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In the last post, we looked at the early history of the LWR saga through the dissolution of KEDO. The fact that KEDO had wound down did not preclude North Korean efforts to revive the project, however. To the contrary, the Agreed Framework provided the precedent to raise it again and the issue resurfaced in [...]
As we predicted, information is now leaking out that the North Koreans came to Geneva with a revival of their bid for LWRs. According to Japanese press reports, Kim Kye Gwan’s cryptic “proposal” to end North Korea’s uranium enrichment program—mentioned in his press opportunity following the talks–was precisely a revival of the LWR proposal. The [...]
Earlier I wrote a piece on the rising costs of unification. According to Yonhap, the South Korean government continues to putter away on its “unification tax” proposal. Maybe we should import some National Assembly members to serve in the House of Representatives… It never ends: South Korea’s Maeil Business news is reporting that 35 million [...]
