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May 2009

  • 31 May 2009 - Observer - Nuclear-armed North Korea is 'not acceptable', warns US Shangri-la Dialogue 2009 HomepageWashington does not fear a direct attack by North Korea, but is concerned that the country will export its nuclear technology to other rogue states or terrorist networks. The country, crippled by sanctions and its own disastrous economy, has already acquired billions of dollars by secretly exporting missile technology to the Middle East and Pakistan. In his speech in Singapore, Gates warned that America would hold Pyongyang "fully accountable" for the proliferation of any nuclear material or technology. "Th
  • 31 May 2009 - New York Times - Gates Issues Warning to North Korea Shangri-la Dialogue 2009 HomepageThroughout the day at the annual conference in Singapore, called the Shangri-La Dialogue, Mr. Gates met with defense officials from China, South Korea, Japan and other Asian nations to try to begin pulling together an international consensus on how to proceed. James B. Steinberg, the deputy Secretary of State, attended a number of the meetings, as did Dennis C. Blair, the director of national intelligence
  • 31 May 2009 - - Washington Post - N. Korea Seen Moving Missile to Launchpad Shangri-la Dialogue 2009 HomepageGates told defense officials at the meeting that the U.S. government understands and disdains the game of brinkmanship North Korea is playing. "They create a crisis, and the rest of us pay the price to return to the status quo ante," he said. "As the expression goes in the U.S., I'm tired of buying the same horse twice.
  • 31 May 2009 - - Independent on Sunday - North Korea seen preparing to test long-range missile Shangri-la Dialogue 2009 HomepageChina, which ignored the previous sanctions, has been unusually outspoken in its criticism of Monday's blast. "As a close neighbour of North Korea, China has expressed a firm opposition and grave concern about the nuclear test," Lt-Gen Ma Xiaotian said at the Singapore defence meeting. North Korea says it conducted the nuclear test in self-defence. Its main Rodong Sinmun newspaper warned yesterday that it "will deal decisive and merciless blows at the enemies who desperately run amok to dare pre-empt an att
  • 31 May 2009 - - Straits Times - New Asean-centric set-up? Shangri-la Dialogue 2009 HomepageThere is clearly a consensus that Asean has to be at the centre of any new Asia-Pacific security architecture that emerges to grapple with security challenges such as piracy, terrorism and natural disasters. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, also the Defence Minister, was speaking to reporters after hosting lunch for his defence counterparts yesterday, on the second day of the Shangri-La Dialogue.
  • 31 May 2009 - - Straits Times - N.Korea stumps world Shangri-la Dialogue 2009 Homepage'North Korea in the past has a track record of external transfers of missile technology to many countries and of nuclear cooperation with at least two - Syria and Libya,' said Mr Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for non-proliferation, at the London-based think-tank, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), which hosts the Shangri-La Dialogue.
  • 31 May 2009 - - Korea Times - US to Reaffirm Nuke Umbrella for S. Korea Shangri-la Dialogue 2009 Homepagen a meeting with South Korean Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee on the sidelines of an international security conference in Singapore Saturday, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to the security of South Korea.
  • 31 May 2009 - - Reuters - Asians talk of peace, haggle over arms Shangri-la Dialogue 2009 HomepageAsia's defense policymakers spoke of peace in the region's top security conference in Singapore, but have been also huddling in the corridors of a luxury hotel haggling over deals with arms suppliers. The annual Asia Security Conference, a forum for discussion, brought together some of the world's main arms-makers with military chiefs nervously eyeing their neighbors' moves and looking to upgrade defenses in a region full of long-running insurgencies, potential maritime disputes and growing wealth.
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