N. Korea Conducts 'Successful' Underground Nuclear Test
By Blaine Harden
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, May 25, 2009
TOKYO, May 25 -- North Korea exploded a nuclear device Monday morning, startling the world with its second underground test in three years and vexing the Obama administration, which has said it wants to solve the nuclear impasse with North Korea.
The test, described as "successful" by the communist state's official Korean Central News Agency, escalates a pattern of provocation that this spring has included a long-range missile launch, detention of two U.S. journalists, kicking out U.N. nuclear inspectors, restarting a plutonium factory and halting six-nation nuclear negotiations.
After Monday's test, North Korea may also have fired a short-range missile into the sea, according to Yonhap, the South Korean news agency, which quoted a government source. The missile, with a range of about 80 miles, was reportedly launched from a coastal site where last month North Korea launched a long-range missile.
(More here.)
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, May 25, 2009
TOKYO, May 25 -- North Korea exploded a nuclear device Monday morning, startling the world with its second underground test in three years and vexing the Obama administration, which has said it wants to solve the nuclear impasse with North Korea.
The test, described as "successful" by the communist state's official Korean Central News Agency, escalates a pattern of provocation that this spring has included a long-range missile launch, detention of two U.S. journalists, kicking out U.N. nuclear inspectors, restarting a plutonium factory and halting six-nation nuclear negotiations.
After Monday's test, North Korea may also have fired a short-range missile into the sea, according to Yonhap, the South Korean news agency, which quoted a government source. The missile, with a range of about 80 miles, was reportedly launched from a coastal site where last month North Korea launched a long-range missile.
(More here.)
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Obama already responded with this video. As North Korea Goes Nuclear, this Obama Speech Only Emboldens Our Enemies. Watch, http://tinyurl.com/okw3lx
Until they are met with an aggressive show of force this will continue. Empty threats or condenmation will result in North Korea continuing to thumb its nose at the rest of the world.
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