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Letter: Let's investigate all options with North Korea There are no easy solutions to the problem of a nuclear-armed North Korea. North Korea has provided ample evidence that it is willing to renege on its commitments whenever it finds that to be expedient. But North Korea has been a nuclear power since the time of the Bush administration, in 2006. That genie is not going back in the bottle, no matter what we do. The sooner we accept the reality of a nuclear armed North Korea, the better. The two approaches we can take to this are diplomacy and military action, and of these diplomacy is by far the safest despite the risk that North Korea may fail to follow through in its commitments. Military action is not a real option, as China has made it clear they will act to defend North Korea in the event of a first strike against North Korea. Negotiated solutions will require give-and-take from both sides. So far our approach has been all stick and no carrot. Belligerent rhetoric and saber-rattling on the part of Trump and the U.S. has only encouraged North Korea to continue nuclear weapons and missile testing. In order to get something we want, we need to give North Korea something they want. Recently, UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said that the U.N. Security Council has run out of options on containing North Korea’s nuclear program and the U.S. may have to turn the matter over to the Pentagon. But this is not true. There is still an untried option that has been on the table for months already. China has proposed that if the U.S. and South Korea halt military exercises in the Korean peninsula, North Korea could be persuaded to stop nuclear weapons and missile testing. North Korea has even suggested this is possible. Why haven’t we pursued this option? John Thompson, Appleton
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असार २२ – अमेरिकाले उत्तर कोरियामाथि सैन्य आक्रमण गर्न सक्ने चेतावनी दिएको छ । उत्तर कोरियाले मंगलबार अन्तरमहादेशमा मार हान्न सक्ने क्षमताको मिसाइल परीक्षण गरेपछि अमेरिकाले यस्तो चेतावनी दिएको हो । आवश्यक परेमा उत्तर कोरियाको गतिविधि विरुद्ध सैन्य कारवाही गर्न सकिने अमेरिकाले जनाएको छ । संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघका लागि अमेरिकी राजदूत निक्की हेलले अमेरिकाले उत्तर कोरियाका कारण उत्पन्न भएको खतराबाट आफ्नो देशको रक्षाका लागि तयारी गरेको बताउनुभयो । उत्तर कोरिया विरुद्ध नयाँ प्रतिबन्ध लगाउने सम्बन्धमा संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघमा प्रस्ताव पेश गरिने पनि उहाँले बताउनुभएको छ । उत्तर कोरियाले मंगलबार गरेको मिसाइल परीक्षणले उसले सैन्य क्षमता तीब्र गतिमा विस्तार गरेको देखिने र यो विश्वका लागि खतराको विषय रहेको अमेरिकाको भनाई छ । उत्तर कोरियाले मंगलबार जापानको समुद्री क्षेत्रमा अन्तरमहादेशिय मिसाइल प्रहार गरेको थियो । संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघले कुनै पनि किसिमको परमाणु कार्यक्रम गर्न नपाउने गरी उत्तर कोरियामाथि प्रतिबन्ध लगाएको छ । तर उत्तर कोरियाले भने लगातार मिसाइल परीक्षण गर्ने क्रम रोकेको छैन । यो नेपाली भाषाको अनलाइन समाचार संस्था हो । 'थाहा अनलाइन' २०७३ साल देखि सञ्चालनमा छ ।