SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s defense ministry said Monday that North Korea could carry out its fifth nuclear test around its party congress slated for late this week as it is seen to have completed all preparations. “There is a possibility that the North would conduct an additional nuclear test and fire [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Defense Minister Han Min-koo and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken held talks Wednesday as the allies are quickening moves to punish North Korea for its defiant nuclear test earlier this month. “Despite repeated warnings and worries by the international community, North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test, [...]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea appears to have conducted a secret nuclear test in 2010 and the explosion could have gone unnoticed by the outside world, scientists have claimed, adding to a series of similar allegations. Researchers Michael Schoeppner of Princeton University and Ulrich Kuhn of the University of Hamburg made the [...]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Commercial satellite imagery shows no signs of preparations for a nuclear blast at North Korea’s underground test site, the website 38 North said Friday. “As a result, a fourth nuclear test seems unlikely in the near-term, for at least the next two to three months,” the website said. “However, [...]