What We're Reading Now
Aug 30, 2011

IRAN
Iran won't stop uranium enrichment program
Associated Press -- August 29, 2011
Iran won't stop uranium enrichment activities the U.N. has demanded it halt, the country's nuclear chief said Monday.  ran says it needs stockpiles for a medical research reactor, and that the level of enrichment -- up to 20 percent -- is far below the more than 90 percent needed to build a nuclear weapon.

Iran: Ready for Conditional Cooperation with IAEA
Voice of America News -- August 29, 2011
Iran says it will not stop enriching uranium but is ready for cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, provided the U.N. nuclear watchdog limits its demands.

Tehran says no to nuclear swap
Los Angeles Times -- August 29, 2011
Iran says it’s no longer interested in talking with the West about swapping nuclear fuel rather than making its own.

NORTH KOREA
US: North Korea Nuclear Concessions Welcome, But Insufficient
David Gollust, Voice of America News -- August 24, 2011
The United States has called reported North Korean nuclear concessions welcome but insufficient. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told Russian officials that Pyongyang would freeze tests and production of nuclear weapons and missiles in the context of renewed six-party negotiations.

Seoul Names New Minister on North Korea Affairs
Evan Ramstad, Wall Street Journal -- August 30, 2011
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday appointed his former chief of staff to lead the government ministry dealing with North Korea and moved the current minister to a post in the presidential office, a signal that his North Korea policy is unlikely to change.