y of the other news sources. The other Telegraph article is brief, without a byline, but it does provide additional background information, saying that the crisis began in October of the previous year, when America said that North Korea said it was developing nuclear arms and ejected the UN nuclear inspectors in Pyongyang (Korea Nuclear 1). Of the two Telegraph articles, the one without the byline has more emotional language, reporting that "Kim Jong-Il, North Korea's leader, unleashed a blistering attack on America, which is pressing for the United Nations Security Council to focus on the erratic behavior of the belligerent North" (Korea Nuclear 1). Kim vows to wipe out the enemy (the U.S.) if the conflict escalates.
The Washington Times articles are medium in length, but still in the straight news reporting style with only a little analysis provided. The piece by Jones provides some background information on North Korea's argument against the U.S.. Mr. Jo Chang-dok of the Korean Central News Agency says that brutal electrical shortages in the North are caused by the U.S. failure to honor the Agreed Framework of 1994, under which the U.S. promised fuel oil in exchange for the closure of North Korea's nuclear power program (Jones 1). Graphic details regarding the hardship of the cold for residents in Pyongyang, including one foreigner who lives there, indicate that even public b
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