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| NKorea got $2.2B under failed disarmament deals |
| 2009-10-06 |
| North Korea has received the equivalent of about $2.2 billion under deals aimed at persuading the isolated nation to dismantle its nuclear facilities, a South Korean lawmaker said Monday, in what his office says is the first accounting of the cost of the failed strategy. ... But before that, the equivalent of nearly $2 billion flowed into North Korea, ruling Grand National Party lawmaker Kwon Young-se said in a statement. South Korea spent $1.15 billion, Japan $410 million and the EU $18 million on the reactors. Meanwhile, the U.S. sent $400 million worth of fuel oil to the North. In 2007, however, China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the U.S. tried again, promising the North 1 million tons of fuel oil and other concessions in return for disablement. So far, 745,000 tons of oil — estimated to be worth $310 million — have been shipped to the North under the new deal, the statement said. In addition to the money it was given in the disarmament-for-aid deals, the North has also received nearly 4 trillion won ($3.4 billion) of food, fertilizer and other humanitarian aid from the U.S., South Korea and international organizations over the past 10 years, Kwon's office said. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #2 Not really... In this case its the towering IDIOTS of SKOR, USA, Japan, and China who keep doing the same thing and expecting different results who are the INSANE ones. The NOKs, you have to admin, are pretty smart about leading the fools on. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-10-06 18:07 |
| #1 Hummm.... insanity has it's rewards. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-10-06 17:56 |