Published Date:
03 June 2009
ONCE again, the Korean peninsula is experiencing one of its periodic bouts of extremism, this time marked by the suicide of former president, Roh Moo-hyun, and North Korea's second test of a nuclear device.
Roh's suicide is a disaster for his family and a national shame, while Kim Jong Il's nuclear blast is something of a temper tantrum, but one which may have dire consequences for the two Koreas and the world.
The North Korean bomb, estimated at f...
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Last Updated:
02 June 2009 8:38 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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Related Topics:
North Korea
