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North Korea likely to continue “nuclear blackmail”

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NKorea unlikely to alter strategy toward world, Google hosted news, By KELLY OLSEN (AP) – 30 Sept 10, SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s ailing leader Kim Jong Il has laid the groundwork for a transition of power to his youngest son but it remains to be seen if the reclusive nuclear-armed regime will soften its combative stance toward the international community. Continue reading →

September 30, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

New threats of nuclear war by North Korea

N Korea threatens nuclear war Rick Wallace, The Australian * August 11, 2010 NORTH Korea issued new threats of nuclear retaliation against South Korea yesterday.They were issued the day after it launched an artillery barrage into the sea near their disputed maritime border.The threat came in the state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper, which said the North would “show those buoyed by war fever what a real war is like through a war of retaliation of its own style, based on its nuclear deterrent”…………N Korea threatens nuclear war | The Australian

August 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

North Korea “bolstering its nuclear deterrent”

North Korea: Pyongyang to boost nuclear arsenal, Spero News, 29 June 2010, North Korea wants to “bolster its nuclear deterrent” against threats from the United States and other nations. Experts believe that it is bluffing because it is decades away from developing an H-bomb. Continue reading →

June 30, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Radiation detected after North Korea nuclear fusion test

South Korea Detects Radiation After Nuclear Fusion Test In North Korea

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer, 20 June 2010,Seoul, South Korea (AHN) – A radiation detection station of South Korea measured increased levels of radioactive xenon in the air two days after North Korea announced a nuclear fusion test on May 12. Continue reading →

June 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, North Korea | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

North Korea – sanctions extended by USA

Obama renews sanctions on North Korea ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 17 June 2010, The White House says president Barack Obama has extended US economic sanctions on North Korea for another year, citing the continuing threat posed by Pyongyang’s nuclear program.Mr Obama said he was renewing the sanctions because “the existence and the risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula continued to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat” to the United States.Washington has struggled to convince North Korea to resume multi-party talks to end its nuclear ambitions.Pyongyang has insisted on direct talks with the United States and the removal of sanctions imposed on the communist-run country. Obama renews sanctions on North Korea – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

June 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

North Korea sending nuclear missile technology to Syria

North Korea “has continued to provide missiles, components, and technology to certain countries including Iran and Syria … (and) has provided assistance for a nuclear program in Syria,

U.N.: North Korea Is Exporting Nuclear Missile Technology Fox News, May 28, 2010| Associated Press UNITED NATIONS North Korea is exporting nuclear and ballistic missile technology and using multiple intermediaries, shell companies and overseas criminal networks to circumvent U.N. sanctions, U.N. experts said in a report obtained by The Associated Press. Continue reading →

May 29, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Europe might have a strategy for limiting North Korea’s nukes

In contrast to Washington, the EU has adopted a different stance towards North Korea over the past decade, which encompasses critical engagement while encouraging the regime to change. The EU has put its money where its mouth is, with almost €500 million of assistance over this period.

Crisis in North Korea: it’s going nuclear, Tribune, uk, , With Korea on the brink Europe could have a key role to play in defusing a ticking time bomb, by Glyn Ford , May 28th, 2010 No one can be unaware of the ongoing standoff on the Korean Peninsula that threatens to become a global crisis with weapons of mass destruction available to both sides. Continue reading →

May 29, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Realistic fears that North Korea might use nuclear weapons

A diplomatic black hole, guardian.co.uk, 24 May 2010, Having accused North Korea of sinking its warship, Seoul finds its options severely limited “……The threat of annihilation is fairly par for the course for Pyongyang, the equivalent of a demarche from any other government. A year ago, the regime threatened the US with a “fire shower of nuclear retaliation” and an “annihilating blow” in response to any attack, at a time when an American naval vessel was shadowing a North Korean cargo ship suspected of carrying banned goods off the Chinese coast.Just because a threat is used frequently does not mean it can safely be ignored, however. Pyongyang is very unlikely to court its own destruction by launching a nuclear attack, but no responsible government in Seoul can bet on that. There is always the small chance that Kim Jong-il has descended into total madness or a struggle for power in Pyongyang has unleashed a strain of suicidal militarism…… A diplomatic black hole | World news | guardian.co.uk

May 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, weapons and war | AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | 1 Comment

North Korea’s nuclear fusion not likely to be for real

North Korea nuclear claim met with skepticism, THIS JUST IN, May 12th, 2010 North Korea announced Wednesday that its scientists had created a nuclear fusion reaction – a claim nuclear experts quickly cast doubt on. “Nobody in the world has been able to sustain a controlled nuclear fusion reaction, the ultimate goal of nuclear technology,” said Dan Pinkston, head of the Seoul office of the International Crisis Group. “I don’t think the North Koreans are going to start … putting nuclear power vendors around the world out of business any time soon.”
Nuclear fusion is the same process that fuels stars, but has never been sustained in the laboratory by any nation, much less one of the poorest nations on earth.
North Korea nuclear claim met with skepticism

May 13, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, technology | antinuclear, nuclear renaissance, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes | Leave a comment

Is the West ready to talk peace with North Korea?

Pyongyang has said that it is ready to talk peace. Now the question is: Are we?

North Korea’s Bomb and the Road to Peace, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Andy Marra, May 4, 2010 I was born in Seoul. … I am left feeling more concerned about potential United States military actions against North Korea instead of North Korea attacking us. This past January, the world witnessed an unprecedented gesture by Pyongyang stating they will permanently dismantle its nuclear program in exchange for a formal treaty with the U.S. to finally end the Korean War. Washington, however, dismissed this historic offer and refused to engage in any meaningful dialogue. Continue reading →

May 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, peace | Leave a comment

North korea announces limitations on nuclear bombs

N Korea promises limited nuclear bomb production ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), Apr 21, 2010 North Korea says it will not produce nuclear weapons to excess or engage in an arms race and is ready to join an international non-proliferation campaign as a nuclear armed state. Continue reading →

April 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Talks on N. Korea’s nuclear disarmament risked since ship sank

S. Korean ship sinking may affect 6-way talks revival: State Dept. By HwangDoo-hyong WASHINGTON, April 15 (Yonhap) — The sinking of a South Korean naval ship in waters near the disputed sea border with the North may undermine international efforts to revive the six-party talks on Pyongyang’s nuclear dismantlement, the State Department said Thursday.YONHAP NEWS

April 16, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

U.S. Nuclear Posture Review strengthens North Korea’s defiance

[the US “Nuclear Posture Review”] left open all options, including a nuclear attack, on countries such as North Korea or Iran

N. Korea blasts new US nuclear policy Yemen news Agency ]TOKYO, April 9 (Saba) — North Korea criticized the new US nuclear policy, saying it showed Washington’s continued hostility toward Pyongyang, and vowed to strengthen its own atomic arsenal, Continue reading →

April 10, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, politics international | AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Nuclear threats from North Korea

North Korea Threatens “Unprecedented Nuclear Strikes” On America . Business Insider, Gus Lubin | Mar. 26, 2010 “…..the totalitarian state gave a more vocal than normal threat today, following reports that the U.S. and South Korea were preparing for instability that will occur if Kim Jong-il dies. “Those who seek to bring down the system in the (North), whether they play a main role or a passive role, will fall victim to the unprecedented nuclear strikes of the invincible army,” North Korea’s military said in comments carried by the official Korean Central News Agenc

North Korea Threatens “Unprecedented Nuclear Strikes” On America

March 27, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

North Korea threatens nuclear buildup

North Korea warns U.S. and South of nuclear build-up, NewsDaily: SEOUL, Mar. 7, 2010 (Reuters) — North Korea said on Sunday it will bolster its atomic arsenal and was no longer bound by the cease fire that ended the Korean War due to joint U.S.-South Korean military drills, which start this week…..The North has come under pressure to return to six-country disarmament-for-aid nuclear talks due to U.N. sanctions imposed after a May 2009 nuclear test….The two Koreas are technically still at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended with an armistice and not a peace treaty.

NewsDaily: North Korea warns U.S. and South of nuclear build-up

March 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, South Korea, weapons and war | cancer, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment