National
Researchers hurt at Ibaraki nuclear facility
At least four researchers suffer internal radiation exposure after an experiment on elementary particles goes awry at a Japan Atomic Energy Agency facility.
Asia Pacific May 23, 2013
Kim sends special envoy to Beijing
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatches a high-profile official and close confidant to China at a time of strained relations and ahead of a China-U.S. summit.
Asia Pacific May 3, 2013
North Korea may start up reactor soon
North Korea may soon be ready to start up a light-water reactor that is drawing growing concern amid its vow to build more nuclear weapons.
Asia Pacific Apr 10, 2013
Anticipating launch, South raises alert
South Korean and U.S. forces raise their alert status to "vital threat" ahead of an expected North Korean missile test, as tensions soar in the run-up to a key anniversary.
Asia Pacific Apr 8, 2013
With latest tensions, Seoul puts North at arm's length
by Chico Harlan
Despite years of tensions, a majority of South Koreans have long clung to a cautiously optimistic vision for their peninsula’s future. Even if North and South Korea weren’t one day unified, the thinking went, the countries would at least be connected by joint business ...
National Apr 7, 2013
Missile interceptors to put to sea
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera orders the Self-Defense Forces to prepare to intercept ballistic missiles from North Korea, although the likelihood of an attack is slim.
World Apr 7, 2013
Doomsday Clock designer Langsdorf dies at 96
Martyl Langsdorf, the artist who designed the Doomsday Clock, dies in Illinois at the age of 96.
World | ANALYSIS Apr 7, 2013
North Korean nuclear crisis could speed up action on Iran: analysts
With North Korea issuing apocalyptic threats of nuclear war in recent weeks, Western powers have been reminded of what could happen if they fail to find a solution to Iran’s disputed nuclear program, experts say. World powers “are now even more anxious not to ...
Asia Pacific Apr 6, 2013
North Korea warns envoys to prep for evacuation
Foreign diplomats in North Korea mull an evacuation advisory as concerns grow that the isolated state is preparing a missile launch and as nuclear tensions soar.
Asia Pacific Apr 6, 2013
North Korea moves second missile to east coast
North Korea has moved a second midrange missile to its east coast and loaded both on mobile launchers, a report said Friday, fueling fears of an imminent firing that will further ramp up tensions. Yonhap news agency, citing a top South Korean official, said ...
Politics & Diplomacy Apr 6, 2013
Cameron uses Korean crisis to defend nuclear arsenal
Prime Minister David Cameron warned against any move to abandon the U.K.’s submarine-based nuclear weapons, citing a growing threat from North Korea and Iran as his Liberal Democrat coalition partners consider scaling back the missile program. Writing in the London-based Daily Telegraph newspaper Friday, ...
Asia Pacific Apr 5, 2013
North Korea shifts missile to coast; U.S. deploys defenses
The U.S. announces it is moving a missile defense system to the Pacific island of Guam as North Korea steps up its bellicose rhetoric.
World Apr 2, 2013
U.S. Navy's carriers costly relics of the past?
Budget pressures at the Pentagon have renewed a debate about the value of the U.S. Navy’s giant aircraft carriers, with critics arguing the warships are fast becoming costly relics in a new era of warfare. With the Pentagon facing $500 billion in cuts over ...