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North Korea nuclear crisis

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (front centre) visits a defence exhibition in Pyongyang on November 21. Photo: KCNA via KNS/AFP

Kim says ‘hostile’ US pushing Korean peninsula to brink of nuclear war

The North Korean leader said his previous experience of talks with Washington only highlighted its ‘aggressive’ policy against Pyongyang.

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How Xi’s warning over Korean peninsula highlights Beijing’s diplomatic headache

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North Korea ratifies defence treaty with Russia

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Letters | Hong Kong’s working class deserve world-class medical care

Readers discuss proposed reforms to Hong Kong’s outpatient services, the city’s aspirations to be an education hub, Trump’s MAGA movement and North Korea’s continuing missile tests.

Patients visit the general outpatient clinic in Hong Kong’s Sai Wan Ho district in September last year. Photo: Yik Yeung-man

Opinion | South Korea may find itself stranded as North Korea’s sole adversary

Pyongyang is being emboldened by its defence pact with Moscow while US support for Seoul is expected to be diluted under Trump.

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My Take | How North Korea’s troop deployment to Russia is changing attitudes in China

The Chinese public who once derided North Korea as a ‘neighbourhood hooligan’ is now hailing its decision to help Russia in the Ukraine war.

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Opinion | US-China war diplomacy vital as North Korea complicates Ukraine fray

The scale and speed of Pyongyang’s reported troop deployment to Russia strongly suggests premeditation. The US and China must act to prevent escalation.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Pyongyang Sunan International Airport in North Korea on June 19. Photo: Kremlin pool photo via AP

Trump’s victory is ‘good news’ for North Korea. But will Kim denuclearise?

Trump and Kim met twice in Singapore in 2018 and Hanoi in 2019 but the summits failed to yield a commitment by Pyongyang to denuclearise.

How rise of Kim Jong-un’s daughter raises questions on North Korea’s leadership

Kim Jong-un’s daughter is emerging in the public eye, but her future leadership role in North Korea remains a mystery.

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US accuses Russia and China of ‘shamelessly’ shielding North Korea

UN ambassadors trade barbs over North Korea’s test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile last week.

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A North Korean Hwasong-19 missile being launched last week. Photo: KCNA via KNS / AFP

US nuclear bomber joins drills with S. Korea, Japan after Pyongyang missile test

South Korea’s military said the drills showed the resolve of the ROK and the US to strengthen their deterrence against North Korea.

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The US deployed a B-1B nuclear bomber in joint drills with South Korean and Japanese fighters following the North’s missile test last week. File photo: AFP

Opinion | North Korea’s missile test days before US election sends powerful message

No isolated act of aggression, the missile test was a calculated show of a strengthened alliance and a preview of mounting challenges.

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North Korea says South’s president has raised risk of nuclear war

A white paper from Pyongyang lays the blame for tensions squarely with South Korea’s president.

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North Korea says record test was new Hwasong-19 ICBM

North Korea lauded the Hwasong-19 that was test-fired Thursday as ‘the world’s strongest strategic missile’.

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This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test launch of new intercontinental ballistic missile ‘Hwasong-19’ at an undisclosed place in North Korea Thursday. Photo: Korea News Service via AP

Amid Ukraine war tensions, Pyongyang’s ICBM test may be sign of things to come

Missile test is Pyongyang’s way of showing its deepening ‘nuclear alliance’ with Russia and a message to the US ahead of the election, analysts say.

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An image released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Thursday shows the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile during a test-fire at an undisclosed location in the country. Photo: KCNA via KNS / AFP

North Korea’s Kim says longest ICBM test is a warning to enemies

Missile on Thursday recorded a flight time of 87 minutes, longer than the last ICBM test launch in December 2023.

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China and Russia reaffirm close ties in Andrey Rudenko-Wang Yi talks

Rudenko discusses the war in Ukraine and the Korean peninsula with Chinese officials but authorities offer no details.

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Empty ambassador chair highlights complications in China-South Korea relations

While Seoul this month announced its new envoy to Beijing, China has been without an ambassador to South Korea for over 3 months.

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Xing Haiming left the position as China’s ambassador to South Korea in July and has not been replaced, sparking discussion about the complexity of the China-South Korea relationship. Photo: YNA/dpa

Opinion | How the next US president can ensure America’s leadership role in Asia

American policy, dominated by strategic competition with China, must be shaped to more closely match Asia’s value to the US.

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Opinion | North Korean intervention in Ukraine is the last thing the world needs

Pyongyang sending troops to fight in Ukraine would signal North Korea’s evolution from an isolated pariah state to a tangible threat to international security.

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Opinion | Ukraine and Gaza wars offer a lesson on the merits of nuclear weapons

Nuclear arms on both sides of tensions can prevent escalations into outright war, as has been the case in South Asia.

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The Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile at the Plesetsk testing field in Russia on April 20, 2022. The number of nuclear weapons in the world is set to rise in the coming decade after 35 years of decline as global tensions flare, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Photo: Russian Defence Ministry/AFP

Opinion | What North Korea’s Kim Jong-un is really up to

North Korea’s true aim is not to take military action against the South but rather to create tensions to its own advantage.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens

US election winner might find North Korea ‘most dangerous flashpoint’ with China

Kim Jong-un’s ratcheting up of nuclear tensions may leave China in a no-win situation as he seeks to pile pressure on the next president.

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Opinion | Time for cool-headed Asean diplomacy on the heated Korean peninsula

Given that efforts by the US, China, Russia and Japan have not worked, it may be useful for Asean and Indonesia to step in.

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North Korean troops in Russia readying for combat in Ukraine war, Seoul says

Seoul will respond to the ‘grave security threat’ with all available means, the presidential office said in a statement.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspect the headquarters of the Seoul Ryu Kyong Su Guards 105th Tank Division of the Korean People’s Army. Photo: EPA-EFE/KCNA

South Korea’s nuclear fuel goal stirs fears of atomic weapons development

Seoul’s envoy to Washington, Cho Hyun-dong, has urged the US to allow South Korea to run reprocessing facilities for spent nuclear fuel.

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Soldiers march to celebrate South Korea’s Armed Forces Day in Seoul on October 1. Photo: AFP

Kim Jong-un’s sister warns South Korea of ‘horrible disaster’

Kim Yo-jong was reacting to reports of drones over Pyongyang allegedly sent by South Korea.

My Take | Japan’s Ishiba to focus on security ties with South Korea to counter Pyongyang

Shigeru Ishiba’s ‘progressive’ views on thorny historical issues have raised hopes that ties between Japan and South Korea could improve.

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9 September, 2024
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