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Nuclear security diplomacy: A creative multilateral effort
The following article was contributed by Masood Khan, Sherpa of Pakistan for the Nuclear Security Summit, on the occasion of the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. ― Ed.In April 2009, President Barack Obama announced that the United States would host a Global Summit on Nuclear Security within the next year. Since then, nuclear security diplomacy has assumed a distinct character and created a new deliberative process. The objective of this newly energized diplomacy is to enhance nuclear security
March 26, 2012
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China promises to try to dissuade N. K. from rocket launch
China promised Monday to try to dissuade North Korea from its planned long-range rocket launch, expressing "deep concern" that the move could have negative effects on peace on the Korean Peninsula and efforts to resume six-party nuclear talks, an official said.Chinese officials made the remarks duri
March 26, 2012
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National commitments key to summit success
Discussions to center on HEU minimization, international convention ratification, financial contributionsThe Nuclear Security Summit, first held in Washington in 2010, takes its origin in U.S. security strategies to prevent nuclear terrorism. Since taking office in 2009, U.S. President Obama has tackled global threats stemming from nuclear terrorism in a multilateral scheme.During his speech in Prague in April 2009, Obama singled out nuclear terrorism as the most serious threat to international
March 25, 2012
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Nuclear experts discuss threats, challenges, solutions
Hundreds of nuclear security experts stressed the dangers of nuclear threats in Seoul and discussed a variety of solutions for overcoming challenges in securing fissile materials two days before South Korea kicked off the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit.The nine-hour Seoul Nuclear Security Symposium began with a keynote speech by Graham Allison, director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, who wrote “Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Cat
March 25, 2012
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Nation revives spirit of Pakistan Movement
The following is a message from Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on the occasion of Pakistan Day, March 23, 2012. ― Ed.March 23 is a landmark day in the history of Pakistan when the Muslims of the Indian sub-continent adopted the historic Lahore Resolution put forth by A.K. Fazal-e-Haq on March 23, 1940 at the famous Minto Park (now Minar-e-Pakistan. This resolution at the 27th annual meeting of the All-India Muslim League provided the Muslims with an ideal, and united them in the
March 25, 2012
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Pakistan, Korea promote bilateral relations
The following is a message from Shaukat Ali Mukadam, ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, on the occasion of Pakistan Day, March 23, 2012. ― Ed.I would like to express my deepest appreciation and thanks to The Korea Herald for bringing out a supplement on the occasion of Pakistan Day for March 23. Korea has developed under the dynamic leadership of President Lee Myung-bak and Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik. Pakistan and Korea enjoy very cordial relations which are deep-rooted in history
March 25, 2012
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Pakistanis celebrate Pakistan Day
The following is the message from Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on the occasion of Pakistan Day, March 23, 2012. ― Ed.Seventy-two years ago on this day the Muslims of the subcontinent formally committed through a Resolution to work for achieving a separate homeland for themselves. With the blessings of Allah and through the heroic struggle of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Jinnah and the founding fathers, the Muslims of the subcontinent achieved their objective on Aug. 14, 1947, within a short span
March 25, 2012
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Pakistan offers opportunities for resources investment
Located in the heart of Asia, Pakistan is the gateway to the financially liquid Gulf states and the economically advanced Far Eastern tigers. This strategic advantage alone makes Pakistan a marketplace teeming with possibilities.A large part of the workforce is proficient in English, hardworking and intelligent. Pakistan possesses a large pool of trained and experienced engineers, bankers, lawyers and other professionals, with many having substantial international experience, which is available
March 25, 2012
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Pakistan a magical tourist destination
Pakistan is a very beautiful country as it is a land of splendors and a great tourist destination. The landscape changes from high mountain ranges like the Himalayas, Karakoram and Hindukush in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in the North to the Punjab plains and deserts onward to the Arabian Sea. There are a myriad mountain peaks in Pakistan, the tallest being K-2 which is the second-highest peak in the world (8,611 meters), after Mount Everest in Nepal. The 806-kilometer-long Karakoram highway
March 25, 2012
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India unlikely to make large commitments at Seoul summit: expert
An Indian nuclear expert said India is not likely to commit much in terms of enhancing nuclear security at the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit, considering that in its view the U.S. and Russia are not doing enough to subsequently reduce nuclear materials.“I don’t think it’s going to do very much at this summit. Since the last summit, they have started an international center but that’s easy,” Ramamurti Rajaraman, co-chair of the International Panel on Fissile Materials, told The Korea Herald. The
March 25, 2012
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Leaders flock to Seoul for nuclear talks
More than half of the leaders attending the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit had arrived on Sunday for the two-day event kicking off Monday for discussions on combating nuclear threats and better securing nuclear materials.U.S. President Barack Obama’s Air Force One landed on an American military base in Seoul early in the morning and Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived at the Seoul Air Base in the afternoon.Thirty-two leaders out of delegations from 53 countries and four international organization
March 25, 2012
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Korea, India agree to bolster defense cooperation
President Lee Myung-bak and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed Sunday to seek greater defense and space cooperation and voiced concerns that North Korea's planned rocket launch would escalate regional tensions.The agreement was the highlight of a wide-ranging joint statement issued after th
March 25, 2012
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Obama visits border amid N. Korea tensions
U.S. President Barack Obama peered deep into North Korea Sunday, as he contemplated Pyongyang's planned rocket launch and his first showdown with untested leader Kim Jong-Un.Obama stood behind bulletproof glass at the tense inter-Korean border scanning the wooded hills of the Stalinist North, then g
March 25, 2012
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Korean, New Zealand leaders urge N. Korea to drop rocket launch plan
Leaders of South Korea and New Zealand urged North Korea on Sunday to scrap its plan to launch a long-range rocket, calling the move a serious threat to regional peace and stability, and a clear violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution.President Lee Myung-bak and New Zealand Prime Minister Jo
March 25, 2012
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Obama to have broader diplomatic issues in mind during DMZ trek
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- Staring at North Korea through binoculars at the heavily fortified land border with South Korea, U.S. President Barack Obama will attempt to send a message not only to Pyongyang but also to Teheran, another recalcitrant regime in the eyes of western officials, a U.S. news
March 25, 2012
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Korea, Thailand urge N.K. to call off rocket plan
Leaders of South Korea and Thailand urged North Korea on Saturday to call off its plan to launch a long-range rocket, saying the move hurts regional peace and violates a U.N. Security Council resolution.The appeal came after summit talks between President Lee Myung-bak and Thai Prime Minister Yinglu
March 25, 2012
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Korea, Thailand sign defense cooperation accord
South Korea and Thailand on Saturday signed a defense cooperation agreement, agreed to deepen all-around cooperation and upgrade their relations to a "strategic partnership" in the near future, a joint statement said.The statement came after a summit between South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and
March 25, 2012
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Obama in Seoul for summit with Lee, nuclear conference
U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Seoul on Sunday for talks with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and a global anti-nuclear terrorism conference amid heightened tensions over North Korea's planned long-range rocket launch.U.S. President Barak Obama (right) waves upon his arrival at Osa
March 25, 2012
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Obama leaves on trip to Asia
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- U.S. President Barack Obama left for Asia early Saturday, in a trip that will include a visit to the tense and fortified border zone between the two Koreas.Air Force One carrying the president and his aides took off from Andews Air Force Base outside Washington at 00:07 am local
March 24, 2012
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Korean-American physician tapped as World Bank leader
President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Dr. Jim Yong Kim, a Korean-born physician, to lead the World Bank, citing his tireless efforts to improve the lives of people in developing nations and promote global health."Jim has spent more than two decades working to improve conditions in developing co
March 24, 2012