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NEW FACETS TO THE ROK-U.S. ALLIANCE

Alexander Vershbow, U.S. Ambassador

Alexander Vershbow
U.S. Ambassador
to the Republic of Korea

Alexander Vershbow-
U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea

Conference on
Peace on the Korean Peninsula & the Security Environment in Northeast Asia
Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the
University of North Korean Studies at Kyungnam University
Seoul - May 1, 2008

President Park Jae-kyu, Dr. Samuel Wells, distinguished scholars and fellow diplomats, it is my pleasure to address you today as we gather to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the University of North Korean studies.  I offer my congratulations to President Park and the University for their success in establishing this highly respected academic institution focusing on North Korea.  I also offer my congratulations to the University for partnering with such a distinguished institution as the Woodrow Wilson Center.  It is an honor to be a part of the program today and to offer my perspectives on the U.S.-ROK relationship and our role here in South Korea and the Northeast Asia region....more

Latest Headlines From the Embassy

North Korean Nuclear Documents a Step Forward, United States Says

North Korean Nuclear Documents a Step Forward, United States Says

U.S. diplomat Sung Kim shows
one of over 18,000 pages
of new North Korean nuclear
documents. (© AP Images)

Materials may mean forward progress for Six-Party Talks

By David McKeeby
Staff Writer
May 14, 2008

Washington -- As translators and analysts review 18,882 pages of newly released North Korean nuclear documents, a top U.S. diplomat says the materials may represent “an important first step” toward a long-delayed declaration of Pyongyang’s nuclear activities.

“The North Koreans acknowledged the requirement for verification and indeed agreed to cooperate fully with verification activities,” Sung Kim, director of the State Department’s Office of Korean Affairs, said in a May 13 Washington briefing...more

Nuclear Weapons States Issue Strong Nonproliferation Signal

Nuclear Weapons States Issue Strong Nonproliferation Signal

DPRK soldier accompanies
State’s Korean expert,
Sung King, in Panmunjom
May 10 with North Korea
nuclear documents.
(© AP Images)

Serious concerns expressed about proliferation risk from Iran’s program

By Jacquelyn S. Porth
Staff Writer
May 13, 2008

Washington -- Delegates to a two-week conference in Geneva to review the 40-year-old nuclear nonproliferation regime spent considerable time on challenges posed by Iranian and North Korean nuclear endeavors.

At the conclusion of the discussions May 9, the nuclear weapons states attending the 2008 Preparatory Commission meeting to examine the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) issued a statement pointing to the proliferation risks posed by Iran’s nuclear program and calling them “a matter of ongoing serious concern.”
...more

 

North Korea Discloses New Nuclear Details

North Korea Discloses New Nuclear Details

U.S. envoy Sung Kim, center, leaves North Korea with documents detailing the country's nuclear activities at Yongbyon. (© AP Images)

Documents may help Six-Party Talks get back on track

By David I. McKeeby
Staff Writer
May 12, 2008

Washington -- A top U.S. official has returned from North Korea with new details of Pyongyang’s nuclear activities that will help advance international efforts to stabilize the Korean Peninsula.

“Our top three priorities are going to be verification, verification, verification,” State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said as a U.S. delegation returned to Washington with 18,000 pages of newly released documents.  The documents date back to 1986 and outline operations at the Yongbyon nuclear complex, where North Korea produced weapons-grade plutonium that was used in an October 2006 nuclear detonation...more

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