Nuclear Disarmament

North Korea's nuclear test gives Beijing a reason to confront Kim

21 Feb 2013

Kim Jong-un, the Supreme Leader of North Korea, demands your attention. He just set off a nuclear bomb in order to get it. It would be easy to dismiss Kim as Asia's resident megalomaniac - to mock...

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Beijing needs to persuade North Korea to get back to nuclear talks

14 Dec 2012

North Korea now has not only a crude nuclear weapon but technology that could be developed into a delivery system for a nuclear warhead. That is far from posing an imminent threat.

2:38AM

N Korea ready to conduct nuclear, missile tests

8 Nov 2012

South Korea’s defence minister said on Thursday that North Korea has completed preparations for another nuclear test, and would also test-launch long-range missiles sometime in the future.

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North Korea is preparing for third nuclear test

26 Oct 2012

North Korea has kept up preparations for a new nuclear test after having carried out previous detonations in 2006 and 2009, South Korea's Defence Minister Kim Kwan-jin told a news conference.

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Russia to end cold war disarmament programme with the US

12 Oct 2012

The Russian government said it would not renew a hugely successful 20-year partnership with the United States to safeguard and dismantle nuclear and chemical weapons in the former Soviet Union...

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UN turns up pressure on Iran’s nuclear activities

31 Aug 2012

Iran was under diplomatic pressure on Friday after a UN watchdog report said it had expanded its nuclear programme and was hampering inspections, and UN chief Ban Ki-moon in Tehran called on it to...

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Opinion

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

3:33AM

Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

3:35AM

Nuclear disarmament can't escape realpolitik

We have just had the second Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul. It got surprisingly little attention from the international media although over 50 countries attended. Nobody expects a nuclear war,...

11:55AM

US 'must bear blame for contributing to instability'

United States self-interest has contributed to the worst global instability since the Cold War and is even fuelling an Asian nuclear arms race, a global security expert has warned.

2:38AM

Questions remain despite statement

The United Front Government's nebulous declarations on security and foreign policy issues produce more questions than answers.

5:15PM

Testing - act of aggression

I THINK Ms Alpha Lau has missed the point entirely, (letter headlined, 'Selfish US', South China Morning Post, August 28).

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