ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss North Korea - U.S. Relations.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2001 TOPIC: The Associated Press reports that North Korea today changed its recent official opposition to dialogue and diplomatic relations with the United States. Last week, North Korean officials reportedly said they were no longer interested in talks with the United States after they charged President Bush publicly criticized leader Kim Jong Il for being secretive and uncooperative. In today's announcement North Korean leaders intimated that they were neither for nor against continuing a dialogue with the U.S., the story said. They did, however, reaffirm opposition to the Bush administration's efforts to widen discussions about North Korea's conventional arms and missile program, the story said. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Chuck DeVore Charles S. DeVore (born May 20, 1962) is a U.S. politician, currently serving as a Republican member of the California State Assembly, representing the 70th District, which includes portions of Orange County. is Vice President, Research, at the SM&A Institute for Competitiveness. DeVore was a Special Assistant for Foreign Affairs foreign affairs pl.n. Affairs concerning international relations and national interests in foreign countries. in the Reagan-era Pentagon Pentagon Huge five-sided building (1941–43) in Arlington, Va., that is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. Designed by George Edwin Bergstrom, it was, on its completion, the world's largest office building, covering 34 acres (14 hectares) and offering , a former member of the Congressional staff of U.S. Representative Christopher Cox, and still serves as a military intelligence officer in the Army National Guard. His book, "China Attacks", has been translated into Chinese Chinese, subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages (see Sino-Tibetan languages), which is also sometimes grouped with the Tai, or Thai, languages in a Sinitic subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan language stock. and sells in Taiwan and Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. . He has been extensively interviewed on TV and radio about the China, North Korea and military threats. 949/975-1550; chuck.devore@emergent-IT.com . Dr. Marcus Noland is an economist at the Institute for International Economics. His expertise includes international economics in regards to Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Africa, Ghana, North Korea and the World Bank. 202/328-9000. Dr. Bruce Bruce, Scottish royal family descended from an 11th-century Norman duke, Robert de Brus. He aided William I in his conquest of England (1066) and was given lands in England. Cummings is a political scientist at Northwestern University Northwestern University, mainly at Evanston, Ill.; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1855 by Methodists. In 1873 it absorbed Evanston College for Ladies. whose expertise includes the Koreas. 847/467-2770 ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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