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North Korea’s leader has increased his displays of military aggression but analysts are split on whether it’s a sign of electoral interference or a war footing When a highly militarised dictatorship fires artillery shells in the direction of its neighb…
続きを読むAs Seoul claims Russia helped Pyongyang carry out spy satellite launch, North Korea warns of stronger armed forces on borderNorth Korea has warned it will deploy new weapons and stronger armed forces along its heavily armed border with South Korea, as …
続きを読むRocket launch underlines Kim Jong-un’s ability to sidestep UN sanctions and suggests ballistic missile building abilities have reached a higher levelNorth Korea is already believed to be capable of striking the US mainland with a nuclear weapon; now it…
続きを読むTalks expected on Monday would be first since Obama administration and follow visit to Washington by Wang Yi, Chinese foreign minister China and the United States will reportedly discuss nuclear arms control next week, the first such talks since the O…
続きを読むPentagon report also says Beijing is intensifying pressure on neighbours to push back on US efforts to contain itA Pentagon report on China’s military power says Beijing is exceeding previous projections of how quickly it is building up its nuclear wea…
続きを読むSuspension of operations at Yongbyon complex points to reprocessing work for nuclear arms, South Korean government source quoted as sayingNorth Korea has halted the nuclear reactor at its main atomic complex, probably to extract plutonium that could be…
続きを読むDefence minister shows North Korean leader weapons including hypersonic missiles at airfield near VladivostokThe North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has inspected Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers, hypersonic missiles and warships, accompanied by…
続きを読むKim Jong-un heralds new chapter for navy but South Korea says vessel seems not to be operationalNorth Korea has launched its first “tactical nuclear attack submarine”, state media reported, although the South Korean military said the vessel might not b…
続きを読むMayor of city where Little Boy atom bomb was dropped says nuclear deterrence is ‘folly’Japan’s prime minister has hit out at Russian threats to use nuclear weapons as the country marked the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.Around 140…
続きを読むLeader tightens grip over country’s military leadership with biggest shake-up in a decadeTwo of China’s top generals overseeing its nuclear missiles have been replaced with scant explanation in the biggest shake-up of the country’s military leadership…
続きを読むPacific nation plagued by environmental effects of 67 bomb tests between 1946 and 1958, including Castle Bravo detonation in 1954The foreign minister of the Marshall Islands has called for more US compensation over the legacy of massive US nuclear test…
続きを読むXi Jining reportedly warned Russian counterpart against using nuclear weapons on visit to Moscow in MarchSee all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageThe Kremlin has denied a report that the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, had personally warned his Russian co…
続きを読むSeveral groups wrote to the Hiroshima city government asking it not to sign the agreement with US counterparts Survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima have reacted angrily to an agreement that links the city’s peace park with a memorial in Pearl H…
続きを読むThere are now an estimated 12,512 warheads across the globe, with most of the new ones in military stockpiles said to be China’sThe number of operational nuclear weapons in the arsenals of the major military powers is on the rise again according to a l…
続きを読むTokyo says any missile entering its territory will be destroyed as Pyongyang completes preparations to launch first military spy satelliteJapan’s military has said it will destroy any North Korean missile that violates its territory and is making prepa…
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