With attention focused on Iraq and Iran, the news that North Korea, the third member of President Bush’s infamous ‘axis of evil’ — had struck a deal on February 8 over its nuclear programme came as a pleasant surprise.
As an initial step, in return for 50,000 tonnes of food aid and fuel oil, Pyongyang agreed to shut and seal its nuclear facilities at Yongbyon inside 60 days. Both the US and Japan agreed to begin bilateral talks with North Korea with a view to…
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