Canada's Lloyd Axworthy even announced that Ottawa had decided to establish diplomatic relations with North Korea later this year. The Cold War is over, yet we have failed to establish a new international political and economic order. There's going to be a very steep learning curve for them. In this region, it has been a problem and remains a problem. Meanwhile, Paek was doing his duty.
Old habits die hard.
Again, Surin hailed the open and lively discussion. Nobody fell asleep. Indeed, if anybody had taken a snooze, they might have missed a few poignant moments. Such developments are compromising regional confidence-building and aggravating the instability of regional security. Well, maybe not.