Kim Raises THE STAKES.

The article focuses on the attempt made by the U.S. President George W. Bush administration to persuade North Korea to stop developing nuclear weapons. North Korea declared publicly on February 10, 2005 that it has nuclear weapons. Bush sent two members of the U.S. National Security Council to Beijing, China, bearing a letter to Hu Jintao, the President of China. China is the only country having any influence over the regime in North Korea.