North Korea Unlikely to Give Up Nuclear Weapons

iaeadprk meeting flickr iaea imagebank Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) return to the DPRK after a period of absence of more than four years, here the IAEA convenes a meeting in Vienna to discuss matters.
David Straub, associate director of Korean Studies Program, told a Korea Foundation-organized seminar in Seoul that he sees "no indication that North Korea, in the foreseeable future, is prepared to give up its nuclear weapons programs on terms that the US will find politically acceptable." While supportive of Ambassador Bosworth's upcoming visit to Pyongyang, Straub, a former State Department Korean affairs director, noted that North Korea's recent words and deeds had left most American observers increasingly skeptical about North Korean intentions.