Partner with Asia to solve North Korea

Nothing suggests that Canada will lead any original and constructive initiatives on the North Korean issue by itself.

By Gerard Hervouet

Published Jan 13, 2012 1:30 AM

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Foreign Minister John Baird meets with South Korea’s Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan on July 22 in Bali, Indonesia.

When Canada established diplomatic relations with North Korea in February 2001, expectations were modest.

The timing was nevertheless favourable to an engagement policy, which, due to the climate of rapprochement prevailing at the time, some regarded as an overture.

All hopes have been deceived. The North Korean regime continues to be in survival mode, periodically oscillating between open provocations and calculated pauses.

The Canadian governmen...

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