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PacNet #38 – High Time to Reevaluate North Korea Policy

The time has come for the Clinton Administration to step back and seriously reappraise its policy towards North Korea. In light of recent serious events on the peninsula, including the Taepo Dong missile launch and the revelation of a suspected underground nuclear weapons facility, it is evident that the Clinton Administration’s current policies to engage and moderate Pyongyang’s reckless behavior are failing.