N. Korea's continued defiance of the UN Security Council

[Pete23]

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di man gud matarog ang north korea kay hadlok ang US nga ma ulanan ug nukes ang south korea and japan... hmmmp

[hardlock]

BANGKOK – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that the Obama administration is concerned by the possibility that North Korea, with a history of illicit sales of missiles and nuclear technology, is developing military ties to Myanmar.
She also held out the possibility of offering North Korea a new set of incentives to return to negotiating a dismantling of its nuclear program if it showed a "willingness to take a different path." She added that there seems little immediate chance of that.
A Clinton aide said the United States and its allies on this issue are looking for a commitment by North Korea that would irreversibly end its nuclear weapons program. The aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal U.S. government deliberations, said there is no indication that North Korea intends to make such a move, and so the U.S. focus is on enforcing U.N. sanctions.
In her remarks about a possible Myanmar-North Korea connection, Clinton did not refer explicitly to a nuclear link but made clear that the matter is disconcerting.
"We know there are also growing concerns about military cooperation between North Korea and Burma which we take very seriously," she said when asked about it at a news conference in the Thai capital. Myanmar, also known as Burma, is run by a military regime.
"It would be destabilizing for the region, it would pose a direct threat to Burma's neighbors," she said, adding that as a treaty ally of Thailand, the United States takes the matter seriously.
Later, a senior administration official said that Washington is concerned about the possibility that North Korea could be cooperating with Myanmar on a nuclear weapons program, but he added that U.S. intelligence information on this is incomplete. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the matter.
Another administration official, speaking under the same ground rules, said one reason for concern on the nuclear front is the evidence that North Korea helped Syria clandestinely build a nuclear reactor, which was destroyed in an airstrike in 2007 by the Israeli air force.
Alarm bells were sounded this summer when a North Korean freighter, the Kang Nam I, headed toward Myanmar with undisclosed cargo that U.S. officials believe included weaponry banned under the latest U.N. sanctions. Shadowed by the U.S. Navy, the freighter reversed course and returned to North Korea.
The United States, in a joint effort with South Korea, Japan, China and Russia, is attempting to use U.N. sanctions as leverage to compel North Korea to return to the negotiating table over its nuclear program. A major element of the international concern about North Korea is the prospect of its nuclear proliferation, which could lead to a nuclear arms race in Asia and beyond.
At the news conference, Clinton held out the possibility of enticing North Korea back to negotiations on reversing its nuclear program.
"We think that there is a different path for North Korea to follow, that there is an opportunity which is theirs for the taking, but they have to be willing to change their behavior and agree to de-nuclearize North Korea, which would mean that the entire Korean peninsula is denuclearized, and we stand ready to respond if we get any signal that there would be a serious commitment to doing that," she said.
The senior administration official said the U.S. has not yet received any such signal from Pyongyang. For now, he added, the focus of the administration's effort is on persuading other countries to vigorously enforce a new set of U.N. sanctions against North Korea following its latest missile tests. In order to get as many countries as possible to join the enforcement effort, the administration believes it needs to publicly hold out the possibility of a new set of incentives for North Korea in the event it agrees to nuclear talks.
Still, Clinton mentioned that "there is a list of incentives and offers that could be made if the North Koreans evidence any willingness to take a different path from the one they are currently pursuing. As of this moment in time we haven't seen that evidence."
Clinton spoke to reporters after meeting with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva at the outset of a three-day visit to Thailand. She is scheduled to fly to the Thai seaside resort of Phuket on Wednesday to attend an international meeting on Asian security. Myanmar and North Korea are expected to have representatives there, but Clinton has no plans to meet with them, officials said.
The senior administration official held out the possibility that a member of Clinton's staff might have contacts with representatives of Myanmar or North Korea during the Phuket conference. The U.S. has diplomatic relations with Myanmar but not with North Korea.
Clinton said she would, as previously announced, sign ASEAN's seminal Treaty of Amity and Cooperation to which more than a dozen countries outside the 10-nation bloc have already acceded. The U.S. signing will be done on the executive authority of President Barack Obama and does not require congressional ratification, the senior administration official said. The administration of President George W. Bush declined to sign the document; Obama sees it as a symbolic underscoring of the U.S. commitment to Asia.
Clinton sharply criticized the military rulers of Myanmar for human rights abuses, "particularly violent actions that are attributed to the Burmese military concerning the mistreatment and abuse of young girls." She said an Obama administration policy review on Myanmar is on hold pending the outcome of the trial of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is accused of violating the terms of her house arrest. The Noble Peace Prize laureate faces up to five years in prison if convicted, as expected.
"Our position is that we are willing to have a more productive partnership with Burma if they take steps that are self-evident: end the violence against their own people including the minorities that they have been focused on in the last months, end the mistreatment of Aung San Suu Kyi and the political prisoners in detention who have been rounded up by the government and other steps that Burma knows it could take," she said.

[erichoy]

grabeha jud aning north korea sa... mga isug au.. pro ang ila mga tawo wan a g pang gutom.. puro ra weapons g pang himo..

[giddyboy]

NKorea says it is open to new dialogue on nukes

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea said Monday that it is open to new dialogue to defuse tensions over its nuclear weapons program in what appeared to be a call for direct talks with the United States.

The statement from Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry marks a rare expression of willingness to talk by a regime that has rapidly escalated tensions with a flurry of provocations in recent months, including a nuclear test and a series of missile launches.

It also suggests that the isolated communist regime thinks it has raised its stakes enough, and it's time to negotiate.

On Monday, North Korea made clear again that it won't return to six-nation nuclear talks involving China, Japan, the two Koreas, Russia and the U.S., saying the forum seeks only to "disarm and incapacitate" the nation.

But it added, "There is a specific and reserved form of dialogue that can address the current situation."

The statement did not elaborate on the new form of dialogue. But Pyongyang has long been known to be seeking direct negotiations with Washington.

full article:
NKorea says it is open to new dialogue on nukes - Yahoo! News

[peewee_toot]

grabeha jud aning north korea sa... mga isug au.. pro ang ila mga tawo wan a g pang gutom.. puro ra weapons g pang himo..

mao ng daghan kaayung mga tga NK nga nangbakwit. faet!

[eax]

NKorea says it is open to new dialogue on nukes

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea said Monday that it is open to new dialogue to defuse tensions over its nuclear weapons program in what appeared to be a call for direct talks with the United States.

The statement from Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry marks a rare expression of willingness to talk by a regime that has rapidly escalated tensions with a flurry of provocations in recent months, including a nuclear test and a series of missile launches.

It also suggests that the isolated communist regime thinks it has raised its stakes enough, and it's time to negotiate.

On Monday, North Korea made clear again that it won't return to six-nation nuclear talks involving China, Japan, the two Koreas, Russia and the U.S., saying the forum seeks only to "disarm and incapacitate" the nation.

But it added, "There is a specific and reserved form of dialogue that can address the current situation."

The statement did not elaborate on the new form of dialogue. But Pyongyang has long been known to be seeking direct negotiations with Washington.

full article:
NKorea says it is open to new dialogue on nukes - Yahoo! News

Pang-hadlok ra lagi to ilang mga nukes. Balik na pud sila ug peace talks. Mura man ni ug atras-abante.

[LoGgZz]

Murag gigamit nil panggulat ang nukes para makademand sila sa US.

[gikapoy]

Murag gigamit nil panggulat ang nukes para makademand sila sa US.

and its working hehehe

[Tarmac]

I hope the release of the two journalists is a sign of thawing relations between the US and North Korea.

Dear Leader must've been so starstruck by Bill.

[eax]

I hope the release of the two journalists is a sign of thawing relations between the US and North Korea.

Dear Leader must've been so starstruck by Bill.

Murag ilang gi-hostage ang tibuok kalibutan.