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North Korea is ?serious adversary? - US?s Gates
2008-06-03 15:11:00
Last Friday, North Korea, which has more than 1,000 missiles with at least 800 of them ballistic, rattled sabres by launching short-range missiles off its west coast. Experts said North Korea, which tested a nuclear device in October 2006, developed an arsenal of short-range missiles to threaten the capital Seoul as well as South Korean and ...
What to Do About South Korean Anti-Americanism
2008-05-19 05:12:00
This is an interesting article. It gives us a clue about why South Koreans have no problem showing their anti-Americanism but might be hesitant about showing anti-Chinese behavior. They fear the Chinese and don’t fear the Americans. From the article: An American living in Seoul recently asked me this unexpected question: “What would have happened ...
The North Korea Challenge
2008-05-16 07:01:00
In these two articles, AEI’s Danielle Pletka and John R. Bolton bring us up to date and discuss the larger implications of developments since Kim Jong Il pledged to give up his nuclear ambitions in exchange for diplomatic recognition and foreign aid. Pletka reminds readers that since North Korea signed the 1994 accord, it has ...
Where is North Korea?s Thunderbird Airport?
2008-05-14 05:16:00
I need your help to precisely locate the Thunderbird airport located near Wonsan in North Korea. North Korean engineers are working on an underground runway beneath a mountain that can protect fighter aircraft from attack until they take off at high speed through the mouth of a tunnel. The runway is a few minutes? flying time from ...
North Korea has ten plutonium war charges
2008-05-08 15:03:00
North Korea has up to ten plutonium war charges in its nuclear arsenal. These data were given by former South Korean foreign minister and delegation head at the six-party talks on denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula Lee Soo-hyuck in his book, published in Seoul. The 59-year-old veteran of the South Korean diplomatic service noted, ?North ...
North Korea, U.S. reach secret deal to break nuclear deadlock, report says
2008-04-12 12:55:00
North Korea and the U.S. agreed to exchange a secret memorandum of understanding on the agreement, it said. The radio station said North Korea agreed to make a complete and correct declaration of its nuclear weapons program “in the coming weeks.” In a 2007 deal at the six-nation negotiations, North Korea agreed to disclose full details ...
South Korean Cadets Say U.S. is Main Enemy
2008-04-08 15:46:00
A poll shows that 34 percent of first-year army cadets called the United States the main enemy of South Korea, a former superintendent of the Korea Military Academy (KMA) said. Kim Choong-bae, president of the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, disclosed a past survey of 250 KMA entrants to single out “the country’s main enemy” while ...
North Korea warn of pre-emptive nuclear strike against neighbour
2008-03-31 06:45:00
An escalating war of words across the world?s last Cold War, nuclear-armed border spiraled dramatically yesterday when North Korea threatened to wreak total destruction on its neighbour to the south. ?Our military will not sit idle until warmongers launch a pre-emptive strike,? the official news agency in Pyongyang reported a senior military commander as saing, ?everything ...
North Korea fires missiles off west coast
2008-03-28 05:20:00
North Korea fired several short-range missiles off its west coast on Friday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, citing unnamed sources. The move comes a day after North Korea expelled South Korean officials working at a joint industrial complex north of the heavily armed border in retaliation for a hardline stance taken towards Pyongyang by South ...
A Ticking Clock on North Korea
2008-03-22 19:59:00
U.S. officials have begun to confirm publicly that they have hard intelligence about North Korean proliferation. Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence, said in Feb. 7 testimony to the House intelligence committee: “While Pyongyang denies a program for uranium enrichment and also denies its proliferation activities, we know North Korea continues to engage in ...
North Korea admits to sending engineers to Syria
2008-03-09 09:11:00
North Korea admitted to sending engineers to military- related and other facilities in Syria during its recent talks with the United States over its nuclear program, diplomatic sources in New York said Friday. Read More…
Bellicosity in Belarus
2008-03-09 09:07:00
The regime in Belarus ? a small country of 10 million ? is as corrupt and evil as they come. Syria, Iran and North Korea are strategic allies. Belarus, during 2001 alone, secretly sold $500 million in arms to Syria and its terrorist faction, the Hezbollah, that used the deadly Katyusha rockets against Israel. Read More…
Korean, US Fighters Intercept Russian Aircraft
2008-03-06 14:37:00
Korean, US Fighters Intercept Russian Aircraft  Korea Times, South Korea - 1 hour ago The Korean military has a 24-hour early warning system in place against aircraft entering the zone. Russian bombers over the past year have increased their … Russian bomber again intercepted near US Navy ship Reuters Russian bomber intercepted by US fighter jets RussiaToday all 20 news articles »
U.S. presses North Korea on Syria
2008-02-20 15:02:00
The Syrian connection has become a major problem for the United States since an Israeli air strike in Syria in September. The target was widely reported to be a nuclear facility under construction with help from North Korea. Current and former U.S. officials said yesterday that intelligence points to a plutonium-related facility. Yesterday, Mr. Hill said ...
North Korea provided technological assistance to Syria to build nuclear rea
2008-02-19 02:58:00
North Korea helped Syria build an underground nuclear reactor in the Middle East country, a South Korean news report said Monday. “The U.S. government has circumstantial (evidence) that the North provided technology assistance to build an underground reactor in Syria,” South Korea’s Hankook Ilbo newspaper reported, citing an unidentified diplomatic channel. Read More…
Koreas Looking Good
2008-02-18 02:08:00
That?s the way football goes. From July to February 6, South Korea went 550 minutes of play without scoring. In the past two weeks, the team has found the net seven times. Kwak Tae-hwi was responsible for the first and the last of those goals. The baby-faced defender headed home the first goal against Turkmenistan in Seoul two weeks ago and then, on Sunday afternoon, he scored in the last-minute to give the Taeguk Warriors a dramatic 3-2 win against China in Chongqing. That victory came in the first match of the East Asian championships being held in the Chinese city. It was an exciting game. Park Chu-young hadn?t scored for the national team since March 1 2006 when Angola came to a snowy Seoul stadium. On a misty Chongqing day, Park headed home the opening goal at the end of the first half and then was on target in the second half with a lovely free-kick curled home from 25 metres. Sandwiched In between the two strikes had come two Chinese goals, the first an absolute scorcher from...
Japan worried by North Korea, China military programmes
2008-02-11 15:10:00
MUNICH: North Korea remains a nuclear proliferation risk and China?s military programme lacks transparency, Japan?s Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura warned here Saturday. ?The North Korean issues have made the regional security environment extremely difficult since the beginning of the 1990s,? Koumura told an international security conference in this southern German city. ?The international community must continue ...
North Korea Maintains Uranium Enrichment Program, U.S. Says
2008-02-06 06:16:00
North Korea maintains its uranium enrichment program and remains a nuclear proliferation risk, the top U.S. intelligence official said in his annual threat assessment to Congress. “We remain uncertain about Kim Jong Il’s commitment to full denuclearization as he promised in the six-party agreement,” Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell told the Senate Intelligence Committee today. Read ...
North Korea would sell nukes to terrorists
2008-02-05 14:35:00
North Korea threatened to export nuclear weapons to international terrorists in 2005, according to a U.S. intelligence report made public yesterday. The report to Congress on arms proliferation was produced in 2006 and also said al Qaeda is developing chemical and biological weapons for use in Iraq and Afghanistan and continues to seek nuclear or radiological ...
How North Korea Copes
2008-02-05 14:25:00
It’s more difficult to get needed electronics items from the West, since guidance system grade stuff is usually considered “military” and requires a lot of additional paperwork to export. As a result, North Korea missile guidance systems have remained quite primitive. The North Koreans have been working with scientists, and manufacturers, in Iran, Syria, and ...
Two Koreas to send joint cheer squad to Beijing Games
2008-02-05 06:17:00
SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea have agreed to send a 300-strong joint cheering squad to the Beijing Olympics on the first train to run through the Korean peninsula and into China for more than half a century, an official said on Tuesday. The leaders of the two countries, technically still at war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce and not a peace treaty, agreed at a rare summit in October to send the cheering squad as a symbol of reconciliation. The train will pick up 150 people from the South then go to the North to pick up 150 more and finally to China for the August opening ceremony. The two Koreas will send another batch half way through the games to replace the first 300. The two Koreas reached agreement on the details of the cheering team late on Monday and they plan to have members of the squad on hand when Korean athletes compete. The train joining Seoul and Sinuiju on the North Korean border with China stopped running during the Korean War. Nort...
By: B4U India
What A.Q. Khan Knows
2008-01-31 07:22:00
How Pakistan’s Proliferator Could Help in Pyongyang Either Kim Jong Il or Pervez Musharraf is lying about whether Pakistan’s Dr. Strangelove, Abdul Qadeer Khan, gave centrifuges to North Korea for uranium enrichment. Unless the truth can be established, the hitherto-promising denuclearization negotiations with Pyongyang are likely to collapse. Read More…
Gauging Pyongyang?s Missed Deadline
2008-01-23 11:52:00
North Korea?s missed deadline on its denuclearization pact and new tough rhetoric revive diplomatic concerns about the regime?s sincerity and stability. Read More… North Korea tells US to remember the Pueblo Reuters - 38 minutes ago North Korea, which tested a nuclear device in October 2006, has said it built atomic weapons to deter an invasion. Continued… NKorea tells US to ...
BMD Focus: Turnaround in Seoul ? Part 1
2008-01-23 11:02:00
However, now the opposite dynamic is taking place at the other end of the Eurasian land mass. Outgoing South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun is being replaced by the dynamic Lee Myung-bak. And President-elect Lee and his transition team have already sent their own strong signals that as part of their overall master-plan to revitalize the ...
North Korea will keep its nukes: US envoy
2008-01-22 05:45:00
US special envoy on North Korean human rights Jay Lefkowitz has broken ranks with the State Department’s engagement policy, warning that Pyongyang intends to keep its nuclear weapons beyond the end of George W.Bush’s presidency. “North Korea is not serious in disarming in a timely manner,” Mr Lefkowitz said in a speech and comments implicitly questioning ...
US Missile Defense May Involve South Korea
2008-01-20 23:40:00
US Missile Defense May Involve S. Korea Korea Times, South Korea - 12 hours ago Korea has not participated in the MD, aimed at intercepting high-altitude ballistic missiles due to the opposition of North Korea, China and Russia and … Seoul to equip ships to intercept NKorea missiles: report AFP UPI NewsTrack TopNews United Press International all 10 news articles »
US Sees Stalling by North Korea on Nuclear Pact
2008-01-19 15:18:00
US Sees Stalling by North Korea on Nuclear Pact New York Times, United States - 9 hours ago Besides the United States and North Korea, the other parties to the nuclear pact include China, South Korea, Japan and Russia. … State Department Rebukes US North Korea Rights Envoy for Nuclear … Voice of America White House smoothes over public rift on ...
West says North Korea, Syria had nuclear link
2008-01-17 15:01:00
A European diplomat says the consensus is that a site in the Mideast nation bombed by Israel was part of an atomic program. Western governments have concluded that Syria and North Korea were collaborating on a nuclear weapons program at a mysterious site in the Syrian desert that was bombed by Israel last year, a senior ...
China, U.S. Make Plans for North Korea Collapse, Reports Say
2008-01-11 14:55:00
The report says its unnamed Chinese sources see North Korea as stable for the moment, “but they worry that the potential for instability may grow.” Meanwhile, U.S. and South Korean military planners were scheduled to complete by the end of 2007 a contingency plan for controlling the spread of weapons of mass destruction and dealing with ...
Washington?s Eastern Sunset
2008-01-07 20:46:00
The Decline of U.S. Power in Northeast Asia After 60 years of U.S. domination, the balance of power in Northeast Asia is shifting. The United States is in relative decline, China is on the rise, and Japan and South Korea are in flux. To maintain U.S. power in the region, Washington must identify the trends shaping ...
North Korea steps up anti-US propaganda amid stalled talks
2008-01-06 15:01:00
NKorea steps up anti-US propaganda amid stalled talks AFP - 3 hours ago … its key nuclear facilities and given a full declaration of its nuclear programmes in return for aid from China, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the US. … North Korea nuclear deal hits a snag Taipei Times N. Korea blames US for slowed denuclearization Jerusalem Post Tensions rise ...
North Korea makes threat after missed nuclear date
2008-01-04 14:29:00
North Korea said on Friday it would boost its war deterrent, a day after the United States said it was sending its nuclear envoy back to Asia to discuss an atomic disarmament deal on which Pyongyang has missed a deadline. North Korea failed to fully account for its nuclear weapons programme or answer U.S. suspicions that ...
South Korea Opposes Joining US Missile Defense System
2008-01-03 14:52:00
Defense Minister Kim Jang-soo Thursday expressed his objection to the idea of joining the U.S.-led global missile defense network aimed at intercepting high-altitude ballistic missiles, citing financial problems. “To participate (in the U.S. missile defense shield), we have to purchase state-of-the-art early warning `systems’ and missile interceptors that require a big budget,” Kim told a press ...
China calls missed North Korea nuclear deadline ?normal?
2008-01-03 14:51:00
China calls N Korea nuclear declaration delay natural part of the … International Herald Tribune, France - 3 hours ago AP BEIJING: North Korea’s failure to declare information on all of its nuclear programs by the end of last year is a normal part of the process, China said … China calls missed NKorea nuclear deadline ‘normal’ AFP China says North ...
North Korea vows strong military, economy in 2008, no mention of ?
2008-01-01 21:52:00
NKorea vows strong military, economy in 2008, no mention of … AFP - 16 hours ago The United States, Japan and South Korea — members of the negotiations along with Russia, China and the North itself — expressed disappointment at the … N Korea silent on nuclear disarmament The Age NK Greets New Year With No Explanations About ...
North Korea Breaks End-of-Year Nuclear Declaration Promise
2007-12-31 14:45:00
North Korea Breaks End-of-Year Nuclear Declaration Promise Voice of America - 1 hour ago By Kurt Achin The United States and Japan are expressing regret that North Korea is breaking a key promise aimed at ending its nuclear weapons programs. … North Korea slams US ahead of nuclear deadline Reuters North Korea Fails to Disclose Nuclear Data, US Says (Update2) ...
US says N.Korea has not met terms of nuclear deal
2007-12-31 01:41:00
US says N.Korea has not met terms of nuclear deal Reuters UK, UK - 1 hour ago 31 deadline to reveal details of its nuclear program under a disarmament-for-aid deal it reached with the United States, China, Russia, Japan and South … US urges nuclear disclosure from North Korea before deadline AFP US urges NK to provide full nuclear declaration as ...
North Korea may miss nuclear deadline
2007-12-27 14:42:00
North Korea will probably miss a year-end deadline to declare all its nuclear activities and disable its main nuclear site, South Korea’s top diplomat said Thursday, a development that would raise new doubts about a deal that had been seen as one of the few diplomatic successes of the Bush administration. The comment by the South ...
Uranium Traces Found on North Korean Tubes
2007-12-21 05:57:00
U.S. scientists have discovered traces of enriched uranium on smelted aluminum tubing provided by North Korea, apparently contradicting Pyongyang’s denial that it had a clandestine nuclear program, according to U.S. and diplomatic sources. The United States has long pointed to North Korea’s acquisition of thousands of aluminum tubes as evidence of such a program, saying the ...
North Korea Involved in Hizbullah Training and Weaponry
2007-12-14 06:07:00
There is a strong likelihood that Hizbullah terrorists in Lebanon were armed and possibly trained by North Korea, according to a report by the US Congressional Research Service (CRS) obtained Wednesday by the Reuters news agency. The CRS, which provides independent analyses to the Congress, cited “reputable sources” as saying North Korea had given weapons and ...
North Korea - Nuke disclosure still incomplete
2007-12-06 15:04:00
North Korea is still balking at disclosing all of its nuclear materials and capabilities in a declaration expected by year’s end, the chief U.S. negotiator with the reclusive state said yesterday. Read More…
North Korea nuclear disabling on track, US says
2007-12-05 14:56:00
North Korea nuclear disabling on track, US says Reuters - 3 hours ago … at six-party talks that group the two Koreas, the United States, Japan, Russia and host China, including giving a full list of its nuclear programs. … Nth Korean nuclear talks put off NEWS.com.au US envoy ‘positive’ about N Korea BBC News US Envoy: nkorea Disablement on ...
North Korea discussed chemical arms technology with Syria
2007-11-27 05:28:00
North Korean experts discussed how to load chemical weapons onto missiles when they met with officials in Syria during a secret visit to the country earlier this month, a Japanese newspaper said Monday. Damascus invited the experts for their advice as part of Syria’s drive to develop its short-range “Scud C” missiles, the conservative Sankei newspaper ...
North Korea: Subprime but booming
2007-11-25 20:43:00
Inspired by neighbouring China, North Korea initiated economic reforms in 2002. Most wage and price controls were dropped and the market was opened to some private commerce. After five years of reform, the new wealth has gravitated mainly to the city’s privileged class. Read More…
Roundup: England face Croatia again, Koreas meet in World Cup draw - Bangko
2007-11-25 19:11:00
Javno.hrRoundup: England face Croatia again, Koreas meet in World Cup drawBangkok Post, Thailand - 1 hour agoMeanwhile in the draw made in Durban Sunday, world champions Italy will come up against Bulgaria, Ireland, Cyprus, Georgia and Montenegro in Group 8 of the ...England, Croatia drawn together again; Korean neighbors are World ... International Herald TribuneCroatia and England face each other again in World Cup qualifying The Canadian PressShattered England look for relief at World Cup draw AFPJavno.hr - ESPNall 182 news articles
Clear Evidence Implicates Assad Personally in North Korean Nuclear Deal
2007-10-28 01:56:00
President Bashar Assad was personally involved in Damascus? nuclear deal with Pyongyang. Documentary proofs of this, obtained from the presidential bureau and signed by Assad in person, are now in the hands of the US and Israeli intelligence services, DEBKAfile?s intelligence sources report. In one, Assad hands down a specific order in his own handwriting ...
North Korea: Risky Business
2007-10-12 05:29:00
A few years ago, Chris Devonshire-Ellis, a Beijing-based business and tax consultant, was in the bar at Pyongyang’s Koryo Hotel when he ran into another foreigner. “The guy’s name was Vlad,” Devonshire-Ellis says. “He’d come from Moscow on a train to sell tractors to the North Koreans. He had all these guys around him. Turns ...
Koreas joint oil exploitation
2007-10-09 00:56:00
The possibility of the two Koreas undertaking joint oil exploration projects in North Korea adds another reason as to why surrounding states view Korean unification as problematic. The arithmetic is simple. A Korea divided, is easy to control - a Korea united is that much more difficult. Negotiating with South and North Korea, despite the latter’s often hyperbolic description as ...
North Korean disarmament prospects dim despite landmark deal
2007-10-06 15:39:00
While the United States has hailed the latest deal to end North Korea’s nuclear weapons programmes as a big step forward, analysts warned Thursday that total disarmament remained a very dim prospect. Doubts remain over whether the secretive regime in Pyongyang is genuinely prepared to give up its atomic ambitions, or whether it is ...
Koreas seek formal end to Korean War
2007-10-04 20:56:00
By Jonathan Thatcher SEOUL (Reuters) - Leaders of the two Koreas agreed on Thursday to try to bring peace to the Cold War's last frontier, just a day after the North signed up to an international deal to disable its nuclear facilities. But some analysts said the pledges at only the second summit between North and South Korea were limited, with the hermit North clearly reluctant to break much new ground."North and South Korea shared the view they must end the current armistice and build a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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