Korean Leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang in 2001 and aNorth Korean TV grab of Kim from April 2009. Photo AFP
Doubts In White House On Approach To N. Korea -- L.A. Times
Though official policy is to pursue talks, some aides believe the focus should be on containment, to prevent the communist nation from selling nuclear know-how or parts.
Reporting from Washington -- American diplomatic efforts on North Korea are coming under fire within the Obama administration from officials who consider talks futile and instead want to focus on halting the regime's trade in nuclear weapons and missile equipment, U.S. officials said.
The administration's official goal has been to coax the Pyongyang government back into the six-nation disarmament talks that began in 2003.
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