1. a) Who is South Korea's new conservative president?
b) Who is South Korea's foreign minister?

2. a) What stand has South Korea's new government taken on North Korea's nuclear program?
b) What is South Korea's new government intending to do about North Korea's human rights abuses?

3. a) What has the South Korean government declined to do regarding North Korea?
b) For what reason has it done so?

4. How does Mr. Yu's stance on North Korea's nuclear weapons program differ from that of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice?

5. Aside from mostly complying with its promise to disable its nuclear reactor at Yong Byon, which parts of the agreement that it made within the Six Party Talks has North Korea not carried out?

6. What new agreement has the U.S. proposed in order to move forward?

7. CHALLENGE: Read the Background on "NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM and THE SIX-PARTY TALKS" below. Then read the commentary on how the U.S. should deal with North Korea by John Bolton, former Ambassador to the United Nations here.
What do you think of Mr. Bolton's recommendations on dealing with North Korea?