US-South Korea joint military exercises – three things you need to know By Steven Borowiec Later this month, the US and South Korea will stage annual military exercises around the Korean peninsula. Last year’s war games led to months of high tensions as North Korea vociferously objected to joint drills being held near its territory. […]
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North Korea’s Successful Rocket Launch
By: Duyeon Kim An already intractable problem just became more complicated, although it was much anticipated. On December 12, 2012, at approximately 9:51 a.m. KST, North Korea launched another Unha-3 long-range rocket-satellite with success. An earlier launch of the same rocket failed in April. In a noon broadcast by its state-run TV, Pyongyang announced that […]
N. Korea Launches Rocket, Kills U.S. Deal
Published in Arms Control Today May 2012 edition: By Duyeon Kim Defying international warnings, North Korea on April 13 fired a three-stage Unha-3 rocket with the aim of launching a satellite into orbit. The rocket failed and exploded into about 20 pieces over the West Sea (Yellow Sea) between the Korean peninsula and China, according […]
Fact Sheet: 2012 Nuclear Security Summit Preview
By Duyeon Kim DATE March 26-27, 2012 in Seoul, Korea SIGNIFICANCE AND BACKGROUND The 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit aims to strengthen and deepen nuclear security commitments made at the 2010 Washington Summit. The objective of the summit process is to prevent vulnerable fissile materials that can be used to produce nuclear weapons from […]
North Korea: Small Step Forward, Many More to Go
Published in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. BY DUYEON KIM Article Highlights In reaching an agreement with the United States, North Korea took a small positive step, but details of and compliance with the latest agreement will be key in determining whether Pyongyang is serious about denuclearization. The simultaneously released statements from the United […]
