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"I find hope in the work of long-established groups such as the Arms Control Association...[and] I find hope in younger anti-nuclear activists and the movement around the world to formally ban the bomb."

– Vincent Intondi
Author, "African Americans Against the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons, Colonialism, and the Black Freedom Movement
July 1, 2020
North Korea
  • North Korea Conducts Nuclear Test
    February 28, 2013

    Defying warnings from the international community, North Korea conducted its third nuclear test Feb. 12 at its underground testing site, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) announced. The blast prompted discussion of the need for a new policy toward North Korea, which had conducted a rocket launch two months earlier.

  • Prelude to an ICBM? Putting North Korea’s Unha-3 Launch Into Context
    February 28, 2013

    Last December, after two decades of development and four failed attempts since 1998, North Korea finally boosted a small satellite into orbit using a domestically assembled Unha-3 rocket. Although the Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite failed to orient itself properly and never beamed signals to earth-based stations as designed, Pyongyang nonetheless heralded the launch as an epic national achievement.

  • North Korea’s Nuclear Wake-Up Shot
    February 27, 2013

    North Korea’s third nuclear weapons test explosion, in defiance of its lone remaining ally, China, and the rest of the international community, should prompt a reappraisal of Beijing’s accommodating attitude toward its neighbor and rejuvenate U.S.-led diplomacy designed to freeze and reverse Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs.

  • North Korean Nuclear Test and Meteorite over Siberia Demonstrate CTBTO Capabilities
    February 27, 2013
    According to a February 26 Global Security Newswire story, the recent North Korean nuclear test "brought fresh attention to the capabilities" of the CTBTO's monitoring system.
  • Nuclear North Korea: the View from Seoul
    February 20, 2013
  • Obama Renews Commitment to Reducing Nuclear Weapons Threat
    February 13, 2013
  • Defying Global Taboo, North Korea Conducts 3rd Nuclear Blast
    February 12, 2013
  • Defying Global Taboo, North Korea Conducts 3rd Nuclear Blast
    February 12, 2013
    The government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has apparently conducted its third nuclear test explosion, defying the explicit demands of the UN Security Council and the international community that it “abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programmes in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner.”
  • CTBTO Says it Can Detect Nuclear Test by N. Korea "Within Minutes"
    February 5, 2013
    The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) announced this week that the organization is able to detect seismological activity in North Korea "within minutes" of an explosion.
  • North Korea Vows "Physical" Response to UNSC Resolution
    January 23, 2013
    Today, the North Korean government released a statement through the Korean Central News Agency condemning the most recent UN Security Council resolution (S/RES/2087) directed at Pyongyang. The UNSC resolution expands the list of sanctioned entities in response to the most recent North Korean satellite launch, which occurred on Dec. 12, 2012.
  • North Korea Announces Intention to Test Nuclear Weapon
    January 23, 2013
    Today, North Korea’s National Defence Commission released a statement ramping up the rhetoric towards the United States.
  • N. Korea Launch Spurs Talk of New Policy
    January 15, 2013

    North Korea put a satellite into orbit Dec. 12, marking its first success in five tries over 14 years in launching a rocket with technology directly applicable to intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) development.

  • Is North Korea Preparing for Another Nuclear Test?
    January 4, 2013
    The Associated Press reported on Dec. 27, 2012 that satellite photos indicate North Korea has repaired flood damage at its nuclear test facility and is now capable of conducting a nuclear test explosion at the site.
  • Illicit N. Korean Exports Reported
    December 4, 2012

    North Korea may have sold proliferation-sensitive materials to Myanmar and Syria in violation of UN Security Council sanctions, news organizations reported in November.

  • South Korea Extends Missile Range
    November 2, 2012

    South Korea and the United States reached an agreement allowing Seoul to extend the range of its ballistic missiles. Both countries say the increase is necessary to counter the threat posed by North Korea’s missile capabilities.

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