Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
December 2014 - South Korea Special Weapons News
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- Ban welcomes proposal for 'high-level dialogue' between two Koreas UN News Centre 29 Dec 2014 -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed a proposal by the Government of the Republic of Korea to kick-start a high-level dialogue with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in an effort to thaw relations between the two countries.
- South Korea, Japan, US Agree to Share Secrets About North Korea Sputnik 29 Dec 2014 -- Amid growing security threats in northeast Asia, South Korea, the United States and Japan signed a military agreement on the exchange of classified intelligence information on North Korea's missile and nuclear programs. The agreement is entering into force on December 29, the South Korean Ministry of Defense confirmed.
- South Korea Offers to Resume Talks With North Korea: Unification Ministry Sputnik 29 Dec 2014 -- South Korea has made an official proposal to resume talks with North Korea, the country's Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae said Monday.
- South Korea Proposes Talks with North VOA 28 Dec 2014 -- South Korea on Monday proposed restarting a dialogue with North Korea on issues of mutual concern, such as reuniting families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. This outreach to the North comes at a time of growing antagonism between Pyongyang and the West over issues of cyberattacks and human rights abuses.
- Signing of Trilateral Information Sharing Arrangement Concerning the Nuclear and Missile Threats Posed by North Korea DoD 28 Dec 2014 -- "Today, the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Korea, the Ministry of Defense of Japan, and the Department of Defense of the United States of America finalized a trilateral information sharing arrangement concerning the nuclear and missile threats posed by North Korea."
- South Korea Heightens Security After Cyberattack on Nuclear Plants VOA 26 Dec 2014 -- South Korea has increased security around power plants after hackers penetrated their computer network and released sensitive documents online. Investigators cannot yet say if Pyongyang was involved in this hacking incident, but given the recent alleged North Korean cyberattack on the Sony movie studio, they cannot rule it out either.
- US, Seoul, Tokyo to sign trilateral intelligence-sharing pact Iran Press TV 26 Dec 2014 -- The Unites states, South Korea and Japan are set to sign their first-ever trilateral intelligence-sharing pact next week.
- US, South Korea, Japan Agree to Share Data on North Korean Nuclear Weapons Sputnik 26 Dec 2014 -- The United States, South Korea and Japan will sign a trilateral agreement on sharing intelligence information on North Korea's nuclear and missile program, due to the country's growing military potential, Yonhap news agency reported Friday.
- US, Japan, S. Korea to Share Intel on N. Korea VOA 26 Dec 2014 -- South Korean officials say Seoul, the U.S. and Japan have agreed on a trilateral intelligence-sharing pact to deal with North Korea's missile and nuclear programs.
- India Calls on South Korea to Join Its Defense Acquisition Program Sputnik 26 Dec 2014 -- India on Friday called on South Korea to participate in its defense acquisition program as part of the 'Make in India' campaign.
- South Korea Divided on Response to North's Cyber Attack VOA 22 Dec 2014 -- In South Korea, there are voices of support for the idea that U.S. President Barack Obama might put North Korea back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism in response to the cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.
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