Brinksmanship in Northeast Asia
July 8, 2006 - 0:0
North Korea tested seven missiles on Wednesday, one of which was a long-range Taepodong-2, believed to be capable of hitting Alaska. South Korean intelligence officials also said that North Korea was likely to carry out a second Taepodong-2 test after fixing technical problems that doomed the first one to crash into the Sea of Japan (East Sea).