ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: Christian Science Monitor
26January2011 3:25pmEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Seoul, South Korea - US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg had the perfect Korean saying Wednesday to convey the bond between the US and Korea when it comes to North Korea's nuclear weapons program: "We're as close as sticky rice cake."
That expression summed up the rapport Mr. Steinberg may have achieved in an intensive conversation with South Korea’s foreign minister, Kim Sung-hwan, following President Obama's State of the Union message. Mr. Obama cited the need to "stand with our ally South Korea and insist that North Korea keeps its commitment to abandon nuclear weapons." (read full report)
