North Korean nuclear program – Page 2

People watch a South Korean television broadcast of a news report on North Korea firing what appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that landed close to Japan. Photo: Reuters / Kim Hong-Ji

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

North Korea says missile carried ‘super-heavy’ warhead that can hit all of US

by Asia Times staff November 30, 2017February 18, 2020

The USS Arizona burns in Pearl Harbor. Photo: Public Domain

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

The North Korea dilemma and the lesson of Pearl Harbor

by Stephen Bryen November 29, 2017

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

N. Korea may announce completion of its nuke weapons program next year: Seoul

by Asia Times staff November 29, 2017February 18, 2020

Kim Jong-un inspects a hydrogen bomb model hours before a nuclear test that caused an earthquake on September 3. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Nuke threat from North Korea has grown: Ex-US joint chiefs chairman

by Asia Times staff November 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov. RIA Novosti via AFP

China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

N. Korea implementing ‘freeze-for-freeze’ deal: top Russian envoy

by Asia Times staff November 28, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korea's first ICBM Hwasong-14 and its detachable platform. Photo: KCNA

North Korea, Northeast Asia

Next N. Korea missile test could occur around December 17: CSIS

by Asia Times staff November 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

China urges calm as hopes for N. Korea talks dim

by Asia Times staff November 22, 2017February 18, 2020

China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Is North Korea’s missile-test halt a signal to Washington?

by Asia Times staff November 18, 2017February 18, 2020

South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam (C) answers reporter's question during a news conference in Seoul. Photo: Reuters/Lee Jin-man

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

US-North Korea direct talks: some yada yada but little progress: Seoul

by Asia Times staff November 11, 2017February 18, 2020

South Korean and Chinese national flags hang from a pole in front of the portrait of former Chinese chairman Mao Zedong at Beijing's Tiananmen Square January. Photo: Reuters/David Gray

Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Seoul-Beijing detente on THAAD is win-win for China: 38 North

by Asia Times staff November 11, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korea, Northeast Asia

Pyongyang ready to ‘declare victory’ and step back from nuclear brink with US?

by Asia Times staff November 9, 2017February 18, 2020

People walk past a street monitor in Tokyo showing a news report about North Korea's nuclear test last September. Photo: Reuters/Toru Hanai

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia

New test preparations at N. Korea nuke site?

by Asia Times staff November 8, 2017February 18, 2020

A South Korean soldier watches a TV news report on seismic activity produced by a suspected North Korean nuclear test. Photo: Yonhap via Reuters

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

Fallout from next N. Korea nuke test could drift to Hokkaido

by Asia Unhedged November 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia

Cave-in killed more than 200 at North Korea nuke test site: TV Asahi

by Asia Unhedged November 1, 2017February 18, 2020

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (left) and South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo visit the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea. Photo: Yonhap via Reuters

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

In Seoul, Mattis says US can’t accept nuclear North Korea

by Reuters October 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Mattis arrives in South Korea aboard US ‘doomsday plane’

by Asia Unhedged October 27, 2017February 18, 2020

The "Ive Mike" atmospheric nuke test, conducted over the Pacific Ocean by the US in 1952, was the first test of a full-scale thermonuclear device. Photo: Wikipedia

North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Pyongyang again threatens to explode H-bomb over Pacific

by Asia Unhedged October 27, 2017February 18, 2020

A US B-1B Lancer at Andersen Air Force Base on the island of Guam, a US Pacific Territory, on August 17, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Joseph Campbell / File Photo

China, European Union, Hong Kong, Macau, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

Misunderstanding plus a bloody stick: US/DPRK impasse

by Andrew Brennan October 23, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un monitors a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang on September 3, 2017. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

North Korea, Northeast Asia

N. Korea unlikely to abandon nuke test site despite earthquakes: 38 North

by Asia Unhedged October 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Flanked by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis, U.S. President Donald Trump meets with members of his cabinet at the White House. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

US tells South military options against North Korea ‘last resort’

by Asia Unhedged October 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Beijing, China, India, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

More Pyongyang misbehavior during China’s congress could be game changer

by Xuan Loc Doan October 17, 2017

People watch a television broadcasting news of North Korea firing a missile that flew over Japan's northern Hokkaido far out into the Pacific Ocean. Photo: Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia

N. Korea paper says Japan, local US bases targets in war

by Asia Unhedged October 10, 2017February 18, 2020

Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, with sailors manning the rails, leaves port on deployment to the western Pacific Ocean and Persian Gulf from San Diego, California. Photo: Reuters/Mike Blake

China, Hong Kong, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

US carrier strike group departs San Diego for western Pacific, Middle East

by Asia Unhedged October 10, 2017February 18, 2020

Senator John McCain looks on during a press conference in July. Photo: Reuters / Aaron P Bernstein

North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

McCain: Getting Kim to drop nukes means guaranteeing North Korea’s survival

by Asia Unhedged October 6, 2017February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

What the West misreads about Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions

by Edward Oh October 1, 2017October 2, 2017

Han Song Ryol (L), North Korean vice foreign minister reportedly met with US officials last October. Sources say a meeting with North Korean foreign ministry's North America bureau chief Choi Sun-hee is now in the works. Photo: AFP/Jake Schoellkopf

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

US, North Korea trying to set up ‘unofficial’ meet in Norway: Sources

by Asia Unhedged September 29, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

North Korea could test hydrogen bomb in the Pacific: former CIA analyst

by Asia Unhedged September 29, 2017February 18, 2020

Choe Son Hui, director of the North Korean foreign ministry's US affairs department. Source: CCTV

North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

North Korea reportedly sends envoy for talks in Moscow

by Asia Unhedged September 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Australia, Beijing, China, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Why is North Korea terrorizing the US with a hydrogen bomb?

by Sudhanshu Tripathi September 27, 2017

US and South Korean warplanes take part in a joint military drill over South Korea on August 31, 2017. Republic of Korea Air Force / Yonhap / via Reuters

Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

The forbidden questions about the Korea crisis

by Moss Roberts September 19, 2017September 20, 2017

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North Korea says missile carried ‘super-heavy’ warhead that can hit all of US

The North Korea dilemma and the lesson of Pearl Harbor

N. Korea may announce completion of its nuke weapons program next year: Seoul

Nuke threat from North Korea has grown: Ex-US joint chiefs chairman

N. Korea implementing ‘freeze-for-freeze’ deal: top Russian envoy

Next N. Korea missile test could occur around December 17: CSIS

China urges calm as hopes for N. Korea talks dim

Is North Korea’s missile-test halt a signal to Washington?

US-North Korea direct talks: some yada yada but little progress: Seoul

Seoul-Beijing detente on THAAD is win-win for China: 38 North

Pyongyang ready to ‘declare victory’ and step back from nuclear brink with US?

New test preparations at N. Korea nuke site?

Fallout from next N. Korea nuke test could drift to Hokkaido

Cave-in killed more than 200 at North Korea nuke test site: TV Asahi

In Seoul, Mattis says US can’t accept nuclear North Korea

Mattis arrives in South Korea aboard US ‘doomsday plane’

Pyongyang again threatens to explode H-bomb over Pacific

Misunderstanding plus a bloody stick: US/DPRK impasse

N. Korea unlikely to abandon nuke test site despite earthquakes: 38 North

US tells South military options against North Korea ‘last resort’

More Pyongyang misbehavior during China’s congress could be game changer

N. Korea paper says Japan, local US bases targets in war

US carrier strike group departs San Diego for western Pacific, Middle East

McCain: Getting Kim to drop nukes means guaranteeing North Korea’s survival

What the West misreads about Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions

US, North Korea trying to set up ‘unofficial’ meet in Norway: Sources

North Korea could test hydrogen bomb in the Pacific: former CIA analyst

North Korea reportedly sends envoy for talks in Moscow

Why is North Korea terrorizing the US with a hydrogen bomb?

The forbidden questions about the Korea crisis

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