The Korea Times Column
APLN publishes the APLN-Korea Times column in cooperation with the oldest daily English newspaper in Korea, featuring analysis by APLN network members and experts.
![G7 Hiroshima Summit: An Opportunity to Advance Nuclear Disarmament](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2560px-Atomic_Bomb_Dome_and_Motoyaso_River_Hiroshima_Northwest_view_20190417_1.jpeg)
G7 Hiroshima Summit: An Opportunity to Advance Nuclear Disarmament
Hidehiko Yuzaki writes on the importance of the G7 summit as an opportunity to advance nuclear arms control and disarmament.
![Denuclearizing Pakistan](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IRBM_of_Pakistan_at_IDEAS_2008.jpeg)
Denuclearizing Pakistan
Abdul Hameed Nayyar asks if the fragile politico-economical state of Pakistan might provide an opportunity to induce it to denuclearize.
![Advancing Biological Weapons Convention (BWC): The Philippine Role](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/30210585754_0237fe0ce5_k.jpg)
Advancing Biological Weapons Convention (BWC): The Philippine Role
Jesus Domingo discusses the importance of the BWC in promoting biosafety and biosecurity, and highlights the Philippines' efforts in advancing the convention's goals.
![It's Not Time to Fight, but to Cooperate](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SK-Japan-baseball.jpg)
It's Not Time to Fight, but to Cooperate
Lim Eunjung says it's time for South Korea and Japan to bury the hatchet because that's what the next generation wants.
![Ukraine-Russia Conflict: Outcome to Be Settled on the Battlefield?](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Hamilton_City_Hall_Peace_Ukraine_Rally_52044296705-scaled.jpg)
Ukraine-Russia Conflict: Outcome to Be Settled on the Battlefield?
Kasit Piromya says it's time for the international community to press all sides in the Russia-Ukraine war to return to the negotiating table.
![2023: Upcoming Crisis for China's Policy Toward the Korean Peninsula](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/12752402055_36c143eb6d_k.jpg)
2023: Upcoming Crisis for China's Policy Toward the Korean Peninsula
Yun Sun argues that a new nuclear weapons test by North Korea would deliver huge geopolitical consequences for China.
![Putting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Agenda Back on Track](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/14049690673_e9b506bc73_o.jpg)
Putting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Agenda Back on Track
Marty Natalegawa discusses ways to get global nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament initiatives moving forward again.
![Nuclear Norms Under Attack](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/38352760605_57f78298ea_k.jpg)
Nuclear Norms Under Attack
John Tilemann says North Korea's nuclear test preparations and Russian nuclear saber rattling threaten to unravel the global nuclear security order.
![Managing the Crises](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/UN7962768_11-21-22_ED_13136_.jpg)
Managing the Crises
Tuya Nyamosor discusses the myriad problems plaguing the world today and whether any progress on nuclear disarmament is possible.
![Lessons from Zaporizhzhia for Inter-Korean Nuclear Security Cooperation](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Yongbyon-Google-Earth.png)
Lessons from Zaporizhzhia for Inter-Korean Nuclear Security Cooperation
In light of Zaporizhzhia, Joel Petersson Ivre and Elaine Natalie propose an inter-Korean agreement on the protection of nuclear facilities.