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'As darkness fell, blazing hangars lit up the sky': How the fall of Pyongyang brought the world to the brink of crisis
3 weeks, 6 days ago

'As darkness fell, blazing hangars lit up the sky': How the fall of Pyongyang brought the world to the brink of crisis

BBC  

'As darkness fell, blazing hangars lit up the sky': How the fall of Pyongyang brought the world to the brink of crisis Getty Images In December 1950, a BBC cameraman captured the fall of Pyongyang, a defining moment in the Korean War. Aware that the North Korean and Chinese armies were threatening to purge anyone suspected of having helped the …

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Dictators & Demagogues 01: Kim Jong Un
3 months ago

Dictators & Demagogues 01: Kim Jong Un

ABC  

HAMISH MACDONALD – HOST: It's the morning of the 13th of February 2017 and Kuala Lumpur International Airport is bustling. HAMISH MACDONALD - HOST General Chun, it's estimated 31,000 North Koreans have defected to South Korea since the 1950s. HAMISH MACDONALD – HOST: That’s Anna Fifield again, Asia Pacific Editor at the Washington Post Anna Fifield: So North Korea shut …

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South Koreans are starkly divided over North Korea's nuclear threat
3 months, 1 week ago

South Koreans are starkly divided over North Korea's nuclear threat

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Two experts who regularly visited North Korea — former …

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Japan, South Korea announce sanctions over Russia-North Korea arms trade
7 months ago

Japan, South Korea announce sanctions over Russia-North Korea arms trade

Al Jazeera  

Pyongyang is accused of sending thousands of containers of munitions to Moscow for its use in the war against Ukraine. Japan and South Korea have announced separate sanctions packages targeting companies, vessels or individuals allegedly involved in supplying North Korean weapons to Russia for use in Ukraine, in violation of United Nations resolutions. Moscow-Pyongyang ties Also on Friday, South Korea …

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South Koreans stay calm as they see showmanship in the North’s escalating threats
10 months, 2 weeks ago

South Koreans stay calm as they see showmanship in the North’s escalating threats

Associated Press  

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s recent escalation of threats and more tests of weapons aimed at South Korea haven’t done much to upset the calm in the nation’s capital. There’s widespread doubt that North Korea, an autocracy that values the survival of the Kim dynasty over anything else, would risk war with U.S.-backed South Korea. Since taking office in …

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South Koreans want their own nukes. That could roil one of the world’s most dangerous regions
1 year ago

South Koreans want their own nukes. That could roil one of the world’s most dangerous regions

Associated Press  

CHEORWON, South Korea — To the steady rat-tat-tat of machine guns and exploding bursts of smoke, amphibious tanks slice across a lake not far from the big green mountains that stand along the world’s most heavily armed border. An attack, said the now-retired Milley, “would spell the end of North Korea.” Asked about the South Korean public’s support for creating …

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South Korea’s interest in nuclear weapons hasn’t gone away - it’s just on hold
1 year, 3 months ago

South Korea’s interest in nuclear weapons hasn’t gone away - it’s just on hold

Live Mint  

SEOUL: South Korea swore off nuclear weapons in a recent pact with the U.S., but the deal may have just put a temporary pause on the debate in Seoul. President Yoon Suk Yeol signed the pact, but one of the most prominent voices supporting nuclear weapons for South Korea comes from his own ruling partly: Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon. “The …

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China key to preventing possible Russia, North Korea arms deal, expert says
1 year, 3 months ago

China key to preventing possible Russia, North Korea arms deal, expert says

Al Jazeera  

China is North Korea’s and Russia’s biggest trade partner and has influence that could prevent North Korean munitions being used in Ukraine. China is the key to restraining a potential arms deal between Moscow and Pyongyang, an expert on North Korean military and politics has said as Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un appear poised …

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Explained: Why is the US sending a nuclear submarine to South Korea?
1 year, 7 months ago

Explained: Why is the US sending a nuclear submarine to South Korea?

Firstpost  

Joe Biden and Yoon Suk-yeol announced the Washington Declaration from Rose Garden in the White House. Before South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol sang the famous American song at a state dinner, he secured a landmark deal with US’ Joe Biden that would see the regular deployment of a nuclear submarine to Seoul. It’s important to note that President Joe Biden …

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Inside the international sting operation to catch North Korean crypto hackers
1 year, 8 months ago

Inside the international sting operation to catch North Korean crypto hackers

CNN  

Watch Alex Marquardt’s report on the sting operation on Erin Burnett OutFront on Monday, April 10, at 7 p.m. CNN — A team of South Korean spies and American private investigators quietly gathered at the South Korean intelligence service in January, just days after North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the sea. Rodong Sinmun The sting operation, described to …

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South Korea, US and Japan urge countries to return North Koreans illegally working abroad
1 year, 8 months ago

South Korea, US and Japan urge countries to return North Koreans illegally working abroad

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The US, Japan and South Korea urged countries to repatriate North Korean workers illegally sent abroad to earn cash for Kim Jong Un’s regime that continues to evade sanctions and pushes its unlawful weapons programme. But on Friday, Seoul, Tokyo, and Washington’s special envoys for North Korea said the country’s overseas workers were continuing to help fund Pyongyang’s …

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The Case for South Korea to Go Nuclear
2 years, 1 month ago

The Case for South Korea to Go Nuclear

The Diplomat  

North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats against South Korea and the United States have continued to escalate significantly. From the end of September to early October, North Korea’s “tactical nuclear operation units” conducted launching drills of missiles designed to strike potential South Korean targets such as airfields, ports, and command facilities. However, in a situation where North Korean nuclear weapons …

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What the recent missile launches from North Korea could mean
2 years, 1 month ago

What the recent missile launches from North Korea could mean

NPR  

What the recent missile launches from North Korea could mean MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: North Korea's nuclear weapons program is, like most things in North Korea, shrouded in secrecy. And the only other objective I would add is that I think, by threatening the United States' homeland with nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles, North Korea also wants to try to raise doubt …

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World will be forced into coexistence with nuclear-armed N Korea
2 years, 2 months ago

World will be forced into coexistence with nuclear-armed N Korea

Al Jazeera  

Whether North Korea tests a nuclear bomb is more a matter of when rather than if. Panda spoke to Al Jazeera about Pyongyang’s missile launches, what Kim Jong Un hopes to achieve, and what the world might expect in terms of living with a nuclear-armed North Korea. They’re qualitatively refining these capabilities and quantitatively expanding their nuclear forces to ensure …

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Why some South Koreans want their own nuclear bomb
2 years, 6 months ago

Why some South Koreans want their own nuclear bomb

Al Jazeera  

N Korea’s growing nuclear capabilities and doubts over US defence commitments raising support for the South to have its own atomic weapon. From larger weapons meant for strategic use, North Korea has now developed tactical weapons that can be used on the battlefield, “with low yields and less nuclear fallout and with which they can attack South Korea, and also …

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South Koreans vote for president in tight, bitter election
2 years, 9 months ago

South Koreans vote for president in tight, bitter election

India TV News  

Highlights The winner will take office in May and serve a single five-year term Lee and Yoon conducted one of the most bitter political campaigns in recent memory Both agreed that if they won they would not conduct politically motivated investigations South Koreans were voting for a new president Wednesday, with an outspoken liberal ruling party candidate and a conservative …

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China, Russia block US bid to sanction North Koreans at UN
2 years, 11 months ago

China, Russia block US bid to sanction North Koreans at UN

Al Jazeera  

The US is seeking a UN travel ban and asset freeze on individuals it says are involved in North Korea’s missile programme. China and Russia have delayed a US effort at the United Nations to impose sanctions on five North Koreans in response to recent missile launches by Pyongyang, diplomats said. In a joint statement, seven UN Security Council members …

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