Is North Korea Preparing Its Fourth Nuclear Test? -- Zachary Keck, The Diplomat
While the possibility cannot be ruled out, there’s little reason to believe another nuclear test is imminent.
On Tuesday a senior South Korean lawmaker warned that a number of signs suggest that North Korea is preparing for another long-range missile and fourth nuclear test.
Yonhap News Agency reports that at a meeting of the ruling Saenuri Party, Rep. Cho Won-jin, a ranking member of the Intelligence Committee, suggested that another long-range rocket and nuclear test might be conducted in order to shift domestic attention away from the purge of Jang Song-thaek, the uncle of current leader Kim Jong-Un and formerly the second most powerful man in Pyongyang.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
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Three Cheers for China! -- Robert A. Manning, National Interest
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South Sudan: How the World’s Newest Country Is Destroying Itself -- Noah Rayman, Time
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Putin and Khodorkovsky: What the 'pardon' really means -- Douglas Herbert, France 24
The Khodorkovsky Case: Putin Giveth and Putin Taketh Away Why Putin freed Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and why now -- Julia Ioffe, New Republic
Why has the EU’s army never been deployed? -- Gaëlle Le Roux, France 24
EU Is In Denial Over The Euro Its Failed Currency -- Jeremy Warner, Daily Telegraph
Bitcoin mania heads into the end game -- Edward Hadas, Reuters
Has Snowden Been Vindicated? -- New York Times
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