NUKE WARS

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N. Korea nuclear test 10 times more powerful than Hiroshima: Japan
Sep 06, 2017 (AFP)
This marked Tokyo's second revision higher after previously giving estimates of 70 and 120 kilotons. Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera told reporters that his m...
Xi tells Trump Beijing firm on N. Korea denuclearisation, talks
Sep 06, 2017 (AFP)
In a phone call with Trump, Xi also said China remains firm in its wish to resolve the issue through talks leading to a peaceful settlement, state news agency X...
US pushes oil embargo on N. Korea, takes aim at Kim Jong-Un
Sep 06, 2017 (AFP)
A draft Security Council resolution obtained by AFP demands not only a ban on oil and gas supplies to North Korea, but also an end to textile exports and to pay...
North Korea oil embargo could add fuel to the fire
Sep 06, 2017 (AFP)
And whether Pyongyang's key ally China would ever be willing to back such a move at the United Nations Security Council -- where it is a veto-wielding permanent...
Moon presses Putin over North Korea oil supplies
Sep 06, 2017 (AFP)
Putin and Moon met on the sidelines of an economic forum in Vladivostok on Russia's Pacific coast. Speaking after the talks, the two men said that resolving the...
US reasserts 'ironclad' commitment to defend S.Korea
Sep 06, 2017 (AFP)
In a conversation with South Korea's Defense Minister Song Young-Moo Tuesday to address North Korea's latest and most powerful nuclear test to date, Mattis said...
Putin warns of 'global catastrophe' over North Korea impasse
Sep 05, 2017 (AFP)
Putin's comments appeared to draw the lines for a clash at the United Nations pitting Moscow and Beijing against Washington and its allies. The US on Monday dem...
Haley: Nuke deal allows Iran to become new North Korea
Sep 05, 2017 (AFP)
President Donald Trump is due to decide in the middle of next month whether he believes Iran is living up to its commitments or whether to seek new US sanctions...
US says N. Korea 'begging for war,' pushes for tougher UN sanctions
Sep 05, 2017 (AFP)
As world powers scramble to react to the latest grave step in the North's rogue weapons programme, South Korea launched major live-fire naval drills to warn its...
World unity crumbles in face of North Korea threat
Sep 05, 2017 (AFP)
Last month, Pyongyang's latest missile test drew unanimous condemnation from the UN Security Council -- but Sunday's apparent hydrogen bomb detonation revealed ...
Putin warns of 'global catastrophe' in N.Korea impasse
Sep 05, 2017 (AFP)
Putin's comments, following an international summit in China, came after the United States called for the "strongest possible measures" against North Korea for ...
N. Korea vows more 'gift packages' for the US in nuclear row
Sep 05, 2017 (AFP)
The pledge from North Korea's envoy to the United Nations in Geneva, Han Tae Song, was delivered at the Conference on Disarmament as world powers weighed option...
Trump's turn on S. Korea risks alliance: analysts
Sep 04, 2017 (AFP)
It took nearly a day and a half after Pyongyang shook the ground and the world with what it said was a hydrogen bomb test for the US president to speak to his S...
S. Korean media urges Seoul to develop own nuclear missiles
Sep 04, 2017 (AFP)
Pyongyang on Sunday triggered global alarm with by far its most powerful test to date, after it claimed it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb that could be...
US warns N. Korea of 'massive military response' after nuke test
Sep 04, 2017 (AFP)
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis spoke out on Sunday after North Korea carried out an unexpectedly strong nuclear test, more powerful than the bomb that levelled Hi...
China may be the real target of North Korea's pressure
Sep 04, 2017 (AFP)
The North's Kim dynasty has repeatedly used nuclear brinkmanship over the years in a push to be taken seriously by the United States but traditionally avoided c...
China makes diplomatic protest to N. Korea over nuke test
Sep 04, 2017 (AFP)
The massive explosion, which Pyongyang claimed was a miniaturised hydrogen bomb, has put the region on edge and raised questions about how Beijing will respond ...
N. Korea could be preparing new missile launch: Seoul
Sep 04, 2017 (AFP)
The South and the United States will deploy more of the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile launchers that have infuriated Beijing, the defence ...
Big Bang Theory for North Korea's Nukes
Sep 04, 2017 (SPX)
By contrast, a thermonuclear weapon is a "fusion" device. Light atoms (such as hydrogen or helium) are "fused" to make heavier elements, thus releasing energy. ...
North Korea declares H-bomb test 'a perfect success'
Sep 03, 2017 (AFP)
Pyongyang has long sought the means to deliver an atomic warhead to the United States, its sworn enemy, and the test will infuriate Washington and regional powe...
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