ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss North Korea's Plan To Reopen Nuclear Facilities.

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TOPIC: North Korea's foreign ministry stated the country will reactivate its nuclear facilities, which were shut down as a result of a 1994 agreement with the United States, Japan and South Korea, as reported by CNN.com. According to the Korean Central News Agency, nuclear facilities will be reopened and constructed to provide the production of electricity. As part of the 1994 agreement, North Korea was to shut down their nuclear plants in exchange for regular shipments of fuel from the three countries. But North Korea stated it is no longer receiving the 500,000 tons of heavy fuel oil so the agreement is no longer considered valid by the country, the article says. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: -0-


As a research analyst with SM&A, Chuck DeVore closely follows defense
spending, acquisition and technology trends and policy implications.
His areas of expertise include defense issues, China, North Korea and
foreign affairs. DeVore was a special assistant for foreign affairs in
the Reagan-era Pentagon, a former member of the Congressional staff of
U.S. Representative Christopher Cox, and still serves as a military
intelligence officer (with the rank of major) in the Army National
Guard.
949-975-1550
[e-mail]

Peter T. Ferenbach is the executive director of the California Peace
Action Education Fund, one of the country's largest distributor of
educational information regarding nuclear weapons, arms sales and US
foreign policy. Peter became involved in nuclear weapons issues in the
late 1970's and has worked full-time on these issues since 1984. He
has written extensively on nuclear weapons policy, missile defense, US
arms sales and military spending. Opinion editorials written by Peter
have appeared in The Los Angeles Times and The San Francisco
Chronicle. He has been a guest on many radio programs including KQED's
"Forum," KCRW's "Which Way L.A?" and KPFA's "Living Room," in
California as well as dozens of programs nationwide. He has appeared
on PBS' The News Hour with Jim Lehrer and the Fox Network News.
510-849-2272
[e-mail]

Professor George Rathjens, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
can share his expertise regarding issues involving political science,
international security matters and nuclear power.
617-253-7282
617-253-1000 (University PR Phone)

Professor Edward Rhodes, of Rutgers University Department of Political
Science, is an expert on topics such as political science, nuclear
weapons and foreign policy.
732-932-9283
732-932-INFO (University PR Phone)

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