DIPLOMACY

VOLUME XXXII NO 9-10

From the Chairman

Exclusive Interview

Submmit Meeting

Ambassador's Forum

Int'l Conference

Korea-China Relations

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Cover Story

The Roh-Bush Summit in Washington:

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and U.S. President George W. Bush reaffirmed their robust alliance, while renewing their previous agreement to work together to resolve the North Korean nuclear standoff in a peaceful manner. In their summit on Sept. 15, 2006, at the White House, the two leaders also discussed a variety of bilateral issues, such as transfer of wartime operational control, and shared a common understanding on them.
Reaffirming their principle to make joint efforts to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue through the Six-Party Talks in a diplomatic manner, Roh and B...

The Extended Deterrent by the U.S. Nuclear Umbrella:

South Korea and the United States have agreed to expeditiously complete the tran-sition of OPCON (wartime operational control) to the ROK (Republic of Korea) after Oct. 15, 2009, but not later than March 15, 2012. The agreement came after the 38th ROK-U.S. Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) held on Oct. 20, 2006, in Washington, D.C. between South Korean Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung and his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
During the annual defense ministers' talks, the United States offered assurances of a firm U.S. commitment and immediate support to the R...

The Gist of the 14-Point Joint Communique by SCM:

- Secretary Rumsfeld and Minister Yoon expressed grave concern regarding the North Korean nuclear test of October 9, condemned in the strongest terms the North's clear threat to international peace and security as well as the stability of the Korean Peninsula, and demanded that North Korea refrain from any further action that might aggravate tensions. Both sides welcomed and expressed their support for United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718. Secretary Rumsfeld offered assurances of firm U.S. commitment and immediate support to the ROK, including continuation of the extended deterrence...