It is a place where most nations deeply distrust their neighbours, and where old-style nationalism still reigns supreme.
Recently, news from the Korean Peninsula has been dominated by missiles: as satellite images confirmed, the North Koreans have been busy preparing another test launch of "BM-25 Musudan", their intermediate-range missile.
The launch ended in failure, the fourth such failure in this year. Nonetheless, North Korean engineers and scientists are busy developing both long-range and submarine-based ballistic missiles, capable of hitting the United States.
There has been much hype about the recent Musudan launch, but few people noticed another piece of news that came from South Korea a week earlier.
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WNU Editor: For the moment .... with the U.S. commitment to Asian defence still strong .... I do not see an East Asia nuclear arms race .... but I do see the development of weapons platforms that can easily be switched from conventional to nuclear payloads. But .... if the U.S. military does leave East Asia, and U.S. security commitments for the region are in doubt .... both South Korea and Japan will develop a nuclear arsenal .... and fast.
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