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

Japan should rely on conventional arms to counter North Korea: retired general

by Asia Times staff February 24, 2018February 18, 2020

A US Air Force missile maintenance team works on the upper section of a nuclear warhead-attached intercontinental ballistic missile. Photo: USAF / Airman John Parie via Reuters

Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Is China really threatening the US with nuclear weapons?

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large February 19, 2018February 18, 2020

South Korean President Moon Jae-in talks with Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, while watching North Korea's Samjiyon Orchestra's perform on February 11, 2018. Photo: Yonhap via Reuters

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

Stars align for Moon

by Andrew Salmon February 12, 2018February 18, 2020

USA missile launches from its underground silo launch facility. Photo: iStock

Germany, Iran, Middle East, Russia, World

US defense strategists up the nuclear ante

by William Holland February 7, 2018February 8, 2018

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono listens to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during their meeting at the Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound in Beijing, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Andy Wong

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Japan welcomes US ‘Nuclear Posture Review’

by Asia Times staff February 6, 2018February 18, 2020

The "Baker" explosion, part of Operation Crossroads, a nuclear weapon test by the United States military in the Pacific in 1946. Photo: US Department of Defense

China, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

China hits Washington’s ‘Cold War mentality’ in US nuke forces upgrade

by Asia Times staff February 6, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects the long-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 in this undated image. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

US analyst: ‘Kim is millennial with nuclear ICBMs’

by Asia Times staff January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: NTB Scanpix/Terje Bendiksby

China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Kissinger says no chance for ‘freeze-for-freeze’ with North Korea

by Asia Times staff January 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Japan's solid-fuel rocket, Epsilon-3, launches at the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Photo: Kyodo via Reuters

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

Can Japan’s Epsilon rocket be used as an ICBM?

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large January 23, 2018February 18, 2020

India's Agni-5 Missile is displayed during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi in 2013. Photo: AFP

China, India, Pakistan, South Asia

India successfully tests nuke missile

by Asia Times staff January 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Canada and the United States announced during Tillerson's December visit they will host a summit of foreign ministers to seek progress on the North Korean nuclear crisis. Photo: Reuters / Lars Hagberg

Australia, China, France, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

US, allies to mull intercepts of N. Korea-bound ships

by Asia Times staff January 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Worst case scenario: Are North Korea's nuclear weapons designed for actual use? Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

The critical question: Why is North Korea going nuclear?

by Andrew Salmon January 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Advisor of the Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS) Alexander Vorontsov at the Moscow Nonproliferation Conference 2017. Sputnik via AFP / Eugene Odinokov

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

‘It would be suicidal to attack the USA first’: North Korean diplomats

by Asia Times staff January 12, 2018February 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

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Tunneling continues at N. Korean site, hints future nuke test

by Asia Times staff January 12, 2018February 18, 2020

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (2nd R) and Defense Secretary James Mattis (R) poses with Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono (2nd L) and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (L) ahead of the start of the US-Japan Security Consultative Committee in August. Photo: Reuters / Mandel Ngan

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

Poll: Most Americans would back placing US nuke warheads in Japan to counter N. Korea

by Asia Times staff January 11, 2018February 18, 2020

A photo of Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) seen opposite a photo of South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

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

China hails easing of tensions between Pyongyang and Seoul

by Asia Times staff January 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Visitors pose in front of an ice sculpture of an intercontinental ballistic missile at the Pyongyang Ice Sculpture Festival in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea in a photo released by Kyodo on January 1, 2018. Photo: Kyodo via Reuters

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

Strategic, market views for Korean peninsula in 2018

by Andrew Salmon January 1, 2018February 18, 2020

A view of the intercontinental ballistic rocket, Hwasong-15, which was launched by North Korea. Photo: Reuters / KCNA

China, European Union, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, United Kingdom, World

North Korea warns UN sanctions are ‘an act of war’

by Asia Times staff December 24, 2017February 18, 2020

Members of South Korea's Unification Ministry (L) shaking hands with their North Korean counterparts during talks at the joint Kaesong industrial park in 2014. Photo: AFP / South Korean Unification Ministry

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Closed N. Korean factories at Kaesong project likely didn’t pay for nukes: analyst

by Asia Times staff December 23, 2017February 18, 2020

People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing what appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that landed close to Japan, in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Reuters / Kim Hong-Ji

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

N. Korea will seek talks after ICBM tech ‘solidifies’: South Korea think tank

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

Source: Columbia Pictures / Youtube screen grab

China, North Korea, Northeast Asia

N. Korea’s other nuke crisis: nuclear reactor safety

by Asia Times staff December 16, 2017February 18, 2020

A medium-range ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, during a test of a missile interception system Japan is seeking to bolster its defense against North Korea. Photo: US Navy via AFP/Latonja Martin

Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia

US looking to ‘take out’ North Korean missiles during boost phase: Navy admiral

by Asia Times staff December 15, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un looks at a rocket warhead tip after a simulated test of atmospheric re-entry of a ballistic missile, at an unidentified location in this undated image. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Diplomacy still has chance with N. Korea: Russian analyst

by Asia Times staff December 15, 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, South Korea

Kim declares N. Korea’s nuke weapons program ‘complete’

by Asia Times staff December 14, 2017February 18, 2020

A satellite mage of the Punggyeri Nuclear Test Site. Photo: Reuters

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Tunneling at N. Korea test site indicates future nuke tests: 38 North

by Asia Times staff December 13, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits Mount Paektu. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Kim Jong-un’s mountain visit could signal ‘big decision’

by Asia Times staff December 12, 2017February 18, 2020

This KCNA image purports to show Kim Jong-un attending a sub launch in 2016. Photo: KCNA

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South Korea’s Navy eyes hunter-killer nuclear submarines

by Doug Tsuruoka December 9, 2017February 18, 2020

US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon and F-35 Lightning II aircraft participate in a training mission over South Korea. US Air Force via Reuters / Josh Rosales

North Korea, Northeast Asia

US F-35 fighters could help intercept N. Korean nukes

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

Shibuya crossing, Shibuya area, Tokyo, Japan, Asia. Photo: AFP

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Millions in Tokyo to participate in nuke evacuation drills from next year

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

With friends like these... US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe feed fish during Trump's November 2017 visit to Tokyo. Photo: Reuters / Jonathan Ernst

China, European Union, France, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Taiwan, World

‘Japan’s greatest fear is abandonment by the US’

by Doug Tsuruoka December 6, 2017February 18, 2020