Real. Reliable. Texas Public Radio.

Powell Condemns N. Korean Treaty Pullout

By Mike Shuster
Published January 9, 2003 at 11:00 PM CST
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Email

Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio

While many U.S. officials react cautiously to North Korea's announcement that it will abandon a global nuclear weapons treaty, Secretary of State Colin Powell says the North "thumbed its nose" at the international community. And President Bush talks to China's leader in an effort to calm the growing confrontation. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

Copyright 2003 NPR

All Things Considered
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Email
Mike Shuster
Mike Shuster is an award-winning diplomatic correspondent and roving foreign correspondent for NPR News. He is based at NPR West, in Culver City, CA. When not traveling outside the U.S., Shuster covers issues of nuclear non-proliferation and weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and the Pacific Rim.
See stories by Mike Shuster