Promise and Peril in North Korea Deal by Jim Lobe

The deal reached by the two Koreas, Japan, Russia, the U.S., and China nonetheless sets out a comprehensive framework. If successfully implemented, it would not only defuse a three-year-old crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear intentions, but also ensure that nuclear weapons are effectively banned from one of the world's most militarized hotspots and bolster the badly battered Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT).