What Are the North Koreans Up To?
In an Op-Ed piece in the Korea Times, Professor Stephen Haggard and Marcus Noland discuss the current situation in North Korea.
Last summer North Korea conducted provocative missile and nuclear tests. Yet only four months later, Pyongyang signed on to a roadmap that included a return of international inspectors, a full declaration of contested nuclear activities, closing down existing facilities, and ultimately disabling them.
American negotiator Christopher Hill predicted this last step could take place as early as the end of the year.
What are the North Koreans up to?
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Sep 27, 2007