For North Korea, next step is a nuclear test

For North Korea, next step is a nuclear test

For North Korea, next step is a nuclear test

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 08:10 PM PST

A screen shows a rocket being launched from a launch pad at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site, at North Korea's satellite control centre in Cholsan county, North Pyongan provinceSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea rattled the world on Wednesday by putting a satellite into orbit using the kind of technology that appears to demonstrate it can develop a missile capable of hitting the United States. Its next step will likely be a nuclear test, which would be the third conducted by the reclusive and unpredictable state. Its 2009 test came on May 25, a month after a rocket launch. For the North and its absolute ruler Kim Jong-un, the costs of the rocket program and its allied nuclear weapons efforts - estimated by South Korea's government at $2.8-$3. ...

Japan protests after Chinese plane flies over disputed isles

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 11:14 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan protested to China on Thursday after a Chinese government plane entered what Japan considers its airspace over disputed islets in the East China Sea, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said. The incident prompted Japan's military to scramble eight F-15 fighter jets, the Defense Ministry said. Japanese officials later said the Chinese aircraft had left the area. Sino-Japanese relations took a tumble in September after Japan bought the tiny islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, from a private Japanese owner. ...

South Korea opposition candidate closes poll gap, pledges jobs

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:56 PM PST

South Korea's presidential candidate Moon Jae-in of the main opposition Democratic United Party attends his campaign rally with former independent presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo in DaejeonSEOUL (Reuters) - Running a close second in opinion polls, South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae-in announced on Thursday plans for a 20 trillion won ($18.60 billion) jobs package in a bid to close the gap six days before the election. South Korea bans the publication of opinion polls from Thursday and Moon, the left-wing opposition challenger to conservative Park Geun-hye, was 1.5-3.5 percentage points behind, compared with a gap of up to 7.5 points a week ago. ...

South Korea: NKorea's satellite orbiting normally

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:22 PM PST

In this monitor screen image taken by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, the Unha-3 rocket lifts off from a launch site on the west coast, in the village of Tongchang-ri, about 56 kilometers (35 miles) from the Chinese border city of Dandong, North Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. North Korea successfully fired a long-range rocket on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Korea Central News Agency via Korea News Service) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSIONSouth Korea says that a satellite North Korea launched aboard a long-range rocket is orbiting the Earth normally but it's unknown whether it is functioning properly.

Japan protests after Chinese plane flies over disputed isles

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:53 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan made an official protest to China on Thursday after a Chinese government plane entered what Japan considers its airspace over disputed islets in the East China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said in Tokyo.

South Korea opposition candidate closes poll gap, pledges jobs

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:56 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - Running a close second in opinion polls, South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae-in announced on Thursday plans for a 20 trillion won ($18.60 billion) jobs package in a bid to close the gap six days before the election.

VIDEO: Antarctic 'lost world' to be explored

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 03:36 PM PST

A British research team in Antarctica has launched a long-awaited project to hunt for life in a lake hidden beneath the ice-sheet.

VIDEO: Eurozone bank union deal agreed

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 09:16 PM PST

European finance ministers have reached agreement on a eurozone banking union ahead of an EU summit in Brussels.

EU ministers clinch deal on bank supervision

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:24 PM PST

European Central Bank granted authority to police euro zone's major banks and intervene when small lenders have trouble.

Bangladesh opposition protests turn violent

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:21 PM PST

Opposition protesters, fearing election rigging, demand restoration of caretaker government before polls.

VIDEO: Banker sleeping rough in park

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 09:16 PM PST

BBC Panorama meets a former Wall Street investment banker sleeping rough in a park in Croydon.

VIDEO: Banker sleeping rough in park

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 09:16 PM PST

BBC Panorama meets a former Wall Street investment banker sleeping rough in a park in Croydon.

NKorea policy in Seoul to soften despite rocket

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 09:53 PM PST

South Korean soldiers cast their absentee votes for the presidential election at a local polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. South Korea's presidential election is scheduled for Dec. 19. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)It is not too early to predict one sure winner of South Korea's presidential election next week: North Korea. President Lee Myung-bak's hardline approach to Pyongyang is going away, no matter who replaces him.

VIDEO: Flower power border divides US and Canada

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 06:14 PM PST

Concerns over smuggling and illegal immigration have led to increased security in a community split down the middle by the US-Canada border.

VIDEO: A reader's guide to paranoia

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 07:43 PM PST

The Encyclopedia Paranoiaca is a compendium of household items, activities and illnesses that could seriously ruin your day - or your health.

Outrage over Argentina sex slavery acquittals

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 09:42 PM PST

Angry protesters hold demonstrations across country after Tucuman court acquits 13 accused of trafficking women.

VIDEO: A reader's guide to paranoia

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 07:43 PM PST

The Encyclopedia Paranoiaca is a compendium of household items, activities and illnesses that could seriously ruin your day - or your health.

NKorea hails launch despite risk of consequences

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 07:01 PM PST

In this monitor screen image taken by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, the Unha-3 rocket lifts off from a launch site on the west coast, in the village of Tongchang-ri, about 56 kilometers (35 miles) from the Chinese border city of Dandong, North Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. North Korea successfully fired a long-range rocket on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Korea Central News Agency via Korea News Service) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSIONNorth Korea, though struggling to feed its people, is now one of the few countries to have successfully launched a satellite into space from its own soil. But leaders in Washington, Seoul and Tokyo immediately pushed for consequences over a rocket launch widely seen as a test that takes the country one step closer to being capable of lobbing nuclear bombs over the Pacific.

For North Korea, next step is a nuclear test

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 08:11 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea rattled the world on Wednesday by putting a satellite into orbit using the kind of technology that appears to demonstrate it can develop a missile capable of hitting the United States.

VIDEO: Deported McAfee lands back in US

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 08:09 PM PST

The software tycoon John McAfee has arrived in the United States after being deported by Guatemala.

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