Background and discussion about North Korea's nuclear testing. United States intelligence analysts have determined that the strength of the nuclear weapon tested by North Korea on Oct 9th, 2006 was less than one kiloton, extremely small...
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Background and discussion about North Korea's nuclear testing. United States intelligence analysts have determined that the strength of the nuclear weapon tested by North Korea on Oct 9th, 2006 was less than one kiloton, extremely small for a nuclear explosion. But the major political fear is that N. Korea's nuclear ambition and testing will spark an arms race in the region.
North Korea Monday warned South Korean ships to avoid the disputed Yellow Sea border area where a clash broke out last month, saying its coastal artillery would target the area in firing exercises. The communist state's naval command, in a statement on official media, said the move came in response to "reckless military provocations" from the South. Tensions have remained high off the west coast since a brief but intense gunfight on November 10 left a North Korean patrol boat in flames... Read Full Story
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (UPI) --
North Korea eventually will be able to arm a missile with a small nuclear warhead, a South Korean think tank said.
North Korea's nuclear ambitions are aided by a high-explosives test site, guidance from numerous weapons experts and a determination to develop an atomic warhead, the state-run Korea Institute of Defense Analysis said.
The conclusions were contained in a report to be released next month, a senior South Korean military source told Yonhap news agency... Read Full Story
US envoy Stephen Bosworth said Wednesday that he urged North Korea during his trip to Pyongyang last week to refrain from any more nuclear arms tests. Briefing reporters in Washington, Bosworth also said the North Koreans had "agreed the subject of a uranium enrichment program is now on the agenda," whenever disarmament talks resume with international powers. The US envoy's groundbreaking visit to North Korea from December 8 to 10 was the first direct contact between Washington and Pyongyang... Read Full Story
Former Japan coach Philippe Troussier has been offered a job to guide North Korea at next year's World Cup finals in South Africa, a press report said Thursday. The Frenchman, who led Japan to the last 16 in the 2002 World Cup on home turf, said he will take a positive attitude toward the offer but that "everything is unofficial", the Nikkan Sports daily reported. "They (the North Koreans) made contact with me. But I cannot comment on it because nothing has been completed yet," Troussier was... Read Full Story
US envoy Stephen Bosworth voiced concerns during his visit to North Korea last week about the country's uranium enrichment programme, a South Korean ruling party official said Tuesday. South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung-Lac told lawmakers that the US envoy had raised concerns about the enrichment programme at talks with North Korean officials, a Grand National Party (GNP) official told AFP. Wi's comments were made as he briefed GNP lawmakers on his meeting with Bosworth, the official... Read Full Story
A Thai court on Monday extended the detention of the crew of a plane that flew a cache of heavy weapons out of North Korea, as Washington hailed the seizure as proof sanctions were effective. The 30-tonne load, including missiles and rocket-propelled grenades, was discovered after a Belarussian pilot and four Kazakh crew landed to refuel at Bangkok's domestic Don Mueang airport on Friday. It marks the first time an airborne arms cargo is known to have been seized under the latest UN... Read Full Story
The United States and North Korea agree on the need to resume stalled six-party nuclear disarmament negotiations but no date has been set, a senior US envoy said Thursday after a visit to Pyongyang. Stephen Bosworth said it was unclear when the North would return to the six-party forum which it quit in April, a month before staging its second nuclear test. His three-day visit was the first official contact between Washington and Pyongyang since President Barack Obama took office in January... Read Full Story
Thailand Saturday detained five men after they made an emergency landing in Bangkok with a cargo plane from North Korea full of heavy weapons, ministers and officials said. The crew requested to land for refuelling at Don Mueang airport, where inspectors discovered a haul of weaponry including firearms and missiles, said deputy prime minister Suthep Thaungsuban. "They declared that the goods on board the flight were oil drilling equipment but when we examined we found it was all weaponry... Read Full Story
The United States and North Korea have a "common understanding" on the need to resume stalled nuclear disarmament negotiations, US envoy Stephen Bosworth said Thursday after a visit to Pyongyang. But Bosworth said it was unclear when the North would return to the six-party forum which it quit in April, a month before staging its second nuclear test. His three-day visit was the first official contact between Washington and Pyongyang since President Barack Obama took office in January... Read Full Story
Thailand Saturday detained five men after they made an emergency landing in Bangkok with a cargo plane from North Korea full of heavy weapons, ministers and officials said. The crew requested to land for refuelling at Don Mueang airport, where inspectors discovered a haul of weaponry including firearms and missiles, said deputy prime minister Suthep Thaungsuban. "They declared that the goods on board the flight were oil drilling equipment but when we examined we found it was all weaponry... Read Full Story
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