Saturday, December 22, 2012

North Korea: Let the arms race begin

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks in Pyongyang in this image released by North Korea's KCNA news agency Dec. 22. /Image via Reuters


North Korea appears bent on pushing forward with its rocketry program. It's hard to imagine Japan, South Korea, the United States and other populous Pacific Rim countries being comfortable with this deeply insular nation possessing a nuclear weapons arsenal.

“North Korea’s long-range missile launch on Dec. 12 symbolically demonstrated how grave our security reality is. Concerns over the regional conflicts in Northeast Asia and the world’s economic crisis have been escalated.” - South Korea President-elect Park Geun-hye, Dec. 20

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