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.
In U.S., South Korean Makes Case for Nuclear Arms David E. Sanger | New York Times
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.
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Mark Hibbs | Arms Control Wonk
In a few weeks, South Korea’s newly-elected President, Park Geun-hye, will arrive in the United States on her first state visit. Between now and then, Washington and Seoul will be working on a diplomatic response to accompany their resolve not to blink should Kim Jong-un launch an attack, and they also want to wrap up two years of negotiations on a new bilateral agreement for nuclear cooperation. Full Article
Armin Rosen | Atlantic
Nuclear technology is no longer state of the art, not even for a country as isolated as North Korea --for this reason, Mark Hibbs of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace believes that nuclear proliferation has to be countered through addressing the complex political factors underlying it. Full Article
Tehran Times
Iran started extraction from two uranium mines and opened a yellowcake plant on Tuesday to mark National Nuclear Technology Day. Full Article
Jeff Donn | Huffington Post
A new government report challenges a pillar of planning for disasters at American nuclear power plants, finding that people living beyond the official 10-mile evacuation zone might be so frightened by the prospect of spreading radiation that they would flee of their own accord, clog roads, and delay the escape of others. Full Article
Rachel Oswald | Global Security Newswire
The Defense Department is seeking $12 billion in the coming fiscal year for operation of the U.S. nuclear arsenal, according to a budget document released on Wednesday. The fiscal 2014 request is $600 million less than the actual amount appropriated in fiscal 2012. Full Article
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