>US university to host informal Korean nuke talks: What We're Reading Now
Oct 12, 2011

IRAN
New satellite imagery shows Iranian nuclear sites, watchdog group says
CNN -- October 11, 2011
New imagery posted on Google Earth shows evidence Iran continues to build out its nuclear sites, according to a group focused on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and related technology.

US aims to punish Iran for Saudi envoy plot
Matthew Lee, Forbes -- October 11, 2011
The Obama administration plans to leverage charges that Iran plotted to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States into a new global campaign to isolate the Islamic republic.

VP Biden: Alleged Iranian plot against Saudi ambassador to US ‘really over the top’
The Washington Post -- October 11, 2011
Vice President Joe Biden says an alleged plot by Iranian government agents to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in the United States was “really over the top.”

NORTH KOREA
US university to host informal Korean nuke talks
Foster Klug, Forbes -- October 11, 2011
A senior North Korean official will travel to the United States next week for talks with South Korean lawmakers and U.S. legislative aides meant to help resolve the North Korean nuclear standoff.

South Korea’s Lee defends stance on North
Chico Harlan, Washington Post -- October 11, 2011
Facing growing criticism that his hard-line stance toward North Korea has backfired, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak defended the strategy, and said there are signs his approach is beginning to work.