NORTH KOREA; Potential for global calamity

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) | Date: October 10, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

To discern just how ominous is the news that North Korea claims it has tested a nuclear weapon, consider the following:

-- No nation, once having joined the nuclear club, has resigned, i.e. disarming itself of its nukes.

-- Japan's leadership has begun wondering whether the country that suffered the twin horrors of atomic bomb attacks on Nagasaki and Hiroshima should rethink its ban on developing nuclear weapons.

-- The United States and the U.N. Security Council are mulling new sanctions against North Korea, but that country is already among the most sanctioned in the world and still ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

United States Signals UN Role in North Korea.
; ...before the UN Security Council, which could...sanctions against North Korea, but that...campaign against North Korea is appealing to the Security Council, which could...believes the Security Council could deal with North Korea and Iraq...
United States wants to take case on North Korea to Security Council.
; ...the U.N. Security Council, which could...sanctions against North Korea, but that...campaign against North Korea was appealing to the Security Council, which could...felt the Security Council could deal with North Korea and Iraq...
No pushover: North Korea. (furor over alleged nuclear sites)
; ...row is about. Until North Korea pulls out of the Nuclear...Nobody is sure whether North Korea has enough plutonium...comes to shove in the Security Council, North Korea will not easily be...with South Korea. North Korea has long outnumbered...other sorts ...
NORTH KOREA; Potential for global calamity
; ...States and the U.N. Security Council are mulling new sanctions against North Korea, but that country...beyond. Though North Korea may be some distance...for an immediate Security Council response. And...in and out of North Korea and freezing ...
U.N. envoy: Dispute with North Korea could escalate; War 'entirely possible': Special adviser says North Koreans believe the U.S. might attack
; ...the U.N. Security Council on the nuclear crisis in North Korea next week...debate. The Security Council will meet...day before North Korea's withdrawal...15-nation Security Council to adopt...condemning North Korea for failing...
EDITORIAL: Sanctions at last: U.N. bans North Korea's proliferation of nuclear-weapons material, technology.(Editorial)
; ...The U.N. Security Council's unanimous...sanctions on North Korea is an important...resolution. The Security Council will be challenged...measures if North Korea carries out...perceives that Security Council unity on North Korea is real...
North Korea
; ...United Nations Security Council. China allied with North Korea on Tuesday in...usefulness of a U.N. Security Council meeting on the...in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital, had...would ignore any Security Council action, and...themselves." The ...
EDITORIAL: North Korea: Like it or not, U.S. must talk.(Editorial)
; ...scarier than a nuclear North Korea led by the irrational...remains unconfirmed, North Korea's official news agency...the United Nations Security Council to head off a nuclear...region, and to keep North Korea from selling weapons...friends. The world knew North ...
North Korea must pay a steep price for missile rattling
; ...United Nations Security Council, which met this...a response to North Korea's test launches...Russia and China, North Korea's nominal allies...a far weaker Security Council response. The...own to counter North Korea's belligerence. Beyond the ...
Editorials on North Korea's nuclear test.
; ...States and the U.N. Security Council are mulling new sanctions against North Korea, but that country...beyond. Though North Korea may be some distance...for an immediate Security Council response. And...in and out of North Korea and freezing ...