Feb 25, 2013

Park pledges to reward ‘sweat’ of people

Park Geun-Hye, South Korea's president, salutes during her inauguration ceremony in the National Assembly ©Getty

S Korean president promises fairer wealth distribution

From COMMENT Feb 19, 2013

North Korea is testing China’s patience

Pyongyang’s nuclear big bang has exposed the flaws in Beijing’s approach, writes Kurt Campbell

From COMMENT Feb 17, 2013

View from N Korea is of a nuclear world

Other violators have got away with it and become impregnable, writes Aidan Foster-Carter

David Pilling from COMMENT Feb 13, 2013

Grand deal with N Korea beats hollow talk

Sanctions have failed to stop the country developing nuclear weapons

A rocket sits on a launch pad at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site, during a guided media tour by North Korean authorities in the northwest of Pyongyang in this April 8, 2012 file photo ©Reuters From MULTIMEDIA Feb 12, 2013

North Korea’s missile tests

North Korea has conducted a third nuclear test ignoring pleas from its closest ally and putting it on a fresh collision course with the west over its atomic programme

A North Korean soldier reacts as he patrols along the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju after the country conducted it's third nuclear test on February 12, 2013 across from the Chinese city of Dandong. North Korea staged its most powerful nuclear test yet on February 12, claiming a breakthrough with a "miniaturised" device in a striking act of defiance to global powers including its sole patron China. ©AFP Feb 12, 2013

Pyongyang raises stakes with third test

N Korea’s defiance puts pressure on China and west

Feb 12, 2013

Pyongyang presents test as self-defence

North Korea puts alliance with China under strain

Editorial from COMMENT Feb 12, 2013

China must halt North Korea’s folly

Xi must draw a line after latest nuclear test

A map of the North Korean nuclear test is shown on a TV screen in a train station in Seoul ©AFP Feb 12, 2013

World condemns N Korea nuclear test

UN Security Council to meet as China criticises Pyongyang

Feb 12, 2013

Q&A: North Korea’s nuclear progress

The World Feb 12, 2013

The World: Nuclear test triggers four questions

From CHINA Feb 12, 2013

China presented with stark test of policy

Nuclear move puts pressure on new leadership

Feb 12, 2013

Timeline: North Korea’s nuclear history

Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs since the 1950s

Jan 30, 2013

South Korea successfully launches satellite

North Korea will view international acceptance of launch as ‘double standards’

Jan 24, 2013

North Korea threatens new nuclear test

Pyongyang says missile programme ‘targeted’ at the US

Jan 23, 2013

N Korea defiant in face of new sanctions

Pyongyang’s response fans speculation of imminent warhead test

Jan 23, 2013

UN expands sanctions on North Korea

China backs moves against companies linked to rocket launch

Jan 21, 2013

S Korea bureaucrat charged with spying

Seoul official arrested for allegedly passing defectors’ details to Pyongyang

Jan 10, 2013

Google urges N Korea to embrace internet

Chairman Eric Schmidt says curbing access damages economy

David Pilling from COMMENT Jan 9, 2013

Judge Kim on his actions, not his words

Hints of domestic reform do not mean North Korea will moderate its foreign policy

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