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You are here: Home / Blog / A Thaw in Conditions on the Korean Peninsula? — What We’re Reading Now

June 7, 2013

A Thaw in Conditions on the Korean Peninsula? — What We’re Reading Now

NORTH KOREA

South and North Korea Pave Way for Direct Talks  

Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times — June 7, 2013

South and North Korea restored a cross-border hot line on Friday, with the South proposing that logistical talks be held on the border on Sunday to arrange the two Koreas’ first cabinet minister-level meeting in six years.

North Korea Puts Nuclear Threats on Hold in Favor of Business, Skiing and Mushrooms  

Mark Thompson, Time — June 6, 2013

Proving once again that the North Korean government is like New England’s weather — if you don’t like it, wait a few minutes, allegedly uttered by Mark Twain — Pyongyang is now saying it is reconsidering its April order to South Korea to abandon the Kaesong industrial park.

China Builds Up Its Links to North Korea  

Jeremy Page, The Wall Street Journal — June 6, 2013

Beijing has signaled some distancing from Pyongyang, but railways, roads, and a power cable tell a different story.

Opinion: North Korea is China’s problem now  

Paul Haenle, CNN — June 6, 2013

Beijing has long seen itself as the arbitrator between Pyongyang and Washington in addressing North Korean nuclear proliferation. China’s priorities have been peace and stability, denuclearization, and nonproliferation, in that order. So China pushed to preserve the status quo on the Korean Peninsula.

But this is changing – North Korea is now China’s problem. This means that President Obama should take full advantage of his upcoming meeting with President Xi Jinping in California to offer help in finding a way to compel Pyongyang to alter its behavior.

IRAN

Skepticism Over U.S. Involvement in Foreign Conflicts  

Mark Landler and Allison Kopicki, The New York Times — June 6, 2013

Americans are increasingly skeptical about whether the United States should thrust itself into conflicts overseas, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll, but that reluctance does not extend to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

Rouhani: The man to revive Iran’s reformist movement?  

Reza Sayah, CNN — June 7, 2013

He is still a long-shot to win — but centrist candidate Hassan Rouhani has suddenly injected fresh intrigue in Iran’s upcoming presidential elections.

Iran’s presidential election: You never know  

The Economist — June 7, 2013

As eight carefully vetted candidates jockey for the presidency under the severe eye of the ruling clergy, it is by no means certain who will win

Iran’s Presidential Candidates Courting Female Vote  

Jeff Seldin and Shepol Ebnabbasi, Voice of America — June 7, 2013

Iran is a country of more than 70 million people – almost half of them women, some of whom play political roles but are barred from running for president.What role will women play in deciding Iran’s next president in this month’s election?

MISSILE DEFENSE

Russian Official: New Missile Will Beat U.S. Defenses  

Radio Free Europe/Radio LIberty — June 7, 2013

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin says a planned U.S. missile-defense shield will not be able to stop Russia’s newest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

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