Incoming South Korean President Steps Up Criticism of North Korea

Published: February 13, 2013. China takes a dim view of North Korea's nuclear test. Patrick Chappatte is an editorial cartoonist for the International Herald Tribune. View more of his work, visit his Web site or follow him on Twitter.

UNITED NATIONS — At the United Nations, the desire to impose ever harsher sanctions on North Korea to try to curb its development of nuclear arms and ballistic missiles has long stalled in the face of Chinese opposition — the standard chain of events

It remained unclear how close North Korea has come to building a nuclear warhead small enough to fit onto intercontinental ballistic missiles — seen as the ultimate goal of the North's nuclear and missile programs. But the latest detonation was more

BEIJING — In the aftermath of Tuesday's nuclear test by North Korea, China will almost certainly join the United States in supporting tougher sanctions at the United Nations, accompanied by sterner reprimands from Beijing against its recalcitrant ally

North Korea declared Tuesday that it had carried out a test of a nuclear bomb after the detonation was detected by the U.S. Geological Survey. The White House has called the move a "highly provocative act." NBC News' Jim