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US won't accept nuclear North Korea: nominee
Washington (AFP) June 10, 2009 The United States will not accept a nuclear North Korea and is committed to defending neighboring Japan and South Korea, the nominee to be the top US diplomat for Asia said Wednesday. Kurt Campbell, speaking at his Senate confirmation hearing to be the assistant secretary of state for East Asian affairs, said North Korea posed a "direct and reckless challenge" to the world with its recent nuclear test. "If confirmed, I would use close bilateral and trilateral coordination with Tokyo and Seoul to make clear that neither the United States nor its allies will accept a nuclear North Korea," Campbell said. "And there should be no mistake: the United States is firm in its resolve to uphold its treaty commitments regarding the defense of its allies," he said. But Campbell also said that the United States was leaving an open door for North Korea to re-enter dialogue. North Korea in April bolted from a US-backed six-nation deal to give up its nuclear program in return for aid and security guarantees. Some North Korea watchers believe the reclusive communist state's top goal is to be recognized as a nuclear weapons state ahead of a potential succession crisis as leader Kim Jong-Il's health falters. Campbell would replace Christopher Hill, the architect of the six-nation agreement who was named by President Barack Obama to the key post of ambassador to Iraq. Campbell was a Pentagon official dealing with Asia under former president Bill Clinton. He founded the Center for a New American Security, a think-tank focused on defense policy seen as close to the Democratic Party. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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US should move quickly to free journalists in NKorea: expertSeoul (AFP) June 9, 2009 The United States should move quickly to negotiate the release of two American journalists sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment in North Korea, a South Korean expert said Tuesday. The North's Central Court Monday sentenced TV reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee to "reform through labour" for what state media called an illegal border crossing and an unspecified "grave crime." Under the ... read more |
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