thejapantimes, 5 days ago to worldwithoutus

The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader has vowed to retaliate against South Korea after Seoul resumed loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts at the heavily militarized border between the two countries for the first time in years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/10/asia-pacific/politics/two-koreas-loudspeakers-resumed/ #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #northkorea #defense #yoonsukyeol #missiles #nuclearweapons #kimyojong #kimjongun

thejapantimes, 8 days ago to worldnews

Three European powers have written to the U.N. Security Council detailing Iran's violations of its 2015 nuclear deal, a step diplomats say is aimed at pressuring Tehran into resolving the issue diplomatically. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/07/world/politics/europe-iran-nuclear-diplomatic-gambit/ #worldnews #politics #iran #eu #europe #nuclearpower #nuclearweapons #iaea #un

thejapantimes, 9 days ago to worldnews

The United Nations’ atomic watchdog has passed a resolution of censure against Iran, deepening a diplomatic rift over the country's nuclear program and ahead of the agreed lifting of U.N. sanctions in October 2025 unless France or the U.K. object. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/06/world/politics/iran-censure-atomic-watchdog-rift/ #worldnews #politics #iran #nuclearpower #nuclearweapons #iaea #middleeast

thejapantimes, 11 days ago to worldwithoutus

South Korea's military on Tuesday said it would resume all military activities along the demarcation line separating the two Koreas and in northwestern Islands after suspending an inter-Korean military agreement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/04/asia-pacific/politics/koreas-agreement-suspended-fully/ #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #southkorea #missiles #nuclearweapons #yoonsukyeol

thejapantimes, 11 days ago to worldnews

A draft resolution European powers submitted to the U.N. nuclear watchdog's Board of Governors for a vote this week presses Iran again to explain uranium traces found at undeclared sites. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/04/world/politics/europe-draft-iaea-iran-inspectors/ #worldnews #politics #eu #europe #nuclearpower #nuclearweapons #iaea #iran

thejapantimes, 12 days ago to worldwithoutus

South Korea will completely suspend its 2018 inter-Korean tension-reducing military pact with the nuclear-armed North after Pyongyang sent trash-filled balloons across the border over the last week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/03/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-north-korea-military-agreement-suspend/ #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #northkorea #missiles #defense #nuclearweapons

bojacobs, 13 days ago to nuclear

Tomorrow afternoon Sydney time, join my hybrid lecture, either at #UNSW, or register on Zoom at the link below.

It will be a book talk about my book, Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha (Yale 2022). The subtitles is: How millions harmed by #nuclear weapons & power have been made invisible during the Cold War & after

@sts @histodons #Australia #ColdWar #NuclearWeapons #hibakusha

https://nuclearbodies.com/page-5/

thejapantimes, 16 days ago to worldnews

A senior member of a Russian think tank whose ideas sometimes become government policy has suggested Moscow consider a "demonstrative" nuclear explosion to cow the West into refusing to allow Ukraine to use its arms against targets inside Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/30/world/politics/kremlin-russia-nuclear-explosion/ #worldnews #politics #nato #nuclearweapons #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin

thejapantimes, 17 days ago to worldwithoutus

North Korea's rare swipe at China this week underscored how Beijing and Pyongyang do not entirely see eye-to-eye on the latter's illicit nuclear weapons arsenal, despite warming ties in other areas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/29/asia-pacific/politics/china-north-korea-nuclear-weapons/ #asiapacific #politics #china #northkorea #nuclearweapons

thejapantimes, 17 days ago to worldwithoutus

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to continue building spy satellites, calling this an “essential task,” state-run media said Wednesday, his first comments after the nuclear-armed country’s latest attempt at orbit failed in a ball of fire. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/29/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-kim-satellite-failure/ #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #satellites #missiles #southkorea #nuclearweapons #us #kimjongun

thejapantimes, 18 days ago to worldwithoutus

North Korea’s fiery satellite launch failure Monday is being viewed as just a temporary setback in the country’s space ambitions, with more attempts at orbit expected. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/28/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-satellite-launch-failure-analysis/ #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #southkorea #defense #defenseministry #missiles #usmilitary #sdf #nuclearweapons

thejapantimes, 19 days ago to worldnews

Refusing to offer a clear timetable for Ukraine's accession to NATO would fuel further aggression and Putin's neoimperial ambitions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/27/world/ukraine-why-nato-accession/ #commentary #worldnews #nato #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #china #nuclearweapons #sovietunion

thejapantimes, 20 days ago to Japan

North Korea notified Tokyo that it will launch its second military spy satellite by June 4, just as top leaders from Japan, South Korea and China gather for a rare trilateral summit in Seoul. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/27/japan/north-korea-satellite-launch-notice/ #japan #northkorea #missiles #southkorea #china #northkoreajapanrelations #satellites #nuclearweapons

thejapantimes, 20 days ago to worldwithoutus

North Korea on Sunday accused the United States and South Korea of conducting more aerial espionage around the peninsula, warning it would take "immediate action" if its sovereignty was breached. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/26/asia-pacific/north-korea-us-south-korea-spy-planes-ships/ #asiapacific #northkorea #southkorea #missiles #nuclearweapons #us #usmilitary

thejapantimes, 23 days ago to Japan

Experts from around the globe ended their two-day meeting in Yokohama this week with a call for dialogue on the impact of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies on nuclear disarmament. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/japan/yokohama-nuclear-arms-reduction-meet-ends/ #japan #nuclearweapons #npt #yokohama #foreignministry