Kevin Rudd is currently the Minister for Foreign Affairs who is responsible for overseeing the international diplomacy section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
2. What is Kevin Rudd's concern?
Kevin Rudd believes that North Korea's development of long range missiles is a threat to Australia's safety.
3. What forum was he at to express his concerns?
ASEAN Regional Forum
4. 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."
5. 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."
6. What do you think that Rudd is trying to accomplish diplomatically by calling out his North Korean counterpart publicly?
He is trying to show the world what North Korea is doing so that he is not in the fight alone, so that the rest of world also see it as a threat and back him up.
7.How does this relate to Australia's relationship and role in the region? How does this relate to Australia's relationship to major allies?
Within the region it may be seen as a dumb move for Australia to be telling North Korea that what they are doing is "unacceptable" because Korea may now want to retaliate. Australia may be frowned upon by our major allies as Mr Rudd "calling out" North Korea isn't very wise because if they were a threat before they may be even more of a threat now.
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