Kim Orders New Pyongyang Space Entity to Ready October Test-Launch of ICBM: Sources
Japan Times
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered a new aerospace entity to prepare to test-launch what the country calls a rocket carrying a satellite in October to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the country’s ruling party, sources in a number of governments said Monday. Kim directly instructed the National Aerospace Development Administration earlier this year to implement the project that the United States, Japan and South Korea suspect will effectively be a test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile the secretive country is allegedly developing, according two of the sources.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Discusses North Korean Nuclear Threat with China
South China Morning Post
The United States and China are discussing further sanctions on North Korea as it has “not even come close” to taking steps to rein in its nuclear weapons programme, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday.
China's Nuclear Approval Process Now 'Back to Normal'
Reuters
The approval process for China's ambitious nuclear reactor building plans is now back to normal after a four-year interruption, giving Beijing a fighting chance to meet its 2020 capacity targets, an industry official told reporters on Monday.
Additional Protocol Doesn't Allow Unrestrained Access, Zarif Says
Tehran Times
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the Additional Protocol to the NPT will never allow unrestrained access to the countries’ infrastructures. Zarif made the remarks during a joint press conference with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto in Tehran on Monday.
EDF's Chief Says It Will Bid for Areva's Reactor Business
David Jolly | New York Times
EDF, the world’s biggest operator of nuclear power plants, is planning to make a bid for the reactor business of Areva in the next few weeks, EDF’s chief executive said on Tuesday, confirming that a reorganization of France’s nuclear industry is at hand.
U.S. Actions May Prompt Russia to Consider Increasing Nuclear Arsenal
Sputnik News
Mikhail Ulyanov, the Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control at the Russian Foreign Ministry, warned that US measures undermining global strategic stability may force Russia to grow its nuclear arsenal instead of carrying out further disarmament.