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North Korea Nuclear Program

Obama's Crisis Management: North Korea, Again

William Bradley | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

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William Bradley

President Obama changed the old kabuki in dealing with his second North Korean crisis. He has gone in another, tougher, direction that may lead to a naval confrontation.

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North Korean Ships Subject To US Interdiction: White House

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Friday it is prepared to confront ships believed to be carrying contraband materials to North Korea b...

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Kim Jong-Un, 'Brilliant Comrade' Touted In North Korean Media

AP | VIJAY JOSHI | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — The youngest son of North Korea's authoritarian leader has been given the title of "Brilliant Comrade," a sign the communis...

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North Korea U.N. Resolution: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Economic Sanctions, Uk, France, Ballistic-Missiles, Susan Rice, Nuclear Weapons, South Korea, North Korea Nuclear Program, Vitaly-Churkin, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, Russia, Nuclear Proliferation, Obama, Japan, North Korea, Un Resolution 1874 Text, Un Resolution North Korea, North Korea United Nations, Un Resolution 1874, North Korean Air Force, World News
Evelyn Leopold

The U.S.-drafted measure adopted in the U.N. is tougher than most against any one country and has the approval of China and Russia.

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Gates: North Korea Shows No Sign Of Retaliation For Sanctions

AP | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

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BRUSSELS, Belgium — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it does not appear that North Korea has made military preparations to follow throug...

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North Korea Threatens "Merciless Offensive" With Nuclear Weapons If Provoked

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has informed the U.S. of up to 20 North Korean bank accounts suspected of being involved in counterfeiting, mon...

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North Korea Bans Ships From Coastal Waters

AP | JAE-SOON CHANG | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has warned fishermen and boat captains to stay away from the country's east coast, Japan's coast guard said Mon...

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Pinocchio in Drag: Sarah Palin's Latest Lies

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

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Geoffrey Dunn

Palin continues to maneuver herself, haphazardly as it may be, into a run for the presidency in 2012. Through it all she continues to delve in a disturbing duplicity, spewing lies and half-truths.

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Iran, North Korea and the Technology Fantasy

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

Read More: Star Wars, Baldness, Male Patter Baldness, North Korea Missile, Afghanistan, North Korea Nuclear Program, Iran, Rogain, Drones, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Afghanistan War, North Korea, World News
Michael B. Laskoff

I believe in the power of technology. I'm typing this blog on my laptop while sitting in a café, something that would have been considered extraordin...

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Gates: North Korea "A Harbinger Of A Dark Future"

AP | LARA JAKES and VIJAY JOSHI | Posted 06.30.2009 | World

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SINGAPORE — North Korea's progress on nuclear weapons and long-range missiles is "a harbinger of a dark future" and has created an urgent need f...

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North Korea Nuclear Test Raises the Stakes on Nuclear Abolition

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

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Sarah van Gelder

As the world comes to terms with the dangerous possibilities of a nuclear-armed North Korea and Iran, perhaps the obligations of the current nuclear power to work towards abolition will get the attention required for action.

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Understanding China's Approach to North Korea

Eric C. Anderson | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

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Eric C. Anderson

So long as American forces remain in South Korea, and no one threatens to unleash a refugee flood by invading or imploding North Korea, China can return to its ancient practice of "benign neglect."

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U.S. Intelligence -- or the Lack Thereof -- on North Korea

Keith Thomson | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

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Keith Thomson

How is it -- given a skyful of satellites and legions of human spies -- that we were surprised by North Korea's missile launch? Why is it that we know so little about this country?

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Is John Bolton Right About North Korea?

Nathan Gardels | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

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Nathan Gardels

Five days before the North Korean nuclear test, Bolton wrote a prescient article in the Wall Street Journal saying that such a test was imminent. I asked Bolton about North Korea's motives.

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North Korea: Security Council Draft Resolution Leaked

Inner City Press | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

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Five days after North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test, a draft resolution emerged behind closed doors at the UN Security Council. The thre...

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Why North Korea's Antics Are Good For Obama

Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

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Stuart Whatley

Following its initial hullabaloo, the current standoff may be a foreign policy windfall for the Obama administration by uniting typically disparate regional players

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North Korea Weighs Nuclear Option as Solution to its Economic Crisis

Sheldon Filger | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

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Sheldon Filger

We now may be witnessing the emergence of nuclear proliferation as an export-based strategy for capital formation.

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Kindergarten Cops and North Korea

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 06.27.2009 | Comedy

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Jayne Lyn Stahl

King Jong-Il is the world's most underpaid sociopath.

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Maybe We Should Take the North Koreans at Their Word

Tad Daley | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

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Tad Daley

Does the Obama administration really think we can retain nuclear weapons for 50 more years and dodge the bullet of nuclear accident, terror or crisis?

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North Korea Restarts Nuclear Plant, Threatens South Korea: Reports

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean and U.S. troops facing North Korea boosted their alert level Thursday to the highest category since 2006, afte...

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North Korea Threatens Attack If Ships Searched

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean and U.S. troops facing North Korea boosted their alert level Thursday to the highest category since 2006, afte...

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North Korea, Do You Need a Hug?

Disgrasian | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pyongyang, North Korea Missile, North Korea Nuclear Program, United Nations, President Obama, Pyongyang-North Korea, Kim Jong Il, China, Nukes, North Korea, North Korea Missile Test, Politics News
Disgrasian

Dear North Korea, What's up, guy? Listen, we heard through the grapevine that you did more nuke testing today. DUDE, what have we said about missile ...

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It's Not About North Korea

Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

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Stuart Whatley

As North Korea closes itself off to the outside world even more, China's unique role as an interlocutor will become even more necessary.

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North Korea Test-Fires 2 More Missiles: South Korean Press

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has restarted a weapons-grade nuclear plant and fired five short-range missiles in two days, news reports and S...

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John Bolton: North Korea Will Test Nukes Again

Wall Street Journal | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

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The curtain is about to rise again on the long-running nuclear tragicomedy, "North Korea Outwits the United States." Despite Kim Jong Il's explicit th...

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