Analyst: Regime Ignored Pressures In 2006, Tested Missile, Nuke; It's Still Obstinate The West shouldn't assume that North Korea can be persuaded to abandon its moves toward launching a long-range missile, a military analyst said. "I would have no confidence" that sanctions or other pressures can push North Korean leader Kim Jong Il into abandoning plans for the test, said L. Gordon Flake, executive director of the Mansfield Foundation, a liberal think tank focused on Asian affairs. While last year…
North Korea Defies Global Pressures; It Readies Long-Range Missile Launch
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