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14 Mar 07
El Baradei Unable to Meet with PRK Negotiator - More - more
KOR Says They Don't See PRK Shutting Down Nuke Complex
11 Mar 07
El Baradei Heads to Pyongyang - More - more
6 Mar 07
'Historic Talks' with PRK Begin - Sydney Morning Herald - Associated Press - Voice of America - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - USA Playing Down Expectations
USA Says PRK HAD Nukes (Not Saying Whether They Still Do) - Wants Account of All PRK Uranium
Meanwhile, UN Aid Ops in PRK Stop - More
3 Mar 07
Some Doubts About PRK's Nuke Program???
KOR to Resume 'Conditional Aid' to PRK
1 Mar 07
USA, PRK Set for 'Normalization' Talks
US Lawmakers Question Pyongyang's Nuclear Commitments - More - USA Wants to Know ALL the Details
27 Feb 07
PRK Nuke Negotiators Expected in New York This Week or Next
KOR to Provide PRK Fuel to Shut Down Nukes
26 Feb 07
22 Feb 07
PRK Able to Put Nukes on Missiles??? - More - Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) Report (.pdf)
PRK to Spill Beans on Uranium???
19 Feb 07
IAEA Visiting PRK Before mid-March
Report - PRK Expected to Hang On to Nukes???
13 Feb 07
PRK Agrees to Shut Down Nuke Reactor - Guardian (UK) - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Associated Press - Reuters - UPI - Agence France Presse - Canadian Press - BBC - Xinhua
9 Feb 07
Still Haggling Over PRK Nukes - Deal One Issue Away?
5 Feb 07
PRK Looking for Big Aid in Exchange for Nuke Deal - Mostly Oil Help
USA: PRK Has to Live Up to Promises
3 Feb 07
USA Envoy Enroute to KOR - USA Predicts Movement in PRK Nuke Issue - More
1 Feb 07
Talks Set to Resume - More - more - more - more - Second Test Up PRK's Sleeve, Just in Case?
31 Jan 07
KOR Denies Kim Jong Il Under House Arrest in PRK
30 Jan 07
Opinion - PRK Aching for Better Relationship with USA, the West
28 Jan 07
PRK Denies Helping IRN Set Up for Nuke Test - More
JPN Won't Put Up with Nuclear PRK
26 Jan 07
CHN Hopes 6-party Talks can Start by mid-Feb
25 Jan 07
24 Jan 07
PRK Helping IRN Do Own Nuke Test
22 Jan 07
Former USA Sec'y of Def Suggests Attack on PRK
PRK Ready to Suspend Nuke Activities? - Ready to Talk More, Too - More on Six-Way Talks Coming Soon
21 Jan 07
PRK Selling Gold to Overcome Sanctions
19 Jan 07
Even UN Stops Hard Currency to PRK - UN Sec Gen'l Pushing for Continued Co-operation - Sec Gen Statement
11 Jan 07
Second Test Coming???? - KOR Setting Up to Check for Another PRK Nuke Test - CHN Says They're Not Aware of Plans for Another Test - CHN Opposes Second Test
USA Sending Stealth Fighters to KOR - More- more
10 Jan 07
USA General - Another PRK Nuke Test Likely - More - more
KOR Tells PRK to Seriously Consider USA Proposals
8 Jan 07
Analysis - They Could Do Another Test (But Probably Won't)
7 Jan 07
Reports of USA, PRK to Talk in JPN This Month - More
USA Warns Against Another Test - More
4 Jan 07
KOR Policy Wrestle Over How to Deal with PRK
How Kim Jong Il Runs the Country
3 Jan 07
Cranking Up Kim's Image in Response to Western Sanctions
2 Jan 07
PRK Promises Mil Buildup in New Year - More - Meanwhile, KOR Encourages PRK to Scrap Nukes - Trying for Summit with PRK
USA Cutting PRK Off at the Bank
Commentary - Being Nice Only Makes PRK Crankier?
31 Dec 06
KOR Def Min: PRK Has Material for Seven Nukes
29 Dec 06
PRK Media Talks Tough - PRK Pleased with Nuke Progress
KOR Tells USA to Be A Bit More Flexible - More - Calls PRK 'Grave Threat' - KOR Minister Wants Side Talks with PRK - Still Too Early to Resume Aid, Though
Expert Says Sanctions are Hurting PRK
More on PRK Selling Off Gold to Get Around Sanctions - More
Meanwhile, No Agreement on Joint PRK-KOR Olympic Team
28 Dec 06
USA Wants PRK Nuke Action Within Two Months - More
JPN Looked Into Getting Own Nukes
27 Dec 06
PRK Says USA Wants Too Much for Lifting Economic Sanctions
26 Dec 06
USA Offered to Take PRK Off Terr List
New UN Boss Calls for Patience in Nuke Talks - More
PRK Selling Off Gold Reserves to Deal with Sanctions
24 Dec 06
Sanction Talks Expected Next Month - PRK Not Expected to Take It Lying Down - PRK Says Not Afraid of War
23 Dec 06
No Progress at Six-Way Talks - PRK Blames USA for Impasse - More - KOR says PRK Negotiator had No Authority - JPN Says Mo' Pressure Coming
19 Dec 06
PRK agrees to IAEA checks, no ongoing monitoring
PRK Lays Out Its Terms at Six-Way Table - Wants All Sanctions Lifted - USA Says No Big Surprises
18 Dec 06
Nuke Test Looms as PRK Six Way Talks Begin - More - more - more - Not Much Optimism Out There?
15 Dec 06
KOR Bracing for PRK Provocation
USA Willing to Offer Security Guarantees for Promise to Stop - Need to Build Trust
14 Dec 06
KOR Promises Some Carrots for PRK's 'Tangible Steps' on Nukes
13 Dec 06
Back At the Table 18 Dec 06 - USA: Six-Way Talks Entering New Phase - USA May Consider Easing Bank Sanctions? - PRK May Be Nibbling? - Some Analysts Skeptical
RUS, CHN & JPN Tell UN To Stay Outta the Way
1 Dec 06
El Baradei Says PRK Proves ALL Nuke Testing Should be Banned
30 Nov 06
CAN Implements UN Res'n 1718 on PRK - More - UN Res'n 1718 (39KB .pdf)
29 Nov 06
No Deal in Six-Way Talks Yet - USA Point Man Headed to JPN to Maintain Momentum
USA Tells PRK (Again) to Get Outta Nuke Biz - PRK Nukes Political Blackmail Tool
Sanctions Target Kim Jong Il - More
27 Nov 06
More USA Anti-Missile Ships Around JPN
26 Nov 06
National Envoys Meeting in CHN to Talk PRK Nukes This Week - KOR Considering Sending Rep - JPN Going
20 Nov 06
Has PM Decided on CF Ships Helping?
17 Nov 06
CAN Cabinet Will Decide About Navy Searching PRK Boats - Need to Know CAN Navy Can Sustain Ops with US Navy - (Permalink)
CAN PM Says CAN Envoy to KOR to Send Strong Msg to PRK
16 Nov 06
PRK Taking Tougher Stance for Talks - USA Hints Talk-Talk May Still be a Way Off - Diplomacy in Full Gear
PRK Press Says USA's Fault Korean Penninsula Not De-Nuking
15 Nov 06
USA Eyeing Pre-emptive Strike on IRN, PRK?
KOR Wants PRK to Prove Willingness to Scrap Nuke Pgm
14 Nov 06
KOR Says to Expect PRK Talk-Talk to Begin Next Month
Fmr UN Nuke Boss Says Talk-Talk Best Option
13 Nov 06
KOR Opts Outta Sanctions Against PRK Before Talk-Talk - More
Kissinger Wants Talk-Talk to Go Faster
CZE Heads Off PRK Nuke Buy At the Pass
12 Nov 06
USA, PRK to Hold Initial Talks in NYC? - More - more
11 Nov 06
How Power is Shifting Post-PRK Nuke Test
Chief Nuke Negotiators from USA, JPN, KOR Meeting Next Week
10 Nov 06
PRK: U.S. inspections of ships in int'l waters spark war
PRK Says They're Back at the Table to Head Off USA
USA, RUS Diplomats Meet on PRK
Opinion: Rumsfeld GTFO'ing Takes Wind Outta PRK Hawk Sails
9 Nov 06
Sit-In in KOR Parliament by Pro-PRK Members
8 Nov 06
CHN, USA Meet to Prep for Talk-Talk - Yanks Hooking Up with KOR, Too - USA, KOR Won't Recognize a Nuclear PRK
UK Says World Has to Face Down PRK
6 Nov 06
JPN, KOR Co-op on Solving PRK Nuke Issue - As It Returns to Talk-Talk, PRK Lashes Out at JPN - NY Times Login, if needed
PRK Urged to Reiterate Non-nuke status
5 Nov 06
PRK Nuke Makes JPN Think Hard About Having Own Nukes
4 Nov 06
3 Nov 06
PRK Sees Nukes as Matter of Pride
2 Nov 06
Experts Say PRK Can Put Nukes on Med-Range Missiles
USA, KOR Have Joint Plans Ready, Even if Pre-emptive Strike Needed - Wash Post Login, if needed - PRK Media Response to Plan from June 2005
USA Diplomats Prepare for Six-Way Talks - CHN Hopes Talks Start Soon
Screening Devices May Miss Nuke Contraband on PRK Ships
PRK Wants Talks to Lead to Lifting Sanctions - JPN, USA to Be Bad Cops in Six-Way Talks - But JPN Says They Won't Talk Directly to PRK - More
Meanwhile, UN Agrees to Naughty List for Weapon Sanctions
USA Wants Proof of PRK De-Nuking
New UN Boss Says PRK Should Disarm, World Should Normalize Relations
Using PRK Crisis to Stop Nuke Proliferation
1 Nov 06
PRK Agrees to Six Way Talks - Yonhap (KOR) - Xinhua (CHN) - Christian Science Monitor - Agence France Presse - Reuters - Bloomberg - BBC - Voice of America - Radio Free Europe
USA Thanks CHN for Help Getting PRK to Six-Way Talks - More - UN Happy to See PRK Back at Six-Way
JPN Says They'll Still Keep the Pressure On
Analysis - USA, PRK Being More Flex - Why Sudden Change of Heart?
PRK Has Network of Nuke Villages
'North Korea's Nuclear Test: Motivations, Implications, and U.S. Options' Congressional Research Service, October 24, 2006
31 Oct 06
PRK Still Selling Missiles? - More
30 Oct 06
Can't Have Sanctions if KOR Keeps Pouring $ into PRK
29 Oct 06
More Worries About Second Nuke Test Coming
USA Considers Basing Patriot Msl Def Systems in JPN Over This - MIM-104 Patriot
More Pro-Nuke Marches in PRK - PRK's Side of This One
28 Oct 06
USA Says They'll Talk to PRK, if PRK Goes Six-Way
Update of Congressional Research Service Report Weapons of Mass Destruction: Trade Between PRK, PAK (95KB .pdf)
KOR Bureaucrats Dropping Like Flies over PRK Nuke Test
North Koreans in JPN Feel the Heat - Condom Sales Up (I'm Not Making This Up) in KOR
'World Socialists' Say KOR Split Opens over PRK Nuke Test
27 Oct 06
KOR Confirms Nuke Test - PRK Could Rework Better Nuke in Months - PRK Could Have Seven Nukes
Survey Says Yanks Oppose Mil Action - USA Says PRK 'Testing the Will'of the World
KOR Ready to Enforce Sanctions
26 Oct 06
PRK Warns KOR Sanctions will be 'Crisis of War' - More
El Baradei Warns Sanctions Could Crank Up Hardliners - Says Sanctions Not Answer for PRK - RUS Urges Caution, Too
Calls to End Tech Sales to PRK - Wash Post Login Co-ordinates
More Calls for USA-PRK Talks - USA Rejects Criticism of Its Approach - Says Everyone's Standing Together on This One
25 Oct 06
PRK Not Pleased with Latest Mil Moves by West
Outrage Changes to Realpolitik for PRK's Neighbours
24 Oct 06
IAEA Boss Says Talks, Not Sanctions, the Answer - More - And They May Even Be Willing to Talk - PRK Looking for Proof of Financial Wrongdoing - Maybe Mixed Signals Again?
KOR Tests Long Range Cruise Missile
Is USA Mil Ready for Heavy Mech Warfare if Needed in Korean Penninsula?
KOR Def Min Offers Resignation in Midst of PRK Nuke Fracas
JPN Still Worries About Second PRK Nuke Test
UN Says Food Aid Suffering Post-PRK Nuke Test
23 Oct 06
AUS Says They'd Join UN Naval Blockade of PRK - JPN Ready with Navy, Air Forces - One Way CHN Is Twisting PRK's Arm
Report: PRK Boss DIDN'T Say Sorry - Certainly Don't SOUND Sorry in Statement
More Calls in USA for USA-PRK Talks
Chances of Palace Coup in PRK?
Opinion - Does USA Have EFFECTIVE Options?
22 Oct 06
New Reports of Second Test Not Coming - Well, No Second Test Unless Provoked, Anyway - More - After All, It's All REALLY USA's Fault
Big 'Spontaneous' Rally in PRK Streets Saturday Cheering Nuke Test
JPN Eyeing Broader Sanctions Against PRK
Next Stop for 'Connie Pushing PRK' Tour - RUS - More - She Says Tension Rising - Also Says She's Not Convinced Second Test Not Coming
Rumsfeld Reaffirms USA's Protection, Defence of KOR
'Pyongyang celebrates amid nuclear crisis'
21 Oct 06
Is PRK Backing Off??? - Reportedly Promises No Mo' Tests? - More - more
Not Many Clues on PRK's Dr. Nuke
Six Possible Solutions - Column: 'Four failures, two dangers, one opportunity'
20 Oct 06
Seven Question - Testing PRK's Will
PRK: Maybe We Talk... - ...if USA Sanctions Lifted - ...Or Else, War? - Expert Says PRK Won't Fire Nukes
PRK Regrets Test???? - More - more
Still Hints of Second Test? - CHN Tells PRK Don't Do It - CHN May Cut Off Oil? - ISR: Don't Make Me Come Over There...
What Previous USA Threats Have Cost
19 Oct 06
Dubya: Ain't Gonna Happen, PRK
CHN Rep Meets with Kim Jong Il - Connie to Press KOR on PRK Sanctions
More - Connie, Donnie Discuss PRK - Connie Open to Talks with PRK - Connie Promises JPN 'Full Range' of Def if Attacked by PRK - JPN PM Says Not Considering Building Own Nukes
How Dangerous ARE PRK's Nukes?
18 Oct 06
Reports of Multiple Tests Coming
Plans for Nuke Strike on PRK Nuke?
How CHN is Trying to Keep PRK Out
Plutonium Use Confirmed in Test
Connie Rice on the Road as PRK Remains Defiant - More - PRK For Min Statement 'Refutes' Resolution - What Media are Saying
Fmr USA Politico Calls for One-on-one Talks with PRK
Brits Worry RN May Not Have Enough to Help any PRK Naval Blockade - More - USA, FRA Would Have to Carry the Load
In the Streets (Spontaneously, of Course) in PRK
'Questions - and answers - about the threat from North Korea'
CHN Building Fence on PRK Border - Just How Unhappy is CHN?
Commentary: 'Dr. Strangelove's nukes'
17 Oct 06
PRK Calls Sanctions 'Act of War' - Reuters - Agence France Presse - BBC - Associated Press
Hints of Another Test Coming? - KOR Says So - USA, Too - More - Even JPN - Connie Rice: I Hope They're Not... - More
Fuel Positively ID'ed as Plutonium - NYT Login if needed
CHN Cranking Up Border Controls with PRK - Trying to Distance Self from PRK?
Aid Groups Say Cutting Off Food Aid Not a Good Idea
USA Says Six-Way Talks Alone Won't Stop Sanctions - USA Pressing CHN - Opinion - PRK Nukes and Mid East
16 Oct 06
USA Dusting Off War Plans for PRK?
'A tough UN resolution whose effectiveness now depends on China' - More
KOR MP Says They Could Build Nukes in a Year - Troubles with KOR Detection Abilities?
USA Pushing for Sanction Enforcement - CAN For Min Says They'll Back Enforcing Sanctions
Opinion: Are PRK Sanctions REALLY Aimed at IRN? - USA Says IRN Should Take Warning - Experts Say Not Necessarily a Precedent - MILNEWS IRN Nuke-Mil Options
15 Oct 06
RUS Says PRK Willing to Revive Six-Way Talks
Sanction Implementation Next Step for UN - More - CHN Still Leery
PRK test could prove an opportunity
JPN PM Considering Extra Sanctions Against PRK - More - More
New UN Sec-Gen Urges PRK to Get Back to Six-Nation Table
PRK Nuke Situation Has LOTS of Backstory - Wash Post Login if needed
14 Oct 06
UN Passes Resolution Imposing Sanctions - Text - Res'n (.pdf) - JURIST News - Reuters - AFP - BBC - Associated Press - Voice of America - USA Pres Statement on Res'n - PRK Rejects Sanctions
PRK Says Nuke Test 'entirely attributable to the U.S. nuclear threat'
USA: Dubya's Saturday Radio Address
The Big Vote Coming Today - CHN, RUS Key to Vote - RUS Def Min Warns Against Mil Action
So, Was It A Nuke Test? - Or Wasn't It? - More - Still Checking
Analysis - Arms race greater danger than terrorism
Looks Like It Was Real, Indeed - Then Again, Maybe Not - More - Maybe 1/2 Worked?
13 Oct 06
UN Security Council Vote Coming Saturday Morning - Reuters - Associated Press - Still Some Doubts? - BBC's 'Who Stands Where?' on Sanctions
Countries Closer to Agreeing to Sanctions - Draft Res'n Takes Mil Action Off Table (For Now) - More - Dubya Says People May Wonder Why IRQ Attacked, but Not PRK - KOR Rep Says PRK Will FEEL the Sanctions
Keeping PRK Honest Tough New Job for Int - NYT Login if needed
Defector Says PRK Nuke Wpns Good to Go
KOR Keeping Close Eye for Leaking Radiation, Second Test
KOR Says PRK Nuke Test 'Risky' for Economy
Opinion - 'Nuclear Blackmail - Unprecedented Security Situation Requires Totally New Response' - DPRK nuclear danger - 'NPT And IAEA Double Standards' - 'Has North Korea really entered the much restricted club of Nuclear Weapon States?'
What's This Do to the 'Countdown to Doomsday' Clock?
PRK Warns JPN Against Sanctions
USA Under Attack for 'No Talk' Policy
Still Struggling for Consensus on Sanctions - UN Vote on Sanctions Delayed to Weekend - More
USA Leadership with CHN, KOR and JPN Key to Containing Nuclear Chain Reaction
Opinions - Ongoing Failure of Imagination - The continuing misuses of fear
12 Oct 06
RUS, CHN Report Progress on UN Discussion of Sanctions - Most USA Objections Dealt With - [|Big Five Agree?]
Experts Say Hard to Fake Nuke Test
Senator Says CAN Needs Msl Defence - CAN PM Says 'No Evidence' of PRK Wpns Being Able to Reach CAN
USA Pres Says Diplomacy Not Done Yet - No Solo USA-PRK Talks, Though
Opinion - PRK Policy Not Irrational
PRK Crisis May See Opponents Closer than Ever Before?
11 Oct 06
PRK Says Sanctions = War - More - CHN Ready to Impose Sanctions - Sanctions Aim to Limit Spread of Nuke Tech
Analysis - PRK Outgunned, so Nuke is New Deterrent
PRK Kicks It Up a Notch, Threatens Nuke Attack - More - more
Second Nuke Test??? - USA, KOR Say Nothing Picked Up - PRK Warns More Tests to Come
DMZ Quiet for Now - USA: No Plan to Attack
Opinions - 'Accept PRK into nuke club or bomb it now' - 'Do Sanctions Ever Work?' - Maybe a Better 'Do for Kim Jong-Il Might Help?
New UN Sec-Gen (from KOR) Promises Sol'n to Impasse
10 Oct 06
CAN For Min Speaks to CHN About PRK Nuke Fracas
PRK, IRN Defend Nuke Programs @ UN - UN Still Figuring Out Next Steps
The scramble for a way to stop nukes - CHN Reassesses Linkages with PRK
Is IRN Going to Follow PRK's Lead? - Even IRN Condemns PRK - MILNEWS IRN-Mil Options?
US Draft of Proposed UN Security Council Res'n
Timelines of PRK Nuke Development - NY Times - China Daily
Low Yield of Test Surprises Observers - Wash Post - Wash Post Login Codes - NY Times - NYT Login Codes
Many Countries Want BIG Sanctions Against PRK - USA Pushing Hard for Sanctions - USA UN Rep Has Plan- Even CHN May Be For Sanctions Now - CHN Says War NOT The Answer, Though - More
CHN Military Cancels Leave for Tps on PRK Border
North Korea rocks Asia's status quo
Opinion - 'Rebottling North Korea's nuclear genie'
9 Oct 06
UN Security Council 'Strongly Condemns'
IAEA Boss 'deeply regrets, and expresses serious concern' - IAEA Timeline since Jan 2005
PRK Official Statement, 10 Oct 06
Initial Reports (Courtesy of International Atomic Energy Agency media monitoring page) - More Public Sat Int on Test Site
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