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China-Japan-Koreas
N Korea 'closes' nuclear facilities
2007-07-15
North Korea has shut down its Yongbyon nuclear facilities, the United States announced on Saturday, saying Washington now hopes for ‘rapid progress’ toward Pyongyang’s nuclear disarmament.

“The US has been informed on Saturday that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea shut down its nuclear facilities at Yongbyon,” State Department spokesman SeanMcCormack said in a statement. “We welcome this development and look forward to the verification and monitoring of this shutdown by the IAEA team that has arrived in the DPRK,” he said.
Posted by:Fred

#4  I don't imagine anyone has bothered to ask the people of North Korea what they think, JosephM. ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-07-15 22:09  

#3  It goes agz how much Pyongyang and the North Korean people truly want to be sovereign and independent from Beijing, or anyone.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-07-15 21:17  

#2  Congratulations may be in order to Bush and his team for a long, exasperating, difficult diplomatic effort. Now if only they could do something about Iran...I suppose it would be best if this kind of diplomacy mixed with sanctions would work as well with the Mad Mullahs.
Posted by: Elmereter Hupash6222   2007-07-15 18:05  

#1  This still could go either way, however, if it keeps progressing in its current vector, it will be a major victory for the Bush administration.
Posted by: mhw   2007-07-15 10:45  

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