On today's SWJ Daily News Links...

North Korea

  • Report: N. Korea Threatens More Nuke Tests - Associated Press
  • Scientists Still Analyzing Claim of Nuclear Test - Voice of America
  • U.S. Waits for Information On Nature and Success of Device - Washington Post
  • Small Blast, or ‘Big Deal’? U.S. Experts Look for Clues - New York Times
  • White House Casts Doubt on N. Korean Nuclear Arms - Reuters
  • Was North Korea's Nuclear Device a Dud? - Associated Press
  • U.S. Envoy: Nuclear Test May Never be Verified - Reuters
  • Cold War Aircraft Searches Sky for Proof of Test - London Times
  • Even a Small Nuke Poses Big Threat - USA Today
  • 'No Evidence' of Second Nuclear Test - The Australian
  • Japan Quake Reported as 2nd Test - Washington Times
  • North Korean Proliferation at Heart of Nuke Test Issue - AFPS
  • Israel Worried North Korea May Help Iran - Associated Press
  • Rice Asserts U.S. Plans No Attack on North Korea - New York Times
  • N. Korea: Sanctions Would Start War - London Daily Telegraph
  • Kim Has Case of ‘Malign Narcissism,’ Expert Says' - Los Angeles Times
  • Economy Built on Drugs, Ivory Poachers and Counterfeiters - London Times
  • North Korea and Iran - Washington Times Editorial
  • In Search of a North Korea Policy - Washington Post Commentary
  • Dancing with Kim - Washington Times Commentary
  • Kim Kindled Nuclear Funeral Pyre - London Times Commentary
  • Solving the Stalemate, One Step at a Time - New York Times Commentary
  • Perils from Pyongyang - Washington Times Commentary
  • North Korea Isn't Our Problem - Los Angeles Times Commentary
  • It's Always America's Fault - Belmont Club Blog
  • North Korea Tests Nuclear Weapon - The Fourth Rail Blog
  • North Korea Nuke Test Stirs Region - Threats Watch Blog
  • "Collapse Brinkmanship" - The Adventures of Chester Blog
  • Was N. Korea Testing a Suitcase Nuke? - Belmont Club Blog
  • Fizzlemas In North Korea - Captain's Quarters Blog
  • Stratfor: No "Satisfactory Military Solution" - Counterterrorism Blog
  • A U.N. Blockade of North Korea? - Westhawk Blog
  • Second Nuke Test Reported, but Veracity Doubted - Belmont Club Blog
  • North Korea Warns: Bigger Tests, Missile Launch - Threats Watch Blog
  • Senator John McCain On North Korea - Captain's Quarters Blog


South Korea

  • North-South Korea Relations Suffer A Sudden Chill - Washington Post
  • S. Koreans Feel Betrayed by Nuke Threat - USA Today
  • Koreas' Ties Likely to Bend, Not Break - Washington Times
  • S. Korea May Bolster Conventional Arsenal - Associated Press
  • All Quiet on Korea's DMZ, Just a Bit More Spit - Reuters
  • N. Korean Troops at DMZ Said Bolder - Associated Press


China

  • China Says It Will Back Sanctions On N. Korea - Washington Post
  • China Hints Agreement on N. Korea - Washington Times
  • China Joins Clamor to Curb N. Korea - London Daily Telegraph
  • China Rules Out Military Action, But Not Sanctions - Voice of America
  • China Supports Sanctions Against N. Korea - USA Today
  • China: N. Korea Faces 'Punitive Actions' - Associated Press
  • China Says N. Korea Should be Punished - Reuters
  • China Ponders a Problematic Friendship - Christian Science Monitor


Japan

  • Japan Mulling Harsh Sanctions Against N. Korea - Voice of America
  • Japan to Keep Prohibition on Nukes - Washington Times


Asia

  • The Scramble for a Way to Stop Nukes - Christian Science Monitor
  • Word of Test Confirms Stances in 2 Nations - New York Times
  • United in Their Protests, Not Their Politics - Los Angeles Times
  • Wary Neighbors Shy Away from Punishing N. Korea - London Times
  • A Nuclear Leviathan in the Pacific - The Adventures of Chester Blog


Pakistan

  • Pakistan Denies N. Korea Nuke Test Link - Associated Press


Rogue Nuclear States / Post-Cold War Period

  • U.S. Fears Export of Technology - Los Angeles Times
  • Rogue Realities - National Review Editorial
  • Mutually Assured Disruption - New York Times Commentary
  • We Need a New Deterrent - Washington Post Commentary
  • The Bus is Waiting - New York Times Commentary