Apr 14, 2012

North Korea's failure that provokes

North Korea on Friday failed in its anticipated satellite launch, with the rocket splintering into pieces. The North should not attempt another launch or nuclear test, which will only contribute to heightening tensions in the region. The launch came after its young leader Kim ...

Mar 24, 2012

China must rein in N. Korea

by Ralph Cossa

Now what? Just when we thought things were getting better, North Korea pulled the rug out from under everyone, including itself, by announcing a planned satellite launch to commemorate Great Leader Kim Il Sung’s 100th birthday celebration. Pyongyang (pretends to) believe that there is ...

Mar 22, 2012

Provocative rocket launch plan

North Korea on March 16 announced that it will launch a rocket mounted with an Earth observation satellite in mid-April. It insists that every nation has a right to pursue peaceful use of outer space. But given its nuclear weapons program, it is not ...

Jan 6, 2012

Mr. Kim Jong Un's direction

There are signs that following the death on Dec. 17 of North Korean “Dear Leader” Kim Jong Il, his youngest son Kim Jong Un is consolidating his power as the new leader. But it is unclear what direction his foreign policy will take. Japan ...

Dec 5, 2010

Why stick up for North Korea?

Why folks wish to apologize for the actions of North Korea is bewildering. Gregory Clark again, in his Dec. 1 article “The N. Korean conundrum,” takes up the North Korean mantle as if to disguise the true brutality of this regime. Outside intervention by ...