All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, left, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016. South Korea warned on Wednesday of "searing" consequences if North Korea doesn't abandon plans to launch a long-range rocket that critics call a banned test of ballistic missile technology.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    S. Korea will shoot down N. Korean rocket if necessary: ministry

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea won’t hesitate to shoot down a North Korean rocket or its debris if necessary, the Defense Ministry said Thursday, amid clear signs that the secretive neighbor’s rocket launch is imminent. North Korea...

    • Posted February 4, 2016
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    NK rocket test is to hit any city in US mainland

    By Yi Whan-woo It is believed that North Korea may launch a rocket with a range of 13,000 kilometers (8,078 miles) during its purported satellite launch scheduled for later this month, according to analysts and officials, Wednesday....

    • Posted February 3, 2016
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  • A South Korean man watches TV news program showing a file footage of the Unha rocket in North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. North Korea said Monday it is ready to launch satellites aboard long-range rockets to mark a key national anniversary next month, a move expected to rekindle animosities with its rivals South Korea and the United States. (AP Photo/ahn Young-joon)
    S. Korea warns N. Korea not to launch satellite

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea warned on Wednesday of “searing” consequences if North Korea doesn’t abandon plans to launch a long-range rocket that critics call a banned test of ballistic missile technology. The South’s rhetoric...

    • Posted February 3, 2016
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  • This December 2012 photo, released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency, shows North Korea's Unha-3 rocket being fired from the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in Cholsan, North Pyongan Province. North Korea said on Sept. 14, 2015, that it plans to launch a rocket at a time of its choosing as it has the right to conduct space research, cementing speculation over a provocation by the country around Oct. 10, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea tells UN agencies it will launch satellite this month

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Weeks after its fourth nuclear test, North Korea announced plans Tuesday to launch an Earth observation satellite on a rocket later this month, in what critics see as a covert test of...

    • Posted February 2, 2016
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  • Wu Dawei, middle, China's representative for Korean Peninsula Affairs, talks to Pak Song-il, deputy director of the America department at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, upon his arrival at Pyongyang Airport, North Korea, Tuesday. The visit of Wu, China's point man on North Korea, comes amid a flurry of diplomacy following North Korea's fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6. North Korea says it successfully tested its first hydrogen bomb. ( Yonhap)
    Chinese nuclear envoy makes surprise visit to N. Korea: report

    TOKYO/BEIJING (Yonhap) — China’s top nuclear envoy made a surprise visit to North Korea on Tuesday, a news report said, amid rising tensions over the North’s fourth nuclear test last month. Wu Dawei, China’s top delegate to...

    • Posted February 2, 2016
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  • NK, Missiles
    N. Korea could launch long-range missile in a week: Japanese report

    By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — North Korea could conduct a long-range missile launch as early as in a week, a Japanese news report said Wednesday, in what would be serious defiance against the international community just...

    • Posted January 27, 2016
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  • U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi approach to shake hands after attending a news conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. Kerry is on the final leg in his latest round-the-world diplomatic mission. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
    US, China spar over North Korea, South China Sea

    BEIJING (AP) — Top U.S. and Chinese officials sparred Wednesday over how to deal with North Korea’s latest nuclear weapons test and ease tensions over territorial disputes in the South China Sea. U.S. Secretary of State John...

    • Posted January 27, 2016
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