With the six-party talks in tatters and faced with such a highly explosive situation in Northeast Asia, we the people in this region need to make it loud and clear that the nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula will not be tolerated, and that we need peace and development rather than war and confrontation.

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She said the U.S. and South Korea can do more to strengthen their partnership, and called on Congress to pass a bill that would allow more Koreans to get visas to work in the U.S. And she urged President Barack Obama to start a multilateral dialogue process in Northeast Asia to help build trust within the region.

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Asia has seen the most rapid deterioration, with the Northeast region in particular suffering a significant slowdown.

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