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China Told U.S. of Underwater Nuclear Plant in N.Korea China obtained information in 2008 that North Korea has a secret underwater nuclear facility in its coastal waters, leaked U.S. diplomatic cables show. According to a Sept. 26, 2008 cable from the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai disclosed by WikiLeaks, a North Korea expert in Shanghai announced this in a meeting about the six-party nuclear talks with Christopher Beede, the political and economic chief at the consulate. The expert said the nuclear declaration the North submitted to China, the chair of the six-party talks, in May the same year was "incomplete" and...

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea announced Monday that it successfully carried out an underground nuclear test, weeks after threatening to restart its rogue atomic program. The country's official Korean Central News Agency called Monday's test "part of measures to bolster its nuclear deterrent for self-defense." President Lee Myung-bak convened an emergency security session. His spokesman, Lee Dong-kwan, confirmed that a nuclear test may have been carried out in the North. Seismologists from the U.S., South Korea and Japan reported earthquakes in an northeastern area, where North Korea conducted a nuclear test in 2006. A 4.7-magnitude earthquake was registered in...

Conclusion: This statement is one of the more obvious realities in today’s world. The civilized world is endangered when any nation joins the nuclear club. Certain nations, by their actions, demonstrate that they are not responsible members of the world’s nations. It is the responsibility of all on our planet to not allow a rogue nation to obtain nuclear weapons. Supporting arguments: For many years, in fact since World War II, North Korea has demonstrated a defiance to the rest of the world. This defiance has not only been deadly to other nations, including our own, put devasting to its...