As for South Korea, President Roh Moo-hyun has until now seen no evil; yet even his foreign minister now admits that dealing with a nuclear North Korea is a Sisyphean task.

• 对韩国来说，卢武铉总统目前还表示乐观，但他的外交部长也承认与核武化的朝鲜交往是真正的“苦役”。