Analysis: Is there still hope for the Six-Party talks?



Analysis Analysis: Is there still hope for the Six-Party talks? The talks, first attempted in 2003, would be essential to achieving peace on the peninsula Kwak Tae-Hwan January 20, 2017 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON DMZ by forayinto35mm on 2013-01-09 03:08:26 The DPRK (the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or North Korea) officially claimed that it had nuclear weapons on February 10, 2005. Since then, it has conducted five nuclear tests and numerous ballistic missiles tests, including SLBM (Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles). The reality is clear: North Korea wants to be recognized as a nuclear state, and is unlikely to abandon its nuclear weapons for security reasons in the present Northeast Asian security environment. Background Six-Party Talks (SPT) involving the U.S., China, Japan, Russia and the two Koreas began in August 2003 to denuclearize the Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01How Assad’s downfall could expose secrets of North Korea-Syria military ties 02All the companies that participated in the Pyongyang Autumn Trade Fair 2024 03No Chinese firms joined North Korea’s latest trade fair dominated by Russia 04What defectors’ exam scores reveal about the quality of North Korean health care 05North Korean Il-76 cargo planes make rare flights to northeast coast 06From aid to academia: The status of foreign organizations in North Korea 07North Korea expanding rail access to airport near Wonsan mega resort: Imagery 08Assad’s fall deprives North Korea of a fellow pariah, but its focus is elsewhere

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Kwak Tae-Hwan

Dr. Kwak Tae-Hwan, Professor Emeritus at Eastern Kentucky University, former President of KINU (Korea Institute for National Unification), Chair-Professor and former Director of IFES, Kyungnam University, is a specialist on Northeast Asian affairs, inter-Korean relations, and Korean peace and unification issues. He taught international relations for over thirty years at Eastern Kentucky University and Korean universities. Dr. Kwak is a recipient of Global Peace Foundation's 2012 Innovative Scholarship for Peace Award. He has worked for more than fifteen NGOs. He is now Chairman, Institute for Korean Peninsula Future Strategies. Chairman of the Korean Peninsula Unification Council through Neutralization, Executive Adviser of the Northeast Asian Community Studies Institute, and President of Korean Unification Strategies Research Council (LA, USA). Dr. Kwak is the author, editor, and co-editor of 31 books, including One Korea: Visions of Korean Unification (Routeledge, 2017), North Korea and Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia (Ashgate, 2014), etc. He has authored more than 250 scholarly articles and is a freelance writer for Korean daily newspapers, monthly magazines, and the Internet.

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