Underground nuclear weapons testing
What war with North Korea looks like
The batteries of North Korean artillery lie just on the other side of the divided peninsula’s demilitarized zone. There are thousands of them—some hidden, others out in the open. Artillery shells are stored in an elaborate network of tunnels; and though much of the weaponry and ammunition is old, U.S. forces stationed in South Korea have no doubt they would be effective.
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North Korea Could Use Nuclear Arms Against Australia
North Korea could attack Australia with nuclear weapons if Canberra continues "blindly toeing the US line," a spokesman of North Korean Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
North Korean UN envoy: Nuclear war can "break out at any point"
US military drills and provocations risk destabilizing the Korean peninsula, North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations has warned, possibly plunging the region into a nuclear war. Pyongyang also vowed to continue its missile tests whenever it suits the country.
A sharper choice on North Korea
A new Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Independent Task Force report, A Sharper Choice on North Korea: Engaging China for a Stable Northeast Asia, finds that the United States’ policy of “strategic patience” with North Korea will neither halt that country’s recurring and dangerous cycle of provocation nor ensure the stability of Northeast Asia in the future.
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Turkey condemns North Korea's ballistic missile launch
Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Feb. 12 "strongly" condemned North Korea's test-firing a ballistic missile, which triggered a U.S.-led call for an urgent U.N. Security Council meeting after the launch was seen as a challenge to President Donald Trump.
Serbia registered N. Korea test 11.5 minutes after event
The Seismological Survey of Serbia (RSZ) has announced that they registered seismic activity at 02:30 local (Central European) time on Friday.
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UN slams N. Korea missile launch, Obama rejects test offer
The UN Security Council echoed international condemnation April 24 of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test by North Korea, while US President Barack Obama dismissed Pyongyang's offer of a nuclear moratorium.
G7 Hiroshima Declaration calls for 'world without nuclear weapons'
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and G7 foreign ministers on April 11 called for a "world without nuclear weapons," citing North Korea's saber-rattling as a key challenge to achieving that goal.
UN approves toughest sanctions on North Korea in 20 years
The U.N. Security Council on March 2 unanimously approved the toughest sanctions on North Korea in two decades, reflecting growing anger at Pyongyang's latest nuclear test and rocket launch in defiance of a ban on all nuclear-related activity.