Published Date:
03 June 2009
ONCE again, the Korean peninsula is experiencing one of its periodic bouts of extremism, this time marked by the suicide of former president, Roh Moo-hyun, and North Korea's second test of a nuclear device.
Roh's suicide is a disaster for his family and a national shame, while Kim Jong Il's nuclear blast is something of a temper tantrum, but one which may have dire consequences for the two Koreas and the world.
The North Korean bomb, estimated at f...
The full article contains 879 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
02 June 2009 8:38 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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Related Topics:
North Korea
