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Thursday, February 6, 2003 at 10:00 AM EST
Pressure Cooker in the Peninsula
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The War of Words between US and North Korean officials reached a higher pitch today as US warplanes inch closer to striking distance of North Korean nuclear facilities.

With war in Iraq and potential havoc for Japan and South Korea hanging in the balance, what are US military options in North Korea?

Guests:

Daryll Press, Professor at Dartmouth College, and consultant to Defense Department

Selig Harrison, Director of the Asia Program and Senior Scholar at Woodrow Wilson Intenational Center for Scholars, Author of “Korean End Game” ;Bruce Cumings, Professor of History, University of Chicago, author of Korea’s Place in the Sun: A Modern History

 
 

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