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As the United States prepares to send a missile defence system to Guam to defend it from North Korea, David Cameron warns it would be “foolish” to abandon Britain’s nuclear deterrent Trident.
North Korea’s vow to restart all its mothballed nuclear facilities is met with dismay by the United Nations, which urges leaders to end “aggressive” threats and begin talks.
North Korea’s latest propaganda video shows a rocket attack on New York but, as John Sparks asks, is anyone listening?
Video: Turner Prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor goes Gangnam Style in a video in support of the artist Ai Weiwei. Keep your eyes peeled for Sarah Smith and Krishnan Guru-Murthy…
South Korea’s military confirms the drill began at 5.30 GMT from an island near the maritime border, after an emergency UN Security Council meeting failed to agree on a way to defuse the crisis.
South Korea’s President brands North Korea’s artillery attack on a west coast island a “crime against humanity,” and vows to retaliate against any further aggression from the North.
As the US and South Korea begin military drills in the Yellow Sea, a senior Chinese diplomat calls for emergency talks after four people were killed by North Korean artillary fire on Tuesday.
As South Korea bolsters its military forces amid tensions with the North, Chatham House Asia expert Dr John Swenson-Wright looks at the risky strategies ahead if a US-backed deterrence fails.
The US has sent one of its aircraft carriers to South Korean waters today, in a show of solidarity after the artillery attack by North Korea on its southern neighbour.
An interesting article in today’s Asia Times may throw some light on today’s incident in the Yellow Sea off the two Koreas.
Jon Snow
A week that began with the North Koreans revealing their ‘highly sophisticated’ nuclear centrifuges to a shocked American scientist, moves on to a full scale North Korean artillery barrage aimed at a South Korean island.
Today’s exchange of fire highlights increasingly sour relations between North and South Korea but of more concern is the possible size and viability of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal.
Okay, so how scared should we be by North Korea’s nuclear brinksmanship? On the face of it, it’s not looking good. First, there’s the (still unconfirmed) nuclear test detonation on Sunday, followed by five short-range missile launches on Monday and Tuesday. And today, reports that North Korea may have restarted its Yongbyon plant which makes weapons-grade…