(Corbett) – North Korea is warning of war, saying it will attack South Korea if its neighbour takes part in fresh UN sanctions. The ultimatum marks a third day of fiery rhetoric, with Pyonyang previously vowing more nuclear and ballistic tests. James Corbett, editor of a Japan-based news website, says the region is on the brink. Read the rest of this entry »

(BBC) – North Korea’s recent rocket launch shows it has the ability to fire a rocket more than 10,000km (6,200 miles), South Korean officials say.

The estimate, which would potentially put the Western US in range, was based on an analysis of rocket debris.

However, there was no confirmation that the North had the re-entry technology needed to deliver a missile.

Experts believe North Korea is also years away from gaining the ability to mount a nuclear bomb on a missile. Full article here

(Rys2Sense) – Right before Japanese and South Korean elections how timely. Read the rest of this entry »

(KurtNimmo) – During the G8 confab at Camp David this weekend, the “major industrial nations” called for turning up the heat on North Korea and Iran in response to their nuclear programs. Read the rest of this entry »

(NaturalNews) – Obama administration officials have released new intelligence indicating North Korea is building mobile ICBMs that will soon be able to reach the United States. This was reported in the Washington Times, which states, “New intelligence indicates that North Korea is moving ahead with building its first road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile, an easily hidden weapon capable of hitting the United States.” Read the rest of this entry »

Richard Barlow discusses his experience as a counter-proliferation intelligence officer with the CIA in the 1980s, his work for the Office of the Secretary of Defense under Dick Cheney, and his incredible journey in trying to stop the proliferation efforts of the now infamous A.Q. Khan. Read the rest of this entry »

When North Korea threatened to launch a ballistic missile in March, the Pentagon responded coolly. No effort would be made to shoot down the test missile, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said. The experimental, floating SBX missile-defense radar, would stay in dry-dock. This was a test, not an imminent attack, after all; and it would’ve cost as much as $100 million to move the thing into place. Read the rest of this entry »

Even the hawks say there’s not much America can do, in response to North Korea’s nuclear test. But that doesn’t mean the U.S. military isn’t prepping for a war with the Kim Jong-Il regime, just in case. Read the rest of this entry »

A state of war officially exists again between North and South Korea for the first time since the end of hostilities in 1953 following North Korea’s announcement that they would henceforth refuse to abide by the terms of the peace armistice. Read the rest of this entry »

A state of war officially exists again between North and South Korea for the first time since the end of hostilities in 1953 following North Korea’s announcement that they would henceforth refuse to abide by the terms of the peace armistice. Read the rest of this entry »

North Korea says it will attack South Korea if its ships are searched as part of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). South Korea signed the agreement on Tuesday after North Korea tested a nuclear device. “Those who provoke [North Korea] once will not be able to escape its unimaginable and merciless punishment,” North Korea’s official news agency warned. Read the rest of this entry »

Former UN Ambassador John Bolton believes the security of the United States is at dire risk under the Obama administration. And before a gathering of conservatives in Washington on Thursday morning, he suggested, as something of a joke, that President Barack Obama might learn a needed lesson if Chicago were destroyed by a nuclear bomb. Read the rest of this entry »

The Barack Obama administration is continuing the neo-conservative agenda of US military domination of the world— albeit with perhaps a kinder-gentler face. While overt torture is now forbidden for the CIA and Pentagon, and symbolic gestures like the closing of the Guantanamo prison are in evidence, a unilateral military dominance policy, expanding military budget, and wars of occupation and aggression will likely continue unabated.

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North Korea appears to be preparing to test-launch its longest range ballistic missile, media reports said on Tuesday, just days after Pyongyang warned that the Korean peninsula was on the brink of war. Read the rest of this entry »

In of the most monumental and sweeping, though frequently overlooked, efforts by the former Bush administration to project worldwide military dominance and in so doing further vitiate international relations is what its initiator, John Bolton, in his capacity of Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security at the time called the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI).

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In of the most monumental and sweeping, though frequently overlooked, efforts by the former Bush administration to project worldwide military dominance and in so doing further vitiate international relations is what its initiator, John Bolton, in his capacity of Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security at the time called the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI).

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Communist North Korea has said it is scrapping all military and political agreements signed with the South, accusing Seoul of hostile intent.

The South’s government had pushed relations “to the brink of a war”, the North’s cross-border relations body said on state media. Read the rest of this entry »

South Korea said its military forces remained on alert Sunday a day after North Korea issued a statement pledging “an all-out confrontational posture.”

The Korean People’s Army called South Korea’s president a “traitor” and accused him of preparing a military provocation, according to a Saturday report by the North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency. Read the rest of this entry »

South Korea said its military forces remained on alert Sunday a day after North Korea issued a statement pledging “an all-out confrontational posture.”

The Korean People’s Army called South Korea’s president a “traitor” and accused him of preparing a military provocation, according to a Saturday report by the North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency. Read the rest of this entry »