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In U.S., South Korean Makes Case for Nuclear Arms

IN THIS ISSUE: In US, South Korean makes case for nuclear arms, S. Korea's nuclear defense, how N. Korea built its nuclear program, Iran opens uranium mines, yellowcake plant, nuclear evacuation study, Pentagon seeks $12B for nuclear weapons in next budget.

Published on April 11, 2013
 

In U.S., South Korean Makes Case for Nuclear Arms

David E. Sanger | New York Times

Chung at the conference

On a day when North Korea warned expatriates in the South to evacuate because the country was on the brink of nuclear war – a statement the American Embassy in Seoul dismissed as hyperbole – a prominent member of South Korea’s Parliament argued in Washington on Tuesday that the time had come for the South to build its own nuclear weapons.

In an interview and a speech to the Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference, Mr. Chung argued that the time had come for South Korea to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and “match North Korea’s nuclear progress step by step while committing to stop if North Korea stops.   Full Article

Related:
Keynote: M.J. Chung (video, 2013 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference)



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