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North Korea

  • U.S. Doubts N. Korean Test Was Nuclear - Washington Times
  • Low Yield Of Blast Surprises Analysts - Washington Post
  • Blast May Be Only a Partial Success, Experts Say - New York Times
  • Even if Device Was Flawed, Test Crossed a Threshold - Los Angeles Times
  • The Moment that Shook the World - London Times
  • U.S. Proposes Stringent U.N. Sanctions Against N. Korea - Voice of America
  • Pentagon Assesses Responses, Including Possible Blockade - New York Times
  • U.S. Proposes Embargo, Sanctions on N. Korea - Washington Post
  • World Condemns North Korea - Los Angeles Times
  • Condemnation Swift, But Options Limited - USA Today
  • World Powers Ponder Sanctions - London Daily Telegraph
  • Bush Seeks Action from U.N., 6 Parties - Washington Times
  • Bush Rebukes North Korea; U.S. Seeks New U.N. Sanctions - New York Times
  • U.S., Japan Lead Push to Sanction Pyongyang - Washington Times
  • Nuclear Test Sparks Global Condemnation - Voice of America
  • U.N. Members Condemn N. Korea Over Test - Associated Press
  • Bush Condemns N. Korean Nuclear Test - Voice of America
  • S. Korea, Japan Condemn N. Korea - Voice of America
  • Tough Talk From Seoul, if Little Will for a Fight - New York Times
  • Rattled South Koreans Consider Test a Betrayal - Los Angeles Times
  • China Condemns N. Korean Nuclear Test - Voice of America
  • Angry China Is Likely to Toughen Its Stand on N. Korea - New York Times
  • China Opposes Military Action - Associated Press
  • China Rules Out War But Not Sanctions - Reuters
  • Neighbors See Threat, 'Betrayal' in Nuclear Test - Washington Times
  • North Korea Rocks Asia's Status Quo - Christian Science Monitor
  • North Korea's Political, Economic Gamble - Washington Post
  • A Look at Sanctions Against North Korea - Associated Press
  • A Look at N. Korea Nuclear Capabilities - Associated Press
  • Verifying Nuclear Test Blasts - Associated Press
  • Weapons of the World's Nuclear Powers - Associated Press
  • Text of North Korea's Nuke Announcement - Associated Press Transcript
  • For U.S., a Strategic Jolt After N. Korea’s Test - New York Times Analysis
  • Test 'Changes the Landscape' for U.S. Officials - Washington Post Analysis
  • Next Step Depends on U.S. and China - Los Angeles Times Analysis
  • Diverted Attention, Neglect Set the Stage - Los Angeles Times Analysis
  • The Defiant One - Washington Times Editorial
  • Responding to North Korea - Washington Post Editorial
  • North Korea and the Bomb - New York Times Editorial
  • Kim Jong Il's Challenge to China - Los Angeles Times Editorial
  • Rebottling N. Korea's Nuclear Genie - Christian Science Monitor Editorial
  • New Dawn of a Dangerous Age - The Australian Editorial
  • Answering North Korea - Washington Post Editorial
  • The North Korea Nuclear Puzzle - Los Angeles Times Editorial
  • North Korea and the Dominoes - New York Times Editorial
  • Raising the Stakes - Wall Street Journal Commentary
  • Coming-Out Party - Washington Times Commentary
  • In a Test, a Reason to Talk - Washington Post Commentary
  • No More Negotiating With N. Korea - Los Angeles Times Commentary
  • Talking With the Monsters - New York Times Commentary
  • Is U.S. N. Korea Policy Working? - Real Clear Politics Commentary
  • Now What? - Slate Commentary
  • It’s the Nukes, Stupid - National Review Commentary
  • Wanted: New Deterrent For a Tyrant - London Times Commentary
  • Region in For a Shakeup - The Australian Commentary
  • If Kim Jong Il Gets Nukes - Los Angeles Times Commentary
  • Correct Response is Critical - The Australian Commentary
  • Stalking the Hermit - Tech Central Station Commentary
  • He Huffs and He Puffs - Weekly Standard Commentary
  • 'Dear Leader' Feels Ignored - Real Clear Politics Commentary
  • North Korea: War Is Coming To American Soil - Captain's Quarters Blog
  • 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


Rogue Nuclear States

  • Mutually Assured Disruption - New York Times Commentary


Japan

  • Japan Likely to Rally Behind PM’s Call for a Strong Military - NY Times
  • Japan's PM Abe Gets Helping Hand From N. Korea - Reuters


"U.S. intelligence agencies say, based on preliminary indications, that North Korea did not produce its first nuclear blast yesterday."

"U.S. officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that seismic readings show that the conventional high explosives used to create a chain reaction in a plutonium-based device went off, but that the blast's readings were shy of a typical nuclear detonation."

--Washington Times, U.S. Doubts N. Korean Test Was Nuclear