Abstract:

The DPRK nuclear crisis has initiated a severe security trouble in the Korean peninsula and East-Asia area since October 2002. The crisis has existed for a long time. Towards this problem, the attitudes of main countries in the area are quite different. The position of the U. S. Bush administration is also quite different from that of the Clinton administration. The Bush administration already made its fundamental policy to the issue during the Iraq War. South Korea sticks to its position of peacefully dealing with the crisis, and is not necessarily at odds with tough means at a pinch. Japan stands for adopting a tough policy for the crisis. The Chinese government maintains multilateral talks to resolve the crisis peacefully. The world is paying close attention to the situational development.

Key words: the DPRK nuclear crisis, positions of major countries, analysis and comparison