Rice Hints at Sanctions for North Korea

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=600896

BEIJING Mar 21, 2005 — Raising the stakes in a standoff with nuclear North Korea, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice suggested Monday that the Pyongyang government could face international sanctions.

North Korean intentions dominated the closing days of Rice's weeklong trip to South Asia and East Asia, a tour that involved more difficult face-to-face diplomacy and fewer glamorous front-page newspaper photos than her debut trip to Europe last month.

Six-way arms talks hosted by China have been on hold since North Korea pulled out last year and later declared that it had already built at least one nuclear weapon. None of the countries talking to North Korea has declared the diplomatic process dead, but Rice discussed that possibility during visits to Japan, South Korea and China this past week.

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hmmm... wonder how that will work out?

here's a bit of background:

Tuesday, 7 January, 2003, 06:19 GMT
N Korea sanctions 'would mean war'

North Korea has said that economic sanctions by the United States would represent a declaration of war, as diplomatic efforts to resolve its nuclear weapons crisis intensify.

It condemned the recent interception of a ship exporting Scud missiles to Yemen as an act of piracy and said the US would pay a "very high price for such reckless acts".

The BBC's Charles Scanlon, in the South Korean capital Seoul, says the warning is a reminder that much is at stake and that if a compromise is not found the sides will find themselves in dangerous territory.

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she's gonna get us all killed.

attack. Show the world you are smarter than the chimp and thrugs r them

So, who exactly do they trade with, that sanctions would matter much? It doesn't seem like this would have much more than symbolic impact, even if the world went along. And I would be surprised if the world did - Chimp and Rice have blown their credibility.

almost sounds like "shrimp and rice"

lost credibility?

never had any

the rest of the world knows this - the sheeple here don't have a clue

:hi:

China would veto any attempt by the U.S. to impose sanctions.

Sanctions are not in China or Japan's best interests.

it's not like they're a major, or even a minor, world economic power

who do they trade with other than China

to get it yet, she is not effective as sec. of state, when you have a reputation of being a liar this is what happens.

...Chinese and European arm sales prospects.

Screw you on Friday, ask for your help on Monday.

BEIJING, March 21 - Chinese government leaders have offered Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice no assurances that they will step up pressure on North Korea to return to nuclear disarmament talks, senior officials traveling with her said Monday.

For the last week, at every stop on her six-nation Asian tour, Ms. Rice has urged China to be more forceful with North Korea, as she did again on Monday, saying, "China, in particular, has an important role to play."

Japan's foreign minister, Nobutaka Machimura and South Korea's, Ban Ki Moon, also indicated during her visit that China may be in the best position to be persuasive. But in meetings here on Sunday and Monday with President Hu Jintao, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and other government leaders, the officials said, Ms. Rice got nothing more than bland assurances that the Chinese officials would talk to the North Koreans again, without suggesting that they would apply any particular pressure. The Chinese did say that a senior North Korean official was to visit Beijing later this week.

If China does not increase the pressure on North Korea, it could undermine what has been a central plank of President Bush's strategy to enlist the help of North Korea's neighbors to contain its nuclear program. A refusal by China to take more aggressive steps could also empower those in the administration who believe that negotiations with the North are futile.

NY Times

...get real exciting then!

of her foul mouth that is diplomatic in nature? Is she only capable of threats?

...Korean War. The lives of thousands of N. Koreans have been lost because they did not have access to the medicines prohibited by the sanctions.

How much more can they do to N. Korea? What else can be sanctioned besides the air that they're breathing?

Do we have a shipping embargo against NK?

Remember, he lives in NK and was crowned IN THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING as our new lord and savior! Think about it.