Asia burning

President Bush seems to desperately want to add laurels to his presidency in its twilight hour. How else could one explain the striking off of North Korea from the terrorism blacklist? It is very likely that North Korea has been supplying nuclear...

Dictatorial, Communist and closed up, that is how the US media habitually describes North Korea. But, it seems to be the only nation in Asia with gumption. It continues to have large enriched-uranium resources, ready for nuclear warfare. Yet...

Tensions in the Korean peninsula have reduced dramatically since the North decided to stop its nuclear weapons programmes in return for economic aid. South Korea's economic help towards its impoverished northern neighbour and international pressure to...

North Korea's years of isolation and constant dependence on communist ally China, seem to have taken a toll on the deep yet, to some, a complicated relationship between the two neighbors. Beijing's recent call of a nuclear-free North Korea provides...

The Six-Nation Talks have been dragging for so long that there were several observers who were convinced that diplomatic procedures would prove a failure and only military intervention would impel North Korea to shut down its nuclear reactor. But...

North Korea may have agreed to take 'practical measures to neutralize the existing nuclear facilities within this year,' but the US doesn't look too convinced to clear the former off from its list of states that sponsor terrorism. Discarding the...

It's to be believed that Bush administration is planning to help North Korea which is going to shut down its nuclear-weapons facilities.

Communist regime of North Korea showing mother of all flexibilities till date ventured for military to military talks with the US. The reconciliatory measure came directly from the North Korea's military though with a rider that the talks were to be..

The U.S. official, Christopher Hill, at North Korean nuclear talks made a stern statement on Sunday that complete eradication of the communist regime's atomic program remains far from satisfactory levels. But in the same breathe he also welcomed the...

N. Korea made East Asian countries stunned when it fired the a salvo of short-range test missiles into the Sea of Japan. The move is viewed significantly, as it occurred amid the continued standoff between IAEA and N. Korea on the issue of...