William Perry and the 100-Fold Horror of a Second Korean War
A Secret cable from Seoul hid the gap between Washington's diplomatic optimism and the raw terror of a South Korean leadership facing total nuclear annihilation
By Roy Castellano ·
William Perry
Kim Dae Jung and the 1998 Plan to Buy a North Korean Soft Landing
For years, the risk of a nuclear North Korea was managed through heavy fuel oil and a fragile two-track policy that depended on a U.S. Congress that did not want to pay
By Eleanor Voss ·
William Perry and the Redacted Terms of the 1999 Pyongyang Gamble
The Clinton administration offered to accept the legitimacy of a nuclear-armed regime in a deal kept secret for years, only to be rebuffed by a North Korea that viewed deference as weakness.
By Roy Castellano ·
William Perry and the 1999 Strategy to Stabilize the Korean Peninsula
Tasked by President Clinton in 1998, this strategy for the Korean Peninsula remained a closed-door exercise in managing a nuclear neighbor until its later archival release.
By Eleanor Voss ·
Kim Dae Jung and the 5-Year Window to Stop a Nuclear North Korea
A 1998 cable kept confidential for years shows a gamble to trade incentives for inspections while the U.S. hid internal rifts over the threshold for war
By Eleanor Voss ·
William Perry and the Redacted Terms for a Nuclear Peace
Half of a 1999 diplomatic script remains blacked out, hiding the exact price the U.S. was willing to pay to stop North Korea's nuclear program.
By Roy Castellano ·