Archivo etiqueta «Corea del Norte»
Por Mabel González Bustelo, periodista y analista del Centro de Investigación para la Paz (EL CORREO DIGITAL, 19/07/07):
Corea del Norte ha cerrado las cinco instalaciones que componen el complejo nuclear de Yongbyon, según han verificado inspectores del Organismo Internacional de la Energía Atómica (OIEA). Se trata del primer paso de un proceso que será largo y complejo, y cuyos objetivos finales, mucho más ambiciosos, incluyen la desnuclearización de la península y la firma de un tratado de paz definitivo entre ambas Coreas. La noticia es positiva, pese a dificultades que quedan por delante. Y si demuestra algo de … Seguir leyendo
By Katharine H. S. Moon, an associate fellow at the Asia Society and professor in political science at Wellesley College (THE WASHINGTON POST, 10/07/07):
Two weeks ago, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, the U.S. lead in the six-party talks, went to Pyongyang for a sudden and highly secret meeting with North Korean officials. But even if we get closer to breaking the impasse over the North’s nuclear possessions and ambitions, the problem of North Korean human rights will loom large as the world continues to learn about the starvation, lack of political and religious freedoms, mass imprisonment, executions, … Seguir leyendo
Asia Briefing N°62 (CRISIS GROUP, 30/04/07):
OVERVIEW
The North Korea nuclear talks finally achieved a breakthrough on 13 February 2007, when the six parties struck a general denuclearisation deal. Pyongyang agreed to dismantle its nuclear facility at Yongbyon and admit International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors within 60 days in exchange for energy aid and security assurances. Many vital details must be settled by further talks, and that first deadline has passed without the North yet admitting the inspectors. Although it has said it will within 30 days, the fear has been raised that the deal may prove another failed … Seguir leyendo
By Kay Seok, North Korea researcher at Human Rights Watch (THE WASHINGTON POST, 17/03/07):
North Korea is again dominating headlines by signing a deal to close its main nuclear reactor and allow international inspectors to return in exchange for energy and economic assistance. As North Korea watchers cautiously welcome this possible step toward a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, a deeply disturbing development has garnered almost no attention: Pyongyang’s hardening policy toward North Korean border-crossers.
In an ominous reversal, North Korea has apparently scrapped its 2000 decree that it would be lenient toward citizens who “illegally” crossed the border — in … Seguir leyendo
By Jeremy Bernstein, the author of the forthcoming “Plutonium: A History of the World’s Most Dangerous Element” (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 10/03/07):
THE six-party agreement signed with North Korea last month should certainly be applauded as a necessary first step in improving relations with the United States. While a good deal of the North Korean program is shrouded in mystery — just this week the United States again urged the North Koreans to disclose any uranium-enrichment activities — there are some things we do know, including the nature and status of the country’s reactors.
North Korea’s one functioning reactor, … Seguir leyendo
By Andrew Grotto, a Senior National Security Analyst at the Center for American Progress (THE WASHINGTON POST, 23/02/07):
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her team — led by Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill — deserve credit for scoring a major victory in negotiations with North Korea last week. Trading one million tons of heavy fuel oil for North Korea’s plutonium production program, which Pyongyang likely used to produce the fissile core for the atomic weapon it tested late last year, is akin to swapping a journeyman fullback for a star quarterback.
After all, the U.S. and its … Seguir leyendo
By Philip Zelikov, a history professor at the University of Virginia. From 2005 until 2007 he was counselor of the State Department (THE WASHINGTON POST, 20/02/07):
In 2006, the headlines from North Korea were depressing. Pyongyang was headed down the path of escalation: missile tests in July, testing a nuclear weapon in October. Now, 2007 has opened with encouraging news — a breakthrough in Beijing. In effect, the agreement announced last week was answering the bomb test with a successful test of diplomacy. But this deal makes more sense if we understand the broader strategy, set in motion some … Seguir leyendo
By Nicholas Eberstadt, on the board of the United States Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and Christopher Griffin, a research associate at the American Enterprise Institute (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 19/02/07):
THE Bush administration can point to precious few successes in its efforts to curb North Korea’s mounting menace — even last week’s celebrated nuclear deal with Kim Jong-il’s government is, for the moment, little more than a written promise from a highly unreliable negotiating partner.
Yet inexplicably, the Bush team continues to overlook a spectacular opportunity to deliver freedom to tens of thousands of North … Seguir leyendo
Por Mabel González Bustelo, responsable de desarme de Greenpeace (EL CORREO DIGITAL, 17/02/07):
El anuncio de que Corea del Norte se ha comprometido a desmantelar sus instalaciones nucleares es una noticia positiva. El programa nuclear de este país ha sido durante varios años una de las principales amenazas a la estabilidad y seguridad en el noreste asiático, una zona donde hay varios focos de tensión. Este acuerdo, además, demuestra que el apoyo y una participación internacional basada en el diálogo y el multilateralismo pueden ayudar a reducir las tensiones nucleares regionales. Esto es importante a la hora de construir … Seguir leyendo
By Robert Carlin, a former State Department analyst, participated in most of the U.S.-North Korea negotiations between 1993 and 2000 and John Lewis, professor emeritus at Stanford University, directs projects on Asia at the university’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. Both have visited North Korea many times, most recently in November (THE WASHINGTON POST, 27/01/07):
Those who think that dealing with North Korea is impossible are wrong. Unfortunately, those who think that it is, in fact, possible to deal with North Korea often are not much closer to the truth. The basic problem is that people of … Seguir leyendo
By Mark Seddon, UN correspondent for al-Jazeera English (THE GUARDIAN, 14/12/06):
The model city that rose from the ashes of the Korean war is eerily dark at night and strangely quiet during the day. Electricity remains in short supply, while a lack of fuel leaves the roads largely empty. The talk is of a hard winter, with reduced food supplies from China and South Korea plunging some rural areas into desperate hunger.Next week’s resumption of six-way talks in Beijing comes at a critical time. North Korea is as isolated now as at any time in its relatively short history. … Seguir leyendo
By Giles Coren (THE TIMES, 02/12/06):
Although I had been keeping my intentions secret from all but my closest inner circle, a small item in The Times on Thursday has forced my hand and I feel compelled to make a declaration. At this stage, however, I am prepared only to announce that I am no longer ruling myself out of the race for the dictatorship of North Korea.
You may be surprised, to hear that the Kim Jong Il is standing down. But you will just have to trust my journalistic intuition. All I know is that Kim has not … Seguir leyendo
Por Henry A. Kissinger (ABC, 20/11/06):
Puede que dos negociaciones mantenidas a miles de kilómetros de distancia por un grupo de participantes que en gran medida se solapan determinen las perspectivas del orden mundial. En Pekín, Estados Unidos, China, Rusia, Japón y las dos Coreas están negociando el programa nuclear de Corea del Norte; en Viena, el denominado E-3 (Alemania, Francia y Reino Unido) se reúne de cuando en cuando con una delegación de Irán para tratar del programa nuclear de este país.
La diplomacia coreana podría estar a punto de lograr un avance, pero las conversaciones con Irán están … Seguir leyendo
By Joseph S. Nye Jr., a professor at Harvard, chaired the National Security Council Committee on Non-Proliferation in the Carter administration and was assistant secretary of defense in the Clinton administration (THE WASHINGTON POST, 05/11/06):
North Korea is the first country to withdraw from the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and test a nuclear weapon. It has agreed to return to six-party talks about its nuclear status, but skeptics expect little progress.
Some doomsayers are predicting the collapse of the nonproliferation regime, but that kind of fatalism is mistaken. There are many things we can do to prevent such a future.… Seguir leyendo
By Vaclav Havel, the former president of the Czech Republic, Kjell Magne Bondevik, the former prime minister of Norway and Elie Wiesel, a professor of humanities at Boston University, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 30/10/06):
WHILE the focus in recent weeks has been on North Korea’s nuclear test, we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that the government there is also responsible for one of the most egregious human-rights and humanitarian disasters in the world today.
For more than a decade, many in the international community have argued that to … Seguir leyendo