En route to an official visit to South Korea, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters that the Obama Administration was preparing for various scenarios surrounding possible succession in North Korea. Clinton said that even a peaceful succession “may encourage behaviors that are even more provocative.”
In the meantime, tensions between North and South Korea continued [...]
South Korean officials say that the North Korean government is assembling a long-range missile for a test fire which could come as soon as the end of the month. A successful test is predicted to fly over Japan, and the missile might have the range to hit Alaska.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did not reference [...]
North Korea’s state-run new agency quoted top officials today as saying the nation was “on the brink of war” with neighboring South Korea, and the government has also announced that it will be abandoning the nonagression pact between the two nations.
Experts say the move could be a preclude to a minor clash along the disputed [...]
Just one month after North Korea finally came to an agreement with the west about resuming the dismantlement of its nuclear facilities at Yongbyon, tensions with the reclusive state are once again worsening.
While last month’s tensions focused around naval operations in the Yellow Sea and accusations of nuclear weapons production this month’s disputes are more [...]
With South Korean General Kim Tae-Young accusing the North Koreans of working on a new nuclear warhead, the reported North Korean missile test firings earlier in the week, and the announcement that the North is barring IAEA inspectors from all portions of its Yongbyon nuclear facility it is unsurprising that tensions on the Korean Peninsula [...]
South Korean Joint Chiefs chairman General Kim Tae-Young says he believes North Korea is attempting to develop, or may have already developed a nuclear warhead small enough to be carried by its missiles. He said it was not clear if they already had the warheads or not, but suggested that the South might “launch a [...]
The US State Department cautioned against getting “overly excited” about the recent increase in tensions with North Korea. Yesterday, North Korea announced that it had suspended disabling its nuclear program two weeks ago, and threatened to renew its nuclear weapons program.
The announcement came as something of a shock since just two days before, the same [...]
