around the country. I'm semi- to 3/4s-serious... If we send that fuel oil here at the start without sticking to the agreement, somebody needs to try to slap the US government in the face and get some sense back into them. Seriously... It will be time for the NK human rights groups and conservatives and others who see how wrong this is to try to make their voices heard..........if we show such a weakness of will (and intelligence) by shipping that oil without a shut down being done.

Here is a prediction: If the North Koreans don’t shut down Yongbyon within 60 days, it will be politically difficult, perhaps impossible, for the United States to deliver the first shipment of fuel oil.

If we send that fuel oil without a shut down of Yongbyon, it will be time to organize protests in DC from groups around the country.

I’m semi- to 3/4s-serious…

If we send that fuel oil here at the start without sticking to the agreement, somebody needs to try to slap the US government in the face and get some sense back into them. Seriously…

It will be time for the NK human rights groups and conservatives and others who see how wrong this is to try to make their voices heard……….if we show such a weakness of will (and intelligence) by shipping that oil without a shut down being done.

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