In 2009 Pyongyang expelled IAEA inspectors from its Yongbyon nuclear site and has since refused to allow IAEA inspections on its territory. © GeoEye Satellite Image/AFP/File
Reuters: No indication North Korean nuclear activities stopped: IAEA
VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said it did not find any indication that North Korea had stopped its nuclear activities, adding to doubts about the country’s willingness to abandon its arsenal.
“The continuation and further development of the DPRK’s nuclear program and related statements by the DPRK are a cause for grave concern,” the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a report published late on Monday.
The report, which refers to the country’s official name Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, is to be submitted to the IAEA’s board meeting next month.
U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview with Reuters on Monday he believed North Korea had taken specific steps toward denuclearization and that he would “most likely” meet again with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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Update: #1 No indication NKorea nuclear activities stopped: UN's IAEA (France 24)
Update #2: UN agency: No indication N. Korea has stopped nuclear activities since Trump deal (The Hill)
WNU Editor: The U.S. has also not stopped applying pressure on North Korea to comply .... U.S. will continue issuing sanctions until N. Korea takes action on denuclearization (Arirang News).
2 comments:
I wonder just how long it takes in a large organization for the plans at the top to "trickle down?" I know from indirect experience that this can take some time and government are among the largest of the large when it comes to the size of an organization. I hope and pray this is the case here.
We have the South Koreans supplying overwhelming approval to the current diplomatic efforts, more meetings being planned between top SK and NK leaders which would not be happening if progress was not being made, POTUS has said "more likely than not" to another meeting with Kim which wouldn't have been said if progress was not being made, Japan has reduced their alert level with regards to NK, one of our generals on the ground stated things were "moving in the right direction," and perhaps most importantly NK does not appear to be threatening to annihilate us every day as they were previously.
Whom do we give more credibility to, a UN watchdog group or the sources I mention above along with the actions by the parties on the ground in the region. I would be inclined to give more credence to the above sources. Clearly something positive is happening but there is still much that can go wrong.
I agree it would be premature to lift sanctions at this point. That has always been a major concern. Essentially NK would make a few token concessions and the US would be pressured to make major concessions and before very long we will have given up all of our leverage. Fortunately thus far POTUS and his team seem to be resisting this.
If this initiative is not successful, at some point SK is going to need to develop their own nuclear deterrent. Frankly, were I them, I would have done this long, long ago. I think it highly likely that they have the knowhow to do this.
Poster,
I would give much more credence to the UN. Note their performance with Iran's nuclear and Iraq's nuclear and chemical warfare production programs and use. They can be fooled but you'll witness a lot of melting ice in Hades before that occurs. It's not because they are not professional and serious, in my opinion.
The "suits" and their statements in the article above are like stagehands. Keeping the props standing up when the wind gets too strong. And like all stagehands, creating illusions to fool us movie watchers.
Remember what my 8th grade history teacher, Mr. Rudolf Romischer, taught me; "Talk's cheap".
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