Counterfeit, Drugs, and Human Rights: Six Parties at an Impasse?
After the Extension of the US Agenda on North Korea
SWP Comment 2005/C 57, 15.12.2005, 4 Seiten ForschungsgebieteAfter the Extension of the US Agenda on North Korea
SWP Comment 2005/C 57, 15.12.2005, 4 Seiten ForschungsgebieteThe Bush administration's decision to address Pyongyang's criminal activities and human rights violations could cause a crisis in the Six Party Talks on North Korea's nuclear programme. If the United States does not respond to demands made by both Koreas to discuss these issues bilaterally and separately from the nuclear negotiations, it could be signalling a withering interest in the peaceful agreed denuclearisation of the Kim Chung-il regime.