North Korea and the Sinking of the South Korean Navy Vessel "Cheonan"

David Straub, associate director of the Korean Studies Program, discussed the historical context of North Korea's apparent sinking of the South Korean Navy corvette "Cheonan" on March 26 with the loss of 46 lives. Straub said that North Korea's second test of a nuclear device had profoundly affected American and global thinking about North Korean intentions. "Now the conclusion of most people, including in the Obama administration," Straub underlined, "is that they can't see the North Koreans giving up their nuclear weapons on terms that would be acceptable to anyone."