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China supports North Korea on nuclear power

China Says N.Korea Has Right to Nuclear Power, The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea, 22 Dec 10, Beijing says North Korea has the right to use nuclear power but should be subject to inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The North recently agreed to the return of IAEA inspectors to nuclear facilities.”China’s position is that the North also has the right to use nuclear power in accordance with the principles of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the Sept. 19, 2005 joint statement and that it is also subject to the IAEA’s inspection,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Tuesday……..The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea – China Says N.Korea Has Right to Nuclear Power

December 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | China, North Korea, politics international | Leave a comment

North Korea wants South to stop military drills in disputed waters

North Korea Pressures The South To Cancel Military Drills In Disputed Waters : The Two-Way : NPR, 18 Dec 10, North Korea is threatening retaliation if South Korea follows through on planned live-fire military drills on the same island that was the scene of a deadly artillery barrage from the North on November 23rd. Four people died when North Korea rained artillery shells on Yeonpyeong Island in response to an earlier military drill there by South Korea. The island sits in disputed waters off the coast of the Korean Peninsula………..North Korea Pressures The South To Cancel Military Drills In Disputed Waters : The Two-Way : NPR

December 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, weapons and war | Leave a comment

North Korea and underwater nukes

Inside the Ring By Bill Gertz The Washington Times 19 dec 10, Underwater nukes U.S. intelligence agencies are working to track down an alarming report from inside North Korea revealing that the communist regime is secretly developing underwater nuclear torpedoes and mines. Continue reading →

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

Nuclear domino effect, with North Korea’s latest attacks

…..….there’s a possibility, which is that more and more states will use their nuclear weapons as a back-street mugger might use a handgun. That’s something the world needs to think about real hard, and real soon.

North Korea attacks: Are we skipping towards a nuclear apocalypse?, Daily Telegraph, By Praveen Swami World November 23rd, 2010 Eight weeks after 9/11, the Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir sat down for a meal of bread and olives with Osama bin Laden in Kabul. “I wish to declare,” bin Laden told him, “that if America uses chemical or nuclear weapons, then we may retort with chemical and nuclear weapons.” Continue reading →

November 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Stuxnet computer worm might target North Korea’s nukes

the North Korean control system “is dual use, also used by the petrochemical industry, but was the same as those acquired by Iran to run its centrifuges.”
Could Stuxnet Mess With North Korea’s New Uranium Plant? Wired.com. By Kim Zetter and Spencer Ackerman November 22, 2010 The Stuxnet worm may have a new target. While security analysts try to figure out whether the now-infamous malware was built to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program, North Korea has unveiled a new uranium enrichment plant that appears to share components with Iran’s facilities. Could Pyongyang’s centrifuges be vulnerable to Stuxnet? Continue reading →

November 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, safety, Uranium | antinuclear, enriched, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

North Korea shows off new nuclear complex

Experts caution, however, that true hydrogen bombs are quite difficult to make, so it seems unlikely that North Korea would succeed in that step anytime soon.

North Koreans Unveil Vast New Plant for Nuclear Use, NYTimes.com, By DAVID E. SANGER November 20, 2010 WASHINGTON — North Korea showed a visiting American nuclear scientist last week a vast new facility it secretly and rapidly built to enrich uranium, confronting the Obama administration with the prospect that the country is preparing to expand its nuclear arsenal or build a far more powerful type of atomic bomb…….. Continue reading →

November 21, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, weapons and war | AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons, reactor | Leave a comment

North Korea exporting nuclear technology

The experts write that North Korea is getting around U.N.-imposed sanctions and is masking financial transactions by the use of “overseas entities, shell companies, informal transfer mechanisms, cash couriers and barter arrangements.”

U.N. report alleges North Korea exported nuclear technologyFrom Joe Vaccarello, CNN, November 12, 2010 – United Nations — A U.N. expert panel alleges that North Korea exported banned nuclear and ballistic missile technology to several rogue nations. Continue reading →

November 12, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, secrets,lies and civil liberties | AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, plutonium | Leave a comment

North Korea says it will increase its nuclear weapons

The U.S. is trying to restart stalled negotiations on North Korea’s nuclear disarmament.

NKorea vows to strengthen nuclear arms, Google hosted news, By ALI AKBAR DAREINI (AP) 30 Sept 10, NEW YORK — North Korea vowed Wednesday to strengthen its nuclear weapons stockpile in order to deter a U.S. and South Korean military buildup in the region. Continue reading →

September 30, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

North Korea likely to continue “nuclear blackmail”

The best way to squeeze aid from the outside world is to use contradictions between the great powers and a bit of nuclear blackmai

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