Protesters outside the Trump Tower in New York earlier this year.
Reuters
At a time of increasing threat of nuclear war, a historic treaty to ban nuclear weapons might provide a much-needed panacea.
In this April 15, 2017, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea.
(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)
China could win unprecedented global credibility by emerging as the champion of an international effort that fixes the North Korea problem once and for all. Does it have the moxie?
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s clampdown on dissent in Matabeleland claimed up to 20 000 lives.
EPA/Aaron Ufumeli/ Pool
The effects of President Mugabe’s post-independence security clampdown that led to the murder of between 10 000 and 20 000 Zimbabweans, known as the Matabeleland massacre, continue to be felt.
Donald Trump has described Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action as the ‘worst deal ever’.
Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
A policy tug-of-war is taking place in the Trump White House over what to do about Iran.
Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary of the CTBTO at a press briefing following the recent suspected nuclear test in North Korea.
CTBTO
A former member of the Australian delegation to the Committee on Disarmament in Geneva explains how the CTBTO monitoring system detects nuclear tests.
Uh-oh.
EPA/Kimimasa Mayama
Japan’s security is based on the guarantee that America will protect it, come what may – but that guarantee may no longer be reliable.
North Korean soldiers participate in a target-striking contest in August this year.
EPA/KCNA
North Korea’s legitimacy derives almost wholly from its subjects’ perception of perfect strength and resolve. This makes it harder for Pyongyang to back down.
Trucks cross the friendship bridge connecting China and North Korea on Sept. 4, 2017. Trump has threatened to cut off trade with countries that deal with North Korea.
AP Photo/Helene Franchineau
The international community has been trying to stop North Korea from developing long-range missiles for decades. So what went wrong?
Could be better: daily life in Pyongyang.
EPA/Franck Robichon
Getting out of North Korea isn’t easy, but tens of thousands have managed it nonetheless.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping speaks at the BRICS summit in Xiamen.
Reuters
China is probably no more fond of the North Korean regime than the Americans are, but it is walking a fine line between managing both nations and ensuring its own continued rise.
‘I will attack and I might like that.’
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What do intercontinental missiles and Apple’s app store have in common? Alvin M Weinberg.
Apple’s products would be a lot more expensive if the U.S. didn’t trade with China.
Reuters/Eduardo Munoz
The president said he’s considering ending trade with any country that does business with North Korea. Here’s why that will never happen.
A Japanese man watches a TV news program on a public screen in Tokyo showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un amid reports the North Korean leader has inspected a hydrogen bomb meant for a new intercontinental ballistic missile.
(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
As North Korea ups the missile ante, it’s time for Canada to take a meaningful stand against China’s continued sly backing of its atrocious ally.
EPA/Fred Dufour Jr
China’s Xi Jinping has a crucial political manoeuvre to execute at home – and North Korea has stolen the limelight.
Boeing WC-135 Constant Phoenix “sniffer plane” used to monitor radioactive emissions from nuclear bomb tests.
US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz
Want to know if a rogue state has performed a nuclear test? Sniffer planes can help.
Reuters/Toru Hanai
North Korea wants the security and prestige of nuclear weapons. It won’t give them up.
Back with a bang.
EPA/Franck Robichon
Pyongyang’s latest test isn’t the great leap forward it purports to be.
South Korea’s Meteorological Administration, on the case.
EPA/Jeon Heon-Kyun
Within hours of North Korea’s latest underground nuclear test, Japan and South Korea were both able to independently confirm it had happened. How?
Chinese President Xi Jinping in Germany, July 2017.
EPA/Filip Singer
The future direction of the Chinese Communist Party will be decided at this year’s National Congress. The leader may not change but there are key roles up for grabs.
Reuters/KCNA
Here’s the script accompanied by a lot of bombast, signifying not much. North Korea launches another missile – its 18th for the year and 80th since Kim Jong-un assumed power in 2011. This time it travels…