Digging Their Hole Deeper
Still, no one else sees much choice. The talks adjourned with Seoul and the other five participants–Washington included–agreeing to meet again within two months, but setting no place or date. The White House, while publicly calling the talks a success, is quietly bracing for more bad news. Its Asia experts expect Pyongyang may proclaim itself a nuclear power on North Korea’s 55th anniversary, Sept. 9. Defense analysts in the United States and elsewhere say North Korea might mark the occasion with a missile test or possibly even a nuclear blast....