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SKorea asks China about NKorean missile carrier

By AP News Fri, Apr 20, 2012 7:10PM UTC View Comments

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean official says Seoul is asking China whether it is the source of a missile carrier displayed by North Korea during a military parade last weekend. Military experts have pointed to China as the probable supplier of the 16-wheel truck, but China has denied it. U.N. Security Council...

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North Korea’s second Libya lesson: Keep the nukes

By Andy Jackson Thu, Apr 14, 2011 9:40PM UTC View Comments

North and South Korea soldiers in the Joint Security Area on the border of the two Koreas (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

In my previous post, I noted America’s tendency to undercut autocratic regimes despite agreements that it may have with them. Such a tendency clearly makes it more difficult for dictators like Kim Jong-il to put much stock in deals they reach with Washington. That makes reaching a deal between Pyongyang and Washington on North Korean nuclear disarmament...

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Gates: North Korea will soon be a ’direct threat’ to US

By Andy Jackson Thu, Jan 13, 2011 12:59AM UTC View Comments

US Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates. Pic: AP.

American Defense Secretary Robert Gates believes that North Korea will be able to strike the United States with intercontinental ballistic missiles within five years. Speaking to reporters in Beijing following a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Gates publicly thanked Chinese officials for helping to ease tensions following the North Korean artillery attack on South...

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