North Korea has test-fired two short-range missiles, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said, citing a government official. The move stokes regional tensions after the North’s threats to boost its nuclear arsenal following UN sanctions.
I am indebted to Behind Blue Eyes for being a thorough gent and passing on this nugget of DPRK-related goodness . Ushers is a defunct brewers based in Trowbridge, and the DPRK bought the brewery lock, stock etc and rebuilt in Pyongyang, where it is now brewing a rather lager-y looking concoction called Taedong River Beer. Further digging has unearthed this from the KCNA: "The beers including black...
When President Obama meets with Russian leaders in Moscow this week, arms control will be at the top of the agenda. Mr. Obama is anxious to hammer out a new strategic arms reduction treaty with Russia, resulting in further cuts in each nation's nuclear arsenal. Meanwhile, there's another issue that deserves the attention of President Obama and his Russian hosts. During the 1990s, North Korea managed...
SEOUL - North Korea hailed the strength of its military after it launched a salvo of ballistic missiles in a show of firepower that earned international criticism. In a commentary, the ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun praised Pyongyang's army-f ...
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has been living at an east coast villa since mid-May and is likely convalescing after reportedly suffering a stroke last year, a newspaper said Sunday citing U.S. and South Korean intelligence. Kim's health has been the focus of keen attention since Western intelligence officials said he suffered a stroke in August before publicly naming his...
SEOUL, South Korea — The ballistic missiles that North Korea test-fired this weekend were likely capable of striking key government and military facilities in South Korea, a defense official said Sunday, amid growing concerns over Pyongyang’s firepower.
(CNN) – There are signs that the international policy to isolate North Korea from its traditional allies is working, despite the Pyongyang regime's weekend firing of seven-short range missiles toward the Sea of Japan, Vice President Joe Biden says. In an interview broadcast Sunday on the ABC program "This Week," Biden called efforts by the [...]
China Confidential analysts say North Korea--the world's most militarized state--is preparing a series of additional provocations, including: launches of mid-range, Rodong missiles capable of striking all of South Korea and Japan and a long-range, Taepodong-2 rocket capable of hitting Hawaii and Alaska; a third nuclear weapon test; and attacks on South Korean military targets, including troops and...
The ballistic missiles that North Korea test-fired this weekend were likely capable of striking key government and military facilities in South Korea, a defense official said Sunday, amid growing concerns over Pyongyang's firepower.
The US pointman for sanctions on North Korea holds talks in Malaysia today, possibly on links banks have to the North's finances, while a report said Pyongyang may have shot mid-range missiles in a series fired on Saturday.
The U.S. pointman for sanctions on North Korea holds talks in Malaysia on Sunday, possibly on links banks have to the North's finances, while a report said Pyongyang may have shot mid-range missiles in a series fired on Saturday.
SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. pointman for sanctions on North Korea holds talks in Malaysia on Sunday, possibly on links banks have to the North's finances, while a report said Pyongyang may have shot mid-range missiles in a series fired on Saturday.
The United States urged North Korea on Saturday not to "aggravate tensions" as it slammed Pyongyang's latest missile test, apparently timed for the US Independence Day holiday, as "not helpful."
Senior officials have said that any reaction by the Obama administration was likely to be muted to avoid giving attention to Pyongyang or antagonize it.
Senior officials have said that any reaction by the Obama administration was likely to be muted to avoid giving attention to Pyongyang or antagonize it.
Nuclear Proliferation: An Unflinching North Korea - By Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal ****** Nuclear proliferation is being caused by literally every nuclear power in the world in one way or the other. Today North Korea and Iran are seen by USA and its allies as posing threat to them and world peace. But nuclear ambitions of these two powers are admitted by the UNSC as normal. USA has repeatedly warned against...
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