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After eight months of inaction, there was a flurry of six-party action at quarter’s end. As Pyongyang produced its declaration of its nuclear activities, President Bush announced his intention to remove North Korea from the U.S. listing of state sponsors of terrorism and Trading with the Enemy Act restrictions. Elsewhere, reactions to natural disasters showed how far China has come and Myanmar/Burma still has to go in dealing with the outside world. Reaction to Secretary Gates’ Shangri-La statements on U.S. East Asia policy was positive. In contrast, there has been almost no reaction at all to Australian Prime Minister Rudd’s call for a more inclusive Asia-Pacific community. At quarter's end, it looked like the India-U.S. nuclear deal might soon be resurrected from the near-dead. Finally, a word to our readers in Korea: Get the facts! American beef is safe.