Secretive: North Korea, whose citizens worship deceased leader Kim Il-Sung, above, reportedly killed 22 fishermen for straying into South Korean waters by gunning them down. (Photo from Daily Mail)From The Washington Times:
Former South Korean President and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kim Dae-jung urged the Obama administration to offer North Korea a wholesale package deal to give up its nuclear stockpile and establish relations with the outside world.
Mr. Kim is best known as the architect of South Korea's "sunshine policy" of engagement with North Korea, for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Engagement served as a model for Clinton administration negotiations that included a visit to Pyongyang by former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright.
"The new administration is likely to move down the path of direct dialogue and package deals that former U.S. President [Bill] Clinton had taken," Mr. Kim, 85, said in a wide-ranging session with foreign reporters.
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My Comment: The policy initiative that Mr. Kim is promoting to President Obama was tried by the Clinton administration ... and it failed. The best strategy to pursue is the 6 country talks that involves all the major powers within the region. North Korea will listen to its allies more than the U.S.. And North Korea's allies listen more to the U.S. than North Korea.