Saturday, June 13, 2009

Rumors of War: North Korea
My Way News - Defying sanctions, NKorea vows to make more nukes
AP reports: "North Korea responded to new U.N. sanctions with more defiance, promising Saturday to step up its nuclear bomb-making program by enriching uranium and threatening war on any country that dares to stop its ships on the high seas."

My Way News - Analysis: NKorean nuclear moves tied to succession
AP reports: "If North Korea can win credibility as a nuclear-armed power and extract promises of recognition and aid from Washington and its allies, Kim will have set the stage for his son to take the world's first communist dynasty into its third generation."

North Korea responds to U.N. with nuclear threats - Reuters
Reuters reports: "North Korea said on Saturday it would start a uranium enrichment program and weaponize all its plutonium in response to fresh U.N. sanctions, which the United States said it would work vigorously to enforce. Pyongyang also threatened military action if Washington and its allies tried to isolate it."

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