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N. Korea's Kim gives first speech at centenary parade
AFP, Published on 15/04/2012
» North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-Un delivered his first public speech Sunday and vowed to push for a stronger military as his country unveiled an apparently new missile.
Embarrassed - and a threat
AFP, Published on 13/04/2012
» The humiliating failure of North Korea's much-publicised rocket launch may push the hermit state into testing a nuclear bomb in an attempt to save face, analysts said Friday.
North Korea fuels rocket for anniversary launch
AFP, Published on 11/04/2012
» Defying worldwide calls to back down, North Korea said Wednesday it is fuelling a rocket for launch during a landmark anniversary as it gave its young leader a new title to bolster his authority.
North Korea 'ready to launch' missile
Published on 09/04/2012
» North Korea's long-range rocket was on its launch platform Sunday, as the regime again insisted it was to send a peaceful satellite and not a missile.
North Korea rocket installed on launch pad
AFP, Published on 08/04/2012
» North Korea's long-range rocket is on its launch platform, AFP reporters said Sunday, as the regime again insisted it was to send a peaceful satellite and not a missile.
US miscalculates China military growth: study
AFP, Published on 06/04/2012
» The United States has underestimated the growth of China's military as policymakers have taken public statements at face value or failed to understand Beijing's thinking, a study said Thursday.
'Young General' a new leader displaying old tricks
News, Published on 06/04/2012
» Brinkmanship seems to be congenital in North Korea. Under the late Kim Jong-il's pudgy young successor _ his third son, Kim Jong-un, dubbed "the Young General" _ threats and mendacity still mark the Hermit Kingdom's diplomacy.
N.Korea 'confident of China rocket backing': analyst
AFP, Published on 30/03/2012
» North Korea is confident of China's ultimate backing over the launch of a rocket that the West suspects is a disguised missile test, a Japanese defence adviser has warned.
North Korea begins fuelling rocket: report
AFP, Published on 29/03/2012
» North Korea has reportedly begun fuelling a rocket for a launch next month, defying calls to abort an event the West says is a disguised missile test, as the United States suspended planned food aid.
North Korea sticks to convoluted policy path
News, Published on 25/03/2012
» Doubts as to whether new North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will follow along the curious foreign policy trail blazed by his father, the late Kim Jong-il, seem to have been erased when Mr Kim's government announced earlier this month it would launch a satellite in mid-April to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-sung, the country's founder. The announcement flies in the face of an agreement made at the end of February with the United States that North Korea would desist from carrying out nuclear or missile tests and suspend uranium enrichment activities in exchange for food aid. The planned satellite launch goes against the spirit of the agreement and UN Security Council Resolution 1874 because it would use ballistic missile technology, and no one doubts that the real purpose of the launch is to test the North's most advanced version of such technology. As noted by Mark Fitzpatrick, an analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, because ballistic missiles and rockets in satellite launches share the same bodies, engines, launch sites and other development processes, they are intricately linked.