North Korea Conducts Nuclear Test

Again, North Korea has conducted another nuclear test on their land threaten to destabilize the entire North Eastern Asia. Even North Korea's biggest trading partner, China, was opposed to their idea of testing nuclear technology.

Even though North Korea claim that the test was successful, many scientists are skeptical about the claim because the size of explosion was fairly small for today's standard. Their guess is that the explosion was about same size as an atomic bomb dropped into Nagasaki and Hiroshima. They estimated the blast's size by reading the level of ground shake made by the nuclear blast. The current nuclear test is conducted underground to reduce the spill of radioactive materials.

As usual, the United Nation has set up the emergency meeting to decided whether to impose stricter sanctions against North Korea for violating the United Nation Resolution for the second time. During the Bush Administration, the United States relation with North Korea has worsened after the former President Bush named them as part of Axis of Evil. Currently, Obama Administration is attempting to begin the diplomacy with North Korea again, but so far, they see little hope that the diplomacy will succeed.

source and credit: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/world/asia/26nuke.html?_r=1&hp

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TAKA LAKA's comment:
Alright, this news shouldn't surprise that many people. We hear about how North Korea is threatening the United States and the rest of the world all the time. The nuclear program in North Korea is threatening, but their military power is far a world threat. Even though North Korea has estimate of 2million foot soldiers, their weapons are outdated. Some of the reports claim that North Korea is still using F-4 fighter jet, which is almost outdated by 40 years. In order to become a strong military nation, one nation needs strong leadership, resources, and economy. North might have strong leadership, but they don't have resources nor economy. We need to be cautious of North Korea, but media is overstating the issue, just like swine flu.

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