"U.S. Calls North Korea 'Criminal Regime'"

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This paper reviews the article "U.S. Calls North Korea 'Criminal Regime'" written by Kelly Olsen, a writer for the Associated Press. This paper discusses the strong opinion of U.S. Ambassador Alexander Vershbow regarding North Korea as expressed in the article and how in his opinion, North Korea is "a very repressive regime" that continues to possess "concentration camps for political prisoners."

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"The talks currently being held between Japan and the U.S. seem to focus only on the alleged acts of barbarity by North Korea, and furthermore South Korea is not allowed to participate in the talks. This situation concerns me greatly. It is very unfortunate that South Korea is not being allowed to participate in the talks between Japan and the United States, as I feel that this would have been better for both North and South Korea.
Both of these nations, long divided since the Korean War of the 1950s, should be able to talk to each other since this may help in resolving their differences. Even if the U.S. considers that North Korea has acted in a criminal manner, this is not the way to resolve the problems with North Korea; in fact, the United States should be more patient and try more diplomatic means to remedy these problems.

Obviously, U.S. Ambassador Alexander Vershbow has some very strong opinions about North Korea. He appears to be inflexible and unwilling to negotiate with North Korea under any circumstances. Vershbow also mentions that North Korea is involved in the counterfeiting of other national currencies, which made him remark, according to one observer, that othis is the first time this has been done since Adolph Hitler during World War II." What Vershbow is attempting to insinuate is that North Korea is as criminal a regime as that of Nazis. However, Vershbow did not reveal nor identify his source."

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