United States Korea Institute

• 

  Satellite Images Suggest North Korea Expanding Uranium Capacity: Report

  North Korea appears to be expanding its capacity to produce uranium, which could be used to increase its stockpile of nuclear weapons, a U.S. nuclear expert said on Wednesday.

• 

  Vietnam Seeks Western Warplanes to Counter Potential Chinese Threat

  Vietnam is in talks with European and US contractors to buy fighter jets, maritime patrol planes and unarmed drones, sources said, as it looks to beef up its aerial defences in the face of China's growing assertiveness in disputed waters.

• 

  US 'Deeply Concerned' by North Korean Nuclear Advances

  The United States is "deeply concerned" about North Korea's nuclear advances, a senior US official said on Tuesday after a US research institute predicted Pyongyang could possess as many as 100 nuclear weapons within five years.

• 

  North Korea May Have 100 Atomic Arms by 2020: US Experts

  North Korea appears poised to expand its nuclear program over the next five years and in a worst case scenario could possess 100 atomic arms by 2020, US researchers warned on Tuesday.

• North Korea Cruise Missile Fuels Proliferation Concerns

  North Korea appears to have acquired a sea-based copy of a Russian cruise missile, the latest step in an effort to enhance its maritime strike capability, a US think-tank said on Tuesday.

• Thousands Languishing in Japan Children's Homes: Human Rights Watch

  Almost 90 percent of children taken from their families in Japan end up in institutions rather than foster care, a rights group said Thursday, expressing shock at the rate -- the highest among developed nations.

• North Korea completing large rocket pad: US think tank

  North Korea has almost completed enlargement of its main satellite launch pad, allowing the launch of rockets up to 50 metres in length as early as next month, a US think-tank said on Friday.

• North Korean leader says purge was a cleansing of 'filth'

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first reference to the execution of his powerful uncle in a New Year's address, saying the reclusive state's ruling party had become stronger after it was purged of "factional filth."

• North Korea resumes missile site construction: US institute

  North Korea has resumed construction work on a missile launch site on its northeast coast after a months-long hiatus.

• Satellite image suggests North Korea has restarted nuclear reactor: report

  Satellite imagery suggests that North Korea has restarted a research reactor capable of producing plutonium for weapons at its Yongbyon nuclear complex, a US research institute said on Wednesday.

• North Korea making tunnel at nuclear test site, shows satellite images

  Satellite imagery has revealed new tunnelling work at North Korea's nuclear test site, but nothing that points to an imminent detonation, a US research institute said today.