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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Some balm for N-fears

A pre-emptive Trump strike without congressional consent was the worst fear.

23 Nov 2017 1:42 AM

The United States has said that all options, including military, are on the table to deal with North Korea, although its preference is for a diplomatic solution. (Photo: AFP)

At UN, North Korea says US to blame for 'worst ever situation'

North Korea said US nuclear war equipment had been deployed ready to strike.

14 Nov 2017 8:50 AM

Xi hosted Trump at the imposing Great Hall of the People, next to Tiananmen Square, for the main event of Trump's five-nation tour of Asia. (Photo: AFP)

Trump urges China's Xi Jinping to work 'hard', fast on North Korea

Trump made clear to Xi that he expected China to do more to rein in North Korea.

09 Nov 2017 12:47 PM

Donald Trump painted a dark picture of Pyongyang as an oppressive, despotic regime. (Photo: File)

Better future for N Korea if Kim gives up nuclear ambitions: Trump

The regime has for decades been criticised for a range of rights abuses including torture, rape, execution of perceived critics.

09 Nov 2017 11:17 AM

Such a purchase would redraw the balance of power in northeast Asia, and could trigger a regional arms race. (Representational Image | AFP)

South Korea 'in talks to buy nuclear submarine' from US: reports

While Moon did not give specific details of the purchases, he described them as essential for national defence.

07 Nov 2017 5:30 PM

South Korean media and opposition politicians have called for US tactical nuclear weapons, which were withdrawn from the peninsula in the 1990s, to be returned. (Photo: File/AP)

S Korea will not develop atomic weapons of its own: President Moon Jae-In

In recent months Pyongyang has carried out its sixth nuclear test, its most powerful by far.

01 Nov 2017 5:21 PM

Deputy UN Ambassador Kim In Ryong told the General Assembly's committee on disarmament that the situation on the Korean peninsula has reached the touch-and-go point. (Photo: AP)

'Nuclear war may break out any moment,' North Korea warns US

Trump has engaged in a war of words with Kim Jong-Un, threatening to 'totally destroy' North Korea if it threatens the United States.

17 Oct 2017 8:35 AM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, celebrates what was said to be the test launch of an intermediate range Hwasong-12 missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Photo: AP)

North Korea says Trump has 'lit the wick of war:' Russia's TASS agency

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said his country’s nuclear program guaranteed peace.

12 Oct 2017 11:27 AM

The signing of the Outer Space Treaty. (Photo: UN)

There’s space for all of us: Celebrating the Outer Space Treaty’s golden jubilee

We also work to ensure that all humankind benefits from space activities, particularly developing countries and non-spacefaring nations.

10 Oct 2017 2:10 AM

Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa during a press conference in New Delhi. (Photo: GM Jha)

Can strike Pakistan nuclear targets: IAF chief

We are fully capable of confronting Pakistan, China at same time, says Dhanoa.

06 Oct 2017 2:04 AM

India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin. (Photo: PTI)

India remains committed to goal of nuclear weapons-free world: Syed Akbaruddin

UN chief Guterres said only world that is safe from the use of nuke weapons is world that is completely free of atomic weapons themselves.

27 Sep 2017 11:38 AM

How Petrov kept his cool, and saved the world...

The disaster had set off a spiral of Cold War omens, which played out elsewhere, including Afghanistan.

27 Sep 2017 3:19 AM

Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (Photo: AP)

Have nuclear weapons to counter India: Pakistan

On his maiden visit to the US as Pakistan Prime Minister, Mr Abbasi also said that Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal is safe and secure.

22 Sep 2017 2:46 AM

Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. (Photo: AP)

India's 'Cold Start' doctrine met with short range nuclear arsenal: Pak

Abbasi was also assertive of Pakistan's nuclear arsenals being safe and secure.

21 Sep 2017 10:35 AM

The test was North Korea's sixth and far more powerful than any weapon it has previously detonated. (Photo: AP/PTI)

China expresses resolute opposition towards North Korea's nuclear test today

Pyongyang declared the test of what it called a hydrogen bomb to be a 'perfect success.'

03 Sep 2017 2:58 PM

Nuclear weapon negotiation never on table: N Korea in clash with US at UN forum

North Korea has pursued its weapons programmes in defiance of UN Security Council sanctions and ignored all calls.

23 Aug 2017 7:34 PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. (Photo: AP)

Following pressure from US, China suspends North Korean iron, seafood imports

The ministry said on its website that all imports of coal, iron, iron ore and seafood will be 'completely prohibited' from Tuesday.

14 Aug 2017 2:39 PM

In language that evoked the specter of nuclear conflict during the Cold War, the guidelines cover what to do before, during and after a nuclear attack. (Photo: Representational/File)

Take cover, avoid bomb flash: Guam issues nuclear guidelines

Guam is home to about 163,000 people and a US military base that includes a submarine squadron, an air base and a Coast Guard group.

12 Aug 2017 10:58 AM

According to the report, the complex has three distinct entrances and a separate support area and the entrances are large and can accommodate even the largest possible vehicles. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Pak builds nuclear warhead underground storage site in Balochistan: US report

The report said it could serve as a storage site for strategic reserves and a means of protecting a counterforce nuclear strike capability.

11 Aug 2017 12:59 PM

Pyongyang carried out its first nuclear test in 2006, and formally abandoned the deal in 2009. (Photo: Representational/ File)

As tensions soar, South Korean media urge nuclear arms

The South, which hosts US 28,500 troops on its soil to defend it from the North, is banned from building its own nuclear weapons.

11 Aug 2017 12:51 PM

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