N. Korea – Syria and Proliferation

Talks Are Best Approach To N. Korea, Gates Says, (Los Angeles Times)…Peter Spiegel

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Tuesday that despite intelligence allegedly showing that North Korea aided Syria in developing a nuclear facility, the United States would continue six-party talks with the communist regime over its nuclear program.

North Korea Has Confined Nuclear Help, Gates Says. (Wall Street Journal)…Yochi J. Dreazen

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the U.S. had no evidence that North Korea was helping countries other than Syria develop nuclear capabilities, playing down a longstanding concern about Pyongyang.