Asia burning

Pro-democracy riots in Burma have a clear message: people don't want military bondage anymore. But, their demand fell on deaf ears. Military suppressed the revolt with iron hands to continue its stranglehold on power. Well, deaf needs a bang to hear..

After initial hiccups and kinks in the long simmering dispute of IAEA and N.Korea over dismantling nuclear reactors, the final breakthrough is a far cry, despite a ray of hope that originated from release of funds after which N.Korea calls in the IAEA..

The cardinal affliction for N. Korea to shut down its key nuclear reactor- the mammoth amount of $25 million frozen in the Macau bank will be released today. This will solve the standoff between N. Korea and IAEA and will end the threat (hopefully)...

Amid the trepidations of growing propinquity between the two so-called rogue states, viz. N. Korea and Iran there are hopes of former to retreat to its February 13 accord that hopefully will solve many prevalent problems between Europe and US with S..

Russia, Iran's closest major power collaborator and responsible for building Bushehr nuclear power plant, said that Russia and Iran had signed a modus operandi on payment issue. The agreement summarizes about the measures for guarantee payments for...

More than 150 protestors in South Korea's capital Seoul staged a march against North Korea on Tuesday. The angry protestors set fire to North Korean flags and burnt effigies of the Kim Jong-il during the protest. During the protest, the...

Iran has started the installation of 3,000 centrifuges to expand its uranium enrichment program and has further planning to expand it to 54,000 centrifuges. It would help Iran to come closer to higher production of nuclear fuel in the country....

First rule of International politics is to get the power and second is to show the power to strengthen your voice. North Korea has done the same. North Korea is now ready to sit in six-country talks on its nuclear weapons program. According...

North Korea's first nuclear weapons test had shaken the world and caused tough reactions from all over the world. The UN Security Council condemned the test as in defiance of a UN resolution. The United States has proposed rigorous UN...