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Rising Danger in Korea
Cumings, Bruce | March 24, 2003 issue

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In this article, the author comments on the increased nuclear threat from North Korea during a period in which the U.S. in antagonizing a less critical threat in Iraq. The author observes that if the impending invasion goes quickly and Saddam Hussein is overthrown, North Korea will soon enter. U.S. President George W. Bush, however, faces a crisis with his South Korean ally. Since his election South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun Roh has made clear his dissatisfaction with Bush's policies toward the North. The acute danger in Korea, however, derives from a combination of typical and predictable North Korean cheating and provocation, along with Bush's pre-emptive-strike doctrine and his loathing of Kim Jong Il.

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UNITED States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-; KOREA (North) -- Foreign relations; KOREA (South) -- Foreign relations; BUSH, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; ROH Moo Hyun; KIM, Jong-Il; INTERNATIONAL relations
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