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China-Japan-Koreas
North Korea May Deliver Its Nuclear List in Two Days
2008-06-25
(Bloomberg) -- North Korea may deliver its list of nuclear plants and materials to China on June 26, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said, a move that will allow the six- nation disarmament forum to resume.

``There is word that they would try to do that by Thursday,'' Perino said at a briefing in Washington yesterday. ``This is a deadline that the North Koreans themselves have put out there. We'll see if they decide to do that.''

While the declaration is a step toward achieving the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, it will have to be ``reviewed and considered verifiable'' before the process moves on, she said.

The six-nation talks have stalled since Kim Jong Il's regime missed a Dec. 31, 2007, deadline to declare its nuclear plants and programs under an agreement with the U.S., China, South Korea, Japan and Russia. China may be able to announce news about the declaration ``very soon,'' the U.S. chief nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill said in Beijing yesterday without elaborating.

``We're getting very soon to the North Korean submission of their declaration,'' Hill said. ``These six-party talks are coming up soon and let's hope that they can move the process along and get us to the end goal here, which is denuclearization.''

Nobutaka Machimura, Japan's chief cabinet secretary, said in Tokyo today that he's aware of reports that North Korea may make the disclosure on June 26.

Posted by:Fred

#2  Islamist Militants > have threatened to expand Terr Opers/Attacks agz targets throughtout NORTH ASIA, ostensibly IMO to DIVERT FROM NUCLEARIZING IRAN = PAN-ISLAMIST/MUSLIM NUCLEARIZATION + WEAPONIZATION via REGIONAL "GREAT POWER" CONFRONTATION [NOKOR + TAIWAN]???

* NORTH KOREA > has threatened to stop or withhold NUCLEAR COOPER unless it receives FOOD-ECON GUARANTIES.

* E.g. TAIPEI TIMES OP-ED > "MCCAIN'S "LEAGUE OF DEMOCRACIES" IS A DANGEROUS IDEA/CONCEPT, or Title to that effect. Author argues that MCCAIN intrinsic desires to isolate and minimize the roles of moderniz but still-weak RUSSIA, CHINA, + SCO [read - ASIA] vv undoubtedly to be US-WESTERN-led LEAGUE OF DEMOCRACIES, and which will further promo + entrench US-Western IMPERIALISM at Asia's expense???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-06-25 18:47  

#1  "North Korea may deliver its list of nuclear plants and materials to China on June 26.."

Or not.


"Pages 7-1653 were unfortunately lost before they could be delivered to our brethren in the Middle Kingdom. These pages were most likely eaten by peasants " - NKor Official choosing to remain anonymous"
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2008-06-25 15:16  

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