NATO has a special relationship with countries far away from Europe: Australia, Japan, South Korea. They have joint projects and programmes which are being implemented without these countries becoming members of NATO.

You know, North Korea situation is far worse than East Germany, and South Korea is weaker than West Germany.

It's not uncommon in South Korea for a building to not have a women's bathroom.

[China, the host of the talks, and South Korea said that the deal was far from dead. But with the contentious issues of inspections, disarmament and the timing of concessions still to be decided, the negotiators still face months, if not years, of work.] This is clearly progress, but it is just a first step in a long march. The devil will be in the detail, ... Anyone who thinks it is over is very much mistaken.

Nobody goes up there or talks about it, but they're all aimed at Japan and South Korea.

We are categorically against any new military nuclear power, be it Iran, be it North Korea, be it anyone.