July 10, 2008

N. Korea admits to having used 26 kg of plutonium for nuclear bombs

North Korea's nuclear declaration, turned over to China on June 26, revealed that it used 26 kilograms of enriched plutonium to manufacture nuclear weapons, according to a Japanese newspaper report. That amount is enough to make three to eight nuclear bombs given that one weapon could be made with roughly 4 to 8 kilograms of weapons-grade plutonium.    (FULL STORY)
North Korean Ambassador to China Choe Jin Su leaves the Foreign Ministry in Beijing on June 26, after Choe handed over a declaration of nuclear programs. AP/Kyodo, Minoru Iwasaki

Beijing has to-do list for thwarting kill-joys and spoil-sports at Beijing Olympics

Beijing is pulling out the stops — and using a thousand and one ploys and gimmicks — to stop anyone from spoiling the Olympics, the putative coming-out party meant to demonstrate the larger-than-life achievements of the Chinese Communist Party leadership. (FULL STORY)
China-made third-generation Jian-10 jet fighters will be deployed in the vicinity of Beijing to shoot down airborne threats to the games.  
Officials: U.S. outflanked by both China, North Korea over nuke talks
Growth of small N. Korean businesses gains momentum as rationing fails
   
U.S. concerned North Korea studied insurgency tactics in Iraq
N. Korea seen using divide-and-conquer tactics toward Japan, U.S.
Report: Made-in-Japan components exported to N. Korean nuke site
Stolen flash memory drive had data from U.S.-Japan exercises

Bidding on for Sri Lanka by China, India, Pakistan / Australia under Rudd fighting off $30 billion in China takeover bids / Who’s winning: the street or Lee?
China's nuclear force modernization a focus of discussions at G-8
Rice an advocate for the Dalai Lama's 'moral authority', presses China on rights
China sees resumption of arms sales to Taiwan as being in U.S. interest

 
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