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North Korea’s Step Too Far?

April 11, 2013 04:32
After nearly a month of belligerent bluster from North Korea, China appears to have had enough, ending its silence about North Korea’s brinkmanship and suddenly roaring its disapproval of its ally’s reckless threats.

Probe says North Korea behind cyber attack

April 10, 2013 02:30
An official investigation into a major cyber attack on South Korean banks and broadcasters last month has determined North Korea's military intelligence agency was responsible, officials said Wednesday. The probe into access records and the malicious codes used in the attack pointed to the North's military Reconnaissance General Bureau as the source, the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA) said. "It was a premeditated, well-planned cyber attack by North Korea", a KISA spokesman said.

Whole world has turned against North Korea - Latvian ambassador to NATO

April 9, 2013 10:49
The entire international community has turned against North Korea; if North Korean leader Kim Jong-un does not stop, North Korea may end up in complete isolation, Latvian Ambassador to NATO Maris Riekstins told the LNT morning show "900 sekundes" today.NATO has not held any discussions on the North Korea issue and the United States, which carry out all required precaution measures in regard to North Korea's intensifying threats, have not requested the alliance's advice or help, said Riekstins.Asked whether these North Korean threats can be compared to the previous ones, Rieks

Despite threats, risks temper Korea war tensions

April 9, 2013 10:32
As tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula, one thing remains certain: All sides have good reason to avoid an all-out war. The last one, six decades ago, killed an estimated 4 million people.North Korea's leaders know that war would be suicidal. In the long run, they cannot expect to defeat the United States and successfully overrun South Korea. War would be horrific for the other side as well. South Korea could suffer staggering casualties. The U.S.

Could NKorea hit its neighbors with nukes?

April 9, 2013 09:24
North Korea is widely recognized as being years away from perfecting the technology to back up its bold threats of a pre-emptive strike on the United States. But some nuclear experts say it might have the know-how to fire a nuclear-tipped missile at South Korea and Japan, which host U.S. military bases.No one can tell with any certainty how much technological progress North Korea has made, aside from perhaps a few people close to its secretive leadership.

NKorea aggression could strengthen US-China bond

April 9, 2013 09:21
North Korea’s latest outburst of nuclear and military threats has given the U.S.

North Korea crisis: How did it come to this?

April 9, 2013 09:18
Tensions have soared in recent weeks over North Korea, which has threatened a nuclear strike against the United States and has allegedly moved missiles to its east coast.HOW DID IT COME TO THIS?The latest crisis erupted when North Korea fired a long-range rocket on December 12 that splashed down near the Philippines.

For US and North Korea, will crises ever end?

April 9, 2013 02:45
With tensions on the Korean peninsula soaring to include threats of nuclear war, frustration is mounting at what US policy experts see as the failure of all efforts to rein in North Korea. Decades of threats have waxed and waned despite myriad attempts to reach out for talks or punish the regime, as seen recently in the tightening of UN sanctions. North Korea watchers see a familiar pattern in which the communist state ramps up threats or takes actions such as missile launches or nuclear tests in a bid to show anger and force concessions from the United States.

Kerry says U.S. ready to 'reach out' to North Korea

April 9, 2013 02:31
By Arshad Mohammed and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday stressed the United States is willing to engage with North Korea as long as it takes steps to give up nuclear weapons. He also vowed Washington would protect its Asian allies against any provocative acts by the North, but said it wants a peaceful solution to rising tensions in the region.

For US and North Korea, will crises ever end?

April 8, 2013 22:30
With tensions on the Korean peninsula soaring to include threats of nuclear war, frustration is mounting at what US policy experts see as the failure of all efforts to rein in North Korea. Decades of threats have waxed and waned despite myriad attempts to reach out for talks or punish the regime, as seen recently in the tightening of UN sanctions. North Korea watchers see a familiar pattern in which the communist state ramps up threats or takes actions such as missile launches or nuclear tests in a bid to show anger and force concessions from the United States.
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