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North Korea: ‘just a step away from the nuclear bomb’

North Korea: ‘just a step away from the nuclear bomb’

North Korea has announced that it has begun the ‘last phase’ in the process of enriching uranium to build nuclear weapons. At the same time, the North Korean communist regime said it is also into the parallel process of extracting plutonium from the nuclear fuel rods stored at its Yongbyon reactor. The North Korean delegation at the UN in a letter [...]
North Korea confirms uranium enrichment at its final stage

North Korea confirms uranium enrichment at its final stage

North Korea takes a confident stance regarding its nuclear weapons program. According to the country’s state media, “Uranium enrichment tests have been successfully carried out and that process is in the concluding stage.” This brings yet another worry to anti-nuclearization critics of the communist regime. Now that ‘North Korea has entered [...]
Financial sanctions, not negotiations, will denuclearize North Korea

Financial sanctions, not negotiations, will denuclearize North Korea

Pyongyang has proven its nuclear doggedness. In spite of tremendous international criticism that puts North Korea in a pariah state, it has gone ahead to test nuclear and ballistic missile weapons. Add to that is its ‘nuclear technology proliferation to terrorist-supporting states,’ plus its mounting human-rights abuses. Those opposed to North [...]
NATO and Russia together again

NATO and Russia together again

After months of tension, military and political cooperation between Russia and the NATO resumed. “This is a new start for relations between Russia and NATO,” said German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Stein Meier. He hoped that the new cooperation will also cover the issues in the Middle East and the disarmament of nuclear and conventional weapons. “We [...]
Russia hails Obama for the opportunity to disarm the world

Russia hails Obama for the opportunity to disarm the world

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that for the first time since the end of the Cold War, the world has the opportunity to advance the disarmament process and that this is largely due to Barack Obama being seated in the White House. “The arrival of President Obama has changed the situation because the multilateral disarmament is now considered [...]