Article Review

N. Korea Allows Nuclear Inspectors

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Article Review

www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-AS-Koreas-Nuclear.ntml?ref=world&pagewanted=print

The lede in this article is a summary lede, because it gives the reader what the article is going to be about.  It tells when, where, what, who, and why.  The article is “hard news” because it has immediacy to it (less than a 24 turnover…reported on Monday, about Monday).  The next paragraph is the elaboration of the lede, because it expands upon the plans of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The killer quote follows in the fourth paragraph, which quotes a restricted IAEA document.  Most sources from the article draw from the IAEA, United Nations (such as Secretary-General and his spokeswoman), the Pyongyang plant, and diplomats (one of which remains anonymous for coming forward with confidential information).  The nut graf comes in the ninth paragraph, because it tells us why we, the reader, should care.  This paragraph shows North Korea’s position, in which they choose not to cooperate with IAEA officials.

The remainder of the article provides background history and information pertaining to the situation with North Korea and their nuclear power.  Seven paragraphs from the end, the article discusses plans for the future, in which North Korea will most likely reenter six-party talks with the U.S., Russia, China, South Korea, and Japan. 

The article fizzles out at the end, and has a fact-based ending.  Although the ending doesn’ t look toward the future, it finishes up saying how the Pyongyang plant cut itself off from government-level contacts with South Korea, which ends the article in the present-day situation.