Out of all the countries involved and affected by the North Korean crisis, by far the most impacted is South Korea. Their proximity to the DPRK is surely causing distress in South Korea due to the current missile testing coming from Pyongyang. I think that it is a very smart move on South Korea’s part to be restoring ties with… Read more »
France 24 South Korean President Moon Jae-In will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing Thursday amid mixed US signals about potential talks to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis. Relations between Beijing and Seoul have encountered their own rough patch over the US military’s deployment of a powerful anti-missile defence system in the South to counter the… Read more »
It seems that China and South Korea seem to be pursuing the same type of solution for the North Korea crisis. This solution is the more diplomatic approach. China wishes to avoid conflict by re-implementing the six-party talks in order to convince North Korea to denuclearize. Meanwhile, South Korea is refusing to fight fire with fire and, against the opinion… Read more »
France 24 A day after the UN imposed strict new sanctions on North Korea, China’s foreign minister called Sunday for the resumption of six-party talks to halt Pyongyang’s nuclear programme and warned that the crisis was entering a “critical” new phase. In a 15-0 vote on Saturday, the UN Security Council imposed tough new sanctions on North Korea that could… Read more »
France 24 South Korea will not develop atomic weapons of its own, despite the threat from the nuclear-armed North, President Moon Jae-In declared Wednesday. “A push by North Korea to become a nuclear state cannot be accepted or tolerated,” Moon said in an address to parliament. “We also will not develop or own nuclear” arms. In recent months Pyongyang has carried out… Read more »
FRANCE 24 | Septmeber 23, 2017 China will limit exports of refined petroleum products to North Korea starting October 1, its commerce ministry said, confirming Beijing’s participation in new UN sanctions intended to rein in its rogue neighbour. The United Nations Security Council, including permanent member Beijing, approved tough sanctions against Pyongyang last week in response to its sixth and… Read more »
FRANCE 24 | September 25, 2017 http://www.france24.com/en/20170925-japan-shinzo-abe-triggers-snap-election-amid-north-korea-crisis Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday called a snap election, seeking a fresh term at the helm of the world’s third-largest economy as tensions with nearby North Korea reach fever-pitch. Abe hopes to capitalise on a weak and fractured opposition to sweep back into power, as polls show him regaining ground after… Read more »
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/15/asia/japan-north-korea-missile-reaction/index.html — Residents in northern Japan were woken abruptly Friday by blaring air raid sirens signaling a North Korean intermediate-range ballistic missile was about to fly over their heads. It was the second time in just over two weeks the rogue state had fired a projectile over Japanese territory, a provocation which was immediately condemned by Prime Minister Shinzo… Read more »
BBC | September 14, 2017 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41263242 Reports that South Korea, in the wake of North Korea’s dramatic 3 September test of a massive thermonuclear bomb, has approved plans to establish a special forces unit to assassinate Kim Jong-un appear to signal a sharp change of direction in the foreign policy of South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in. Why would a progressive… Read more »
source: BBC News North Korea nuclear crisis: Putin calls sanctions useless Russian President Vladimir Putin has said pursuing further sanctions against North Korea is “useless”, saying “they’d rather eat grass than give up their nuclear programme”. The US said on Monday it would table a new UN resolution on tougher sanctions in the wake of the latest test of a… Read more »