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Rocket Launch Sheds New Light on North Korea-Iran Ties

IN THIS ISSUE: Rocket launch sheds new light on N. Korea-Iran ties, sanctions on table in Iran talks, Menendez and Hagel on opposite sides of Iran issue, India's nuclear jurisprudence, nearly finished defense bill mandates new Los Alamos weapons facility, quake risk at Japan atomic recycling plant.

Published on December 20, 2012
 

Rocket Launch Sheds New Light on North Korea-Iran Ties

Shin Hyon-hee | Korea Herald

Taepodong missile

North Korea's successful launch of a long-range rocket is sparking fresh speculation over the communist state's covert partnership with Iran, another rogue nuclear aspirant.

Such collaboration is "certainly" possible, said James Schoff, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former Asia-Pacific security advisor to U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.

"They clearly have some common interests in trying to build up a deterrent so that they can keep outsiders from interfering in their business, which allows them to carry on policies that are unpopular with neighbors," he said.   Full Article



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