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All posts tagged "North Korea"

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  N. Korea says nuclear bombs are for self-defense against US, not to attack South

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea said Friday it has never threatened to attack South Korea with its nuclear weapons, claiming that its possession of nuclear bombs is for self-defense against the United States. The North has called...

  • Posted February 5, 2016
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  Obama, Xi coordinate response to N. Korea provocations

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) agree that a planned ballistic missile test by North Korea would be another “provocative and destabilizing” action in violation of...

  • Posted February 5, 2016
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  No breakthrough in Park-Xi conversation on N. Korea

  By Kim Kwang-tae SEOUL (Yonhap) — Chinese President Xi Jinping’s rare phone call to his South Korean counterpart, Park Geun-hye, underscores growing concerns over North Korea’s defiant pursuit of missile and nuclear programs. It marked the first...

  • Posted February 5, 2016
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  Xi Jinping calls for no nukes, no war on Korean Peninsula

  BEIJING (Yonhap) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday that there should be neither nuclear weapons nor war on the Korean Peninsula as he spoke by phone with President Park Geun-hye for the first time since the...

  • Posted February 5, 2016
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  [NYT] North Korea Launches Newest Offensive: Cigarette Butts

  — North Korea likes to call South Korea a land of “political filth” and its leaders, including President Park Geun-hye, “human trash.” Now, apparently to highlight its contempt, it has begun sending balloons into the South with an...

  • Posted February 4, 2016
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  N. Korea’s ‘satellite’ not working: sources

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — A 2012 North Korean satellite remains in orbit but it is not operating, which adds credibility to the view that its repeated long-range rocket launches are veiled intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests, government sources...

  • Posted February 4, 2016
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  North Korea’s rocket plans seen as disrespectful of China

  BEIJING (AP) — North Korea’s announcement of plans to launch a long-range rocket made during a visit to Pyongyang by a top Chinese envoy will likely be seen as yet another sign of gross disrespect toward its...

  • Posted February 4, 2016
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