DOESN'T REDUCE THE THREAT:

North Korea ready to deal on nuclear facility, report says (BO-MI LIM, 2/05/07, Associated Press)

North Korea is ready to freeze its main nuclear facility and ultimately dismantle its nuclear program but only in exchange for energy assistance, a pro-Pyongyang newspaper reported Monday.

North Korea has told other countries involved in the nuclear talks that it could freeze the reactor at its nuclear complex in Yongbyon and accept International Atomic Energy Agency inspections, according to the Choson Sinbo, a Korean-language newspaper based in Japan that has links to the Pyongyang government.

North Korea needs to be regime-changed because it is deadly to its own people, not because it's much threat to anyone beyond its borders.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 5, 2007 7:34 AM