The Marmot’s Hole

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1. peter schroepfer
   Posted November 5, 2003 at 11:46 pm | Permalink

   RE: “??쨍??짯??? ?흸??쨋? ?짚??흹??쨀??쨍???짚???짢??? ??쨈??쨈 ?짼쩍????징흹 ?짹쨈??짚?쨀?????째???짚???짢?????쨈 ?쨋?-??쨍 ??흹??짚?째??????????? ?????? ?????쨈 ??쨈????짠??????짼???쨈?쨀?…”

   Good try my rightist blogging comrade, but the Chosun made pretty much the same statement.

   See Chosun:
   “??흹?째???????????짠??째흹?째흹?쨍째???(KEDO)?째???쨋???흹 ?짼쩍????징흹 ?짹쨈??짚 ????????? 1????째? ?짚???짢??짚?징흹 ?짼째?????짢?흹쩌?징흹??짢 ?짠???흹 94??? ?짼쨈?짼째??흹 ??쨍?쨌?쨋? ??흹??짚?째?????????째???????짚??? ??쨈?????™€?????짚.”
   Hastily transed as “The Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization has decided to halt construction of its light-water reactor in North Korea for one year, a decision essentially meaning the “Agreed Framework,” signed in Geneva between the United States and North Korea, has been rendered ineffective.”

2. The Marmot
   Posted November 6, 2003 at 4:20 pm | Permalink

   Ah, my progressive comrade from the Left Coast, but at least the Chosun admits that the deal has “essentially dead” for a long time AND recognizes that it’s impossible for the reactor deal to continue while the North constantly declares its intention to go nuclear. The Hani lends no credence at all to American (or Japanese, or EU) concerns - heck, it hardly makes mention of them at all - although it does express profound concerns about the North’s possible reaction and the negative effects the KEDO decision could have on the six-party talks. Granted, the Chosun expressed a number of the same concerns, but reached a very different conclusion, and as I need not tell you, the tone was completely different.

3. Paul Eckert
   Posted November 6, 2003 at 7:44 pm | Permalink

   HERE IS KCNA on the KEDO move, FYI:

   “A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry today gave the
   following answer to a question put by KCNA as regards the
   reported U.S. intention to stop the construction of light water
   reactors and formally declare it:

   “The Bush administration is reportedly contemplating putting
   the KEDO in motion to decide to stop the LWR construction and
   formally declare it.
   “If this is true, it would mean that the U.S. would stop the
   construction of LWRS in the wake of its suspension of the
   supply of heavy fuel oil and thus unilaterally and finally scrap
   the DPRK-U.S. Agreed Framework.
   “This is nothing surprising to the DPRK as it had already
   expected it.
   “What matters is why Washington is so getting on the nerves of
   the DPRK at a time when the resumption of the six-party talks
   is high on the agenda.
   “This compels the DPRK to doubt whether the U.S. would come
   out to make a switchover in its policy toward the DPRK in case
   the six-way talks are resumed in the future. This makes it hard
   for the DPRK to understand the U.S. attitude.
   “The present situation clearly shows us what we should do to
   cope with the U.S. pressurizing position. It also provides the
   DPRK with a reason strong enough to take the most appropriate
   measure when necessary.
   The DPRK has so far suffered huge political and economic
   losses due to the U.S. noncompliance with the agreement on the
   provision of the LWRS. Tremendous is the adverse impact it had
   on the development of the DPRK’s national economy as a
   whole.
   “The U.S. and KEDO are obliged to make full compensations to
   the DPRK under relevant articles of the LWR agreement as
   Washington has caused such huge losses to the DPRK by
   refusing to fulfil its commitments under the AF.
   “The DPRK will hold them accountable for this to the last. It
   will never allow them to take out all the equipment, facilities,
   materials and technical documents now in Kumho area for the
   LWR construction till this issue is settled,”