Sanctions pain or nuclear confidence?: Pyongyang's about-face to six-party talks predictable brinkmanship. From: Japan Times (Tokyo, Japan) | Date: November 11, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Japan Times. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Reiji Yoshida

Nov. 11--Reports from Pyongyang say North Korea has recently put up banners across the capital hailing its arrival as a nuclear state, following its declared underground atomic explosion on Oct. 9

As the banners suggest, experts point out that Pyongyang is unlikely to give up its weapons program in the upcoming round of the six-party talks -- a dialogue framework in which the United States, Japan, China, Russia and South Korea have long t...

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