Year 10: Monday 25/7 Period 4

1. What title does Kevin Rudd have in the Australian Government? Explain what this role entails.

Kevin Rudd was used to be Australian prime minister but Julia Gillard has replaced the place and she became the prime minister and Kevin Rudd became the Australian politican.

1. What is Kevin Rudd's concern?

He wasinterventioned by Foreign Minister Pak U’i-chu’un at the ASEAN Regional Forum blaming the US, South Korea and Japan for  provoking the current dangerous instability on the Korean Peninsula.

1. What forum was he at to express his concerns?

He was at ASEAN Regional Forum.

1. What actions have North Korea performed recently which have Rudd alarmed and the region lacking stability?

 Mr Rudd told Mr Pak it was “unacceptable” for North Korea to blame on others the security problems it had caused for the whole region, having recently torpedoed a South Korean naval frigate, shelled civilians’ homes across the border  and defied two UN Security Council resolutions by pursuing an enriched uranium weapons program.

1. What is a 'direct threat' to Australia according to Rudd?

Mr Rudd said North Korea’s uranium weaponisation program had the objective of putting nuclear warheads on long-range missiles was a direct threat to Australia.

1. What do you think that Rudd is trying to accomplish diplomatically by calling out his North Korean counterpart publicly? How does this relate to Australia's relationship and role in the region? 

He wants to develop a strategy to try and stop the making of uranium or nuclear bombs in NK.