Tag: nuclear
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Kim Jong-un made less public appearances in 2017
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made relatively fewer public appearances in 2017 since he assumed power in 2011 and about 30 per cent less than 2016, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said on Friday. Kim conducted 94 inspections in factories, farms, or military facilities which are widely publicized by the state media, reports Efe news. Last...
December 29, 2017 -
India dismisses Pak NSA’s comments on possibility of nuke war
India on Thursday dismissed remarks, made by Pakistan National Security Advisor Nasser Khan Janjua on the possibility of nuclear war, as ‘alarmist’. Januja had made comments about the possibility of a nuclear conflict in South Asia due to the delicate security situation in the region. “We are quite used to such alarmist comments coming out...
December 21, 2017 -
N.Korea threatens to be ‘most powerful nuclear, military state’
In a challenge to the global order, North Korea has issued a threat that it will become “world’s most powerful nuclear and military state”. Pyongyang’s assertion of ambitions to global supremacy came on Friday after Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the Security Council, “The situation on the Korean Peninsula is the most tensed and dangerous peace...
December 16, 2017 -
South Korea, Japan, US start joint missile detection exercises
South Korea, Japan and the US have begun joint missile detection exercises amid escalating regional tensions over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Monday. The drill, which will last two days, is taking place off the Korean peninsula, and comes after Pyongyang fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on...
December 11, 2017 -
Why America must look at No First Use
After the coming of the Trump Administration, all eyes are set on the New Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) of the US. The nuclear posture of the US is important as it could have an impact on nuclear weapons policy and doctrine globally. It could either encourage or discourage the policy of nuclear non-proliferation across the...
December 3, 2017 -
Quake jolts area near North Korea nuclear-test site
An earthquake measuring 2.5 on the Richter scale on Saturday rocked North Korea’s Kilju county, close to the site where Pyongyang recently conducted a nuclear test. The tremor occurred at 7.45 am, with an epicentre 2.7 km away from the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site located in North Hamgyong province, reports Efe news. The Seoul-based Korea...
December 2, 2017 -
Nuclear deal won’t stop Iran from producing missiles: Rouhani
Iran has not stopped building missiles and has no intention of doing so, said President Hassan Rouhani. Rouhani’s remarks came on Sunday, three days after the US House of Representatives approved legislation that would impose new sanctions on Tehran for pursuing long-range ballistic missiles, the Los Angeles Times reported. In a speech carried on nationwide...
October 30, 2017 -
Investigate North Korea’s nuclear proliferation links: Sitharaman
Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said nations that helped North Korea in nuclear proliferation should be investigated and held accountable, even as she did not name any country. Sitharaman was speaking at the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM-plus) being held in the Philippines. This is her first international tour after taking charge as...
October 24, 2017 -
Tokyo to diversify energy mix as Japanese turn against N-technology
At a time when India is desperately stitching civil nuclear deals to meet its growing energy needs, Japan is working overtime to develop alternate energy sources amid growing domestic concerns over the safety of nuclear plants in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster. Incidentally, Japan’s quest to diversify its energy mix comes at...
October 10, 2017 -
Rouhani fights back at Trump over nuclear deal
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his country will preserve an international deal on Iran’s nuclear program but decisive response would be made to possible violation by the US. “I declare before you that the Islamic Republic of Iran will not be the first country to violate the agreement. But it will respond decisively and resolutely...
September 21, 2017 -
South Africa to sign nuclear non-prohibition treaty
South Africa will sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons next week during the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly, officials said. President Jacob Zuma will ink the treaty on behalf of South Africa on September 20, presidential spokesperson Bongani Ngqulunga said on Sunday. “Signature of the treaty reflects South Africa’s continued...
September 18, 2017 -
Kim Jong-un calls latest nuclear-test ‘great victory’
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called the country’s sixth nuclear test a “great victory” and applauded the work of officials and experts in charge of the launch, state-media reported on Sunday. During a celebration held in Pyongyang on Saturday honouring the success which also coincided with the 69th anniversary of the founding of North Korea,...
September 10, 2017 -
US warns North Korea of ‘massive military response’
Pentagon chief James Mattis said any threat to the US or its allies by North Korea will be met with a “massive military response”. His comments on Sunday came after a national security briefing with President Donald Trump about the secretive communist state’s latest nuclear test, BBC reported. Pyongyang says it has successfully trialled a...
September 4, 2017 -
Russia ‘extremely worried’ about North Korea situation
Russia on Tuesday said it was “extremely worried” about the situation in North Korea, hitting out at a “tendency towards an escalation” after Pyongyang fired a ballistic missile over Japan. “We see a tendency towards an escalation … and we are extremely concerned by the general developments,” Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted...
August 29, 2017 -
US welcomes North Korea’s ‘restraint’ on nuclear programme
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday welcomed “some level of restraint” showed by North Korea with its nuclear programme, seeing a possible pathway to a future talk between Washington and Pyongyang. “We have had no missile launches or provocative acts from the part of North Korea since the unanimous adoption of the UN...
August 23, 2017 -
US ready to stop N Korean nuke menace: Trump tells Macron
The US is ready along with its allies to apply the full range of diplomatic, economic and military measures to stop the North Korean nuclear menace, President Donald Trump told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Saturday. Trump and Macron spoke over phone and discussed the need to confront the increasingly dangerous situation regarding North...
August 12, 2017 -
US sanctions will strengthen nuke ambition: North Korea
North Korea has said that unilateral sanctions imposed by the US earlier this week in response to its latest intercontinental missile test will only strengthen Pyongyang's resolve to fortify itself with nukes. "The sanctions campaign by the US might work on other countries, but never with North Korea," a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said late Thursday....
August 4, 2017