Leap of Faith; North Korean Nuclear Progress  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 402 no. 8774 (Mar. 2012), page 25.
Topik: Dictators; Government; International Relations; Nuclear Weapons; Foreign Aid

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An untested youngster, keen to assert his leadership ahead of the April 15th centenary of the birth of his revered grandfather, Kim Il Sung, founder of North Korea, might easily have opted for a more belligerent first gesture to the outside world. Something snazzy like an attack on a South Korean ship, for instance, or a missile launch. Instead, Kim Jong Un's government has made a surprising and conciliatory move. On February 29th it announced at the same time as the American government that it had agreed to freeze nuclear tests, long-range missile launches and uranium enrichment at its Yongbyon plant, as well as to invite back international nuclear inspectors kicked out in pique in 2009. Few thought that so soon after the death of Mr Kim's father, Kim Jong Il, in December, a young man still in his 20s would have the gumption to go so far. The administration of President Barack Obama, which has always taken a position of "strategic patience" towards North Korea, appears to have made few sacrifices in what it calls the "Leap-day deal". American officials acknowledge that North Korea has plenty of room to renege on its commitments, as it has frequently done before. They cast the deal as only a modest step in the right direction. In the statements from both governments are subtle but revealing differences.

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