backed Web site Uriminzokkiri said on Tuesday, "Powell's visit is a new anti-North Korean plot to strengthen the U.S.-South Korea alliance and raise tensions on the Korean peninsula to a new level." The United States believes North Korea has built a small number of nuclear bombs. In June, Washington made its most concrete offer to persuade North Korea to dismantle its programs by agreeing to allow Pyongyang's neighbors to give the energy-starved country fuel aid and providing assurances the United States would not not attack it. Along with Iran's nuclear ambitions, North Korea could present the next president with his toughest foreign policy crisis, analysts say. --More 0104 Local Time 2204 GMT
