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SEOUL, South Korea Oct 9, 2006 (AP)— There were no signs of any unusual military activity in North Korea after it declared it had tested a nuclear bomb for the first time, South Korea said Monday. Earlier, the South said it had put its military on higher alert and boosted efforts to determine if there was any radioactive fallout from the test. "No particular movement has been detected in the North Korean military both in the front and the rear," the Defense Ministry said in a statement. The ministry said it was closely watching the communist state for any signs...

Earlier: Rumsfeld says North Korea nuke test would signal international failure ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday if North Korea successfully tests a nuclear weapon, it will show weakness on the part of the international community. ‘‘And that failure ... is something that the international community would have to register and ask itself how comfortable are we being that ineffective in this situation,’’ Rumsfeld told reporters at the Pentagon during a visit by Croatian Defense Minister Berislav Roncevic. His comments came as U.S. officials warned North Korea anew not to test a nuclear weapon. ‘‘It...

The news about the successful missile defense test conducted Friday by the Defense Department came at an opportune moment. Not only do we have constant reminders from North Korea and Iran of the importance of this program, but the program itself has been in real need of a boost, because congressional appropriations have been lagging.

US to double anti-missile ships in Pacific Reuters News, Wed Aug 16, 2006 By Jim Wolf HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (Reuters) - The United States, concerned about North Korea, will double to six by the end of the year the number of its ships in the Pacific capable of shooting down enemy ballistic missiles, the head of the Pentagon missile-defense project involved said on Wednesday. "I think it gives the nation more options," Rear Adm. Alan Hicks, program manager for Aegis ballistic missile defense, told reporters here after speaking to a conference on the fledgling U.S. shield. In coming years, a growing...

: Report: China Won't Curb North Korean Missile Program Defense Daily International 07/21/2006 Author: Dave Ahearn Even as the United States implores China to use its leverage to restrain North Korean ambitions to develop nuclear-tipped long-range missiles, China has no intention whatever of wielding its influence to that end, a new report states. In other words, the United States is left to its own devices, forced to erect its own missile defense when confronted by a rogue regime bent on acquiring awesome military powers. While China postures by voicing "concern" that North Korea on July 4 fired a series of...

This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50382 Tuesday, May 30, 2006 FROM JOSEPH FARAH'S G2 BULLETINNorth Korea's grisly arms tests on babiesMI6 file describes concentration camp bigger, deadlier than Dachau, Auschwitz Posted: May 30, 20061:00 a.m. Eastern By Gordon Thomas © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com Satellite images of North Korea's largest concentration camp Haengyong They call it "the Killing Compound" – the area of Camp 22 in North Korea's largest concentration camp. Hidden away in the mountains in a remote northeastern corner of North Korea, close to its borders with Russia and...

North Korea's government is producing high-quality counterfeit $100 bills and is working with criminal groups in China to sell the fake U.S. money internationally, U.S. officials say. Some details of the production of what federal officials call "supernotes" were disclosed after arrests last month in several U.S. cities of people linked to a major Asian crime ring trafficking in fake money, arms, drugs and cigarettes. A senior Bush administration official said one of the 10 indictments in the case contains the first disclosure of the North Korean government's role in the counterfeiting.

Understanding North Korea: It's not crazy Q&A with William M. Drennan 02/16/2003 While the standoff with Saddam Hussein holds the world's attention, North Korea's dispute with the U.S. over nuclear capabilities looms as large. Intelligence officials warn that North Korea has an untested missile that could reach the western U.S. All of this sits on the U.N. Security Council's agenda, along with Saddam. One American who's made a career of understanding Korea is William M. Drennan, deputy director of the United States Institute of Peace. The institute is a federally funded research group dedicated to the resolution and management...