| Home page To receive this publication via e-mail, click here. THE NORTH KOREA REPORT: DECEMBER 29, 2003 Dragon in the Dark: How and Why Communist China Helps Our Enemies in the War on Terror is now available! My book detailing Communist China�s history of aiding terrorist states, Saddam Hussein, the Taliban, and al Qaeda can be ordered can be ordered here, at Barnes and Noble, or at Amazon. � D.J. McGuire Our statement on why northern Korea must be liberated can be found here. TOP STORY: NORTH KOREA AGREES TO MORE SIX-PARTY TALKS STALINIST STATE REPEATS OFFER OF NUCELAR �FREEZE� FOR ECONOMIC AID North Korea agreed �to hold a long-delayed second round of multilateral talks aimed at ending the standoff over its nuclear weapons program� (Cybercast News). The Stalinist regime repeated its offer to �freeze its nuclear program�, if the U.S. resumed the economic aid and took the regime of the list of terrorist states. Also reporting: BBC The U.S. rejected that offer earlier this month, going instead with a �coordinated steps� plan. In either case, North Korea would get economic aid before it eliminated its nuclear weapons. North Korea� nuclear program violates a 1994 agreement that won the regime millions in fuel aid and two partially constructed nuclear power plants (see 10/21/02 NKR). This time, the U.S. is apparently hoping �North Korea might follow the example� of Libya, which pledged to accept inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of its nuclear program and wipe out its chemical and biological weapons. This would be the same IAEA that missed the Stalinists� nuclear weapons program for years. The announcement from the North regarding the talks came after a visit from Communist Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. For more on Libya as the supposed model for North Korea�s nuclear disarmament, check out the Commentary/Analysis section. Stop the North Korean Nuclear Power Plants: Construction on the nuclear power plants from the 1994 agreement has been suspended for one year, but the plants have not been cancelled. Use this China e-Lobby fact sheet and tell the President to kill the power plants from the 1994 agreement that North Korea broke. AXIS OF EVIL NEWS IRAN AND NORTH KOREA HAD A HAND IN LIBYA�S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM Speaking of Libya, the Stalinist regime was not alone in helping out the North African dictatorship (see last NKR). In fact, both Iran and North Korea formed �a secret partnership� with Libya �with the intention of developing an independent nuclear weapon� (Sunday Herald, UK). Link courtesy Parapundit founder Randall Parker, member since 2003 OTHER AMERICAN-RELATED NEWS U.S. TO GIVE ANOTHER 60,000 TONS OF FOOD TO NK THROUGH WORLD FOOD PROGRAM The United States will send another 60,000 tons of food aid to the World Food Program for North Korea. The U.S. agreed to ship more aid after hearing of �some progress on the WFP's operating conditions in North Korea� (CNN). The U.S. is concerned about reports of the Stalinists stealing the food aid to feed themselves and their army (see 3/6/02 Update). OTHER SOUTH KOREA NEWS AIDES TO ROH MOO-HYUN CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL FUNDRAISING Three aides to South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun �have been charged with collecting illicit funds for last year's presidential elections� (BBC). Among them was Choi Do-sul, Roh�s must trusted aide. Choi allegedly took up to $1.5 million in illegal funds. The scandal has left the dovish Roh badly damaged politically (see 10/13, 10/20, 12/1, and 12/8 NKRs). U.S. BEEF BANNED DUE TO MAD COW DISEASE FIND The apparent positive test of mad cow disease in Washington cattle led South Korea to ban all imports of American beef. Reports: CNN, BBC COMMENTARY/ANALYSIS ON NORTH KOREA�S NUCLEAR WEAPONS Is the Libya �deal� on weapons of mass destruction a model for disarming Kim Jong-il? Balbina Hwang of the Heritage Foundation believes Kim �should learn what Libya has.� Randall Parker, Parapundit founder and member since 2003, is rightly more skeptical. MORE ON NORTH KOREA Drake Bennett interviews the spectacularly horrible �historian� Bruce Cummings in the Boston Globe. Cummings, in addition to falling for the �North Korea reform� bug that currently infects South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, claims only half a million Koreans died from the Stalinist famine. The actual number is closer to three million. Check out the Communist China and the Terrorist War page. Sign the petition for an American boycott of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Miss an Update, Week's Links, or a North Korea Report? Find it via our home page. Feel free to forward this to anyone you think might be interested in receiving it. Anyone who wishes to join can send his/her name and e-mail address to [email protected]. Please feel free to send any news on Communist China or North Korea that you happen to find to the same address. |