Comments on: Stick to the Six Party Talks on North Korea http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/06/23/stick-to-the-six-party-talks-on-north-korea/ Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:50:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: lincoln Funghttp://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/06/23/stick-to-the-six-party-talks-on-north-korea/comment-page-1/#comment-38170 lincoln Fung Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:42:43 +0000 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/?p=5274#comment-38170 It would be always good to use a soft approach, if it could resolve the missiles and nuclear issues. However, it does not seem that there is any guarantee that the soft approach will work. That approach had been tried and tested before, and the results were further escalation of missile launches and increased nuclearisation by the North Korea. That presents a dilemma to dealing with the North Korea regime. The international community seems to have been left with no effective soft approaches towards that regime in terms of persuading or influencing it to abandon nuclear. What else the international community can do to achieve its objectives remains to be seen. But the past experiences suggests that the past soft approaches have failed and are unlikely to work if they are to be tried again. It would be always good to use a soft approach, if it could resolve the missiles and nuclear issues. However, it does not seem that there is any guarantee that the soft approach will work. That approach had been tried and tested before, and the results were further escalation of missile launches and increased nuclearisation by the North Korea.
That presents a dilemma to dealing with the North Korea regime. The international community seems to have been left with no effective soft approaches towards that regime in terms of persuading or influencing it to abandon nuclear. What else the international community can do to achieve its objectives remains to be seen. But the past experiences suggests that the past soft approaches have failed and are unlikely to work if they are to be tried again.

]]> By: Laft Flank | Left Flankhttp://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/06/23/stick-to-the-six-party-talks-on-north-korea/comment-page-1/#comment-36731 Laft Flank | Left Flank Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:15:09 +0000 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/?p=5274#comment-36731 [...] to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.Powered by WP Greet BoxPeter Van Ness talks about a having Six Party Talks with or without DPRK. When the Six Party Talks are reconvened, the DPRK should be invited to participate in all [...] [...] to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.Powered by WP Greet BoxPeter Van Ness talks about a having Six Party Talks with or without DPRK. When the Six Party Talks are reconvened, the DPRK should be invited to participate in all [...]

]]> By: Lincoln Funghttp://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/06/23/stick-to-the-six-party-talks-on-north-korea/comment-page-1/#comment-36691 Lincoln Fung Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:33:30 +0000 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/?p=5274#comment-36691 Peter Van Ness's article is excellent. The six party approach, supported by the UNSC, is the only practical way to deal with the challenges posed by the North Korea reckless regime. The five party members must act together as a united front with a common aim: the denuclearisation of the Korea peninsular, peace, security and stability of the Northeast Asia region. There are no other more effective and practical ways than the six party approach. It is in every member's interest to work to achieve the common objectives. Peter Van Ness’s article is excellent. The six party approach, supported by the UNSC, is the only practical way to deal with the challenges posed by the North Korea reckless regime.

The five party members must act together as a united front with a common aim: the denuclearisation of the Korea peninsular, peace, security and stability of the Northeast Asia region.

There are no other more effective and practical ways than the six party approach. It is in every member’s interest to work to achieve the common objectives.

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