THE KOREA TIMES

APLN member Kim Won-soo, former under secretary-general of the United Nations and the high representative for disarmament, writes on the existential risk humanity poses on itself today, as the Doomsday Clock strikes 100 seconds ’till midnight. Read More.

“The human race is facing the biggest threat of an unprecedented self-destructive force created by people. Since last year, a group of world-renowned scientists called the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has set the doomsday clock at only 100 seconds to midnight, which denotes the biblical moment of self-destruction. This is the worst level seen over the last seven decades since the scientists started the clock in 1947.”

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