All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • (Yonhap)
    S. Korea, U.S. to hold defense talks regarding N. Korea threats next week

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea and the United States will hold their annual senior-level defense talks next week to discuss joint deterrence against North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats and alliance issues, the Defense Ministry said Thursday....

    • Posted September 17, 2015
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  • U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry answers a reporter's question during a joint news conference following meetings with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)
    Kerry: More than sanctions needed to end North Korean threat

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday it may take more than sanctions to end North Korea’s nuclear weapons threat because its isolation from the global marketplace makes U.S. economic pressure less effective than...

    • Posted September 16, 2015
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  • Spokesman for the Unification Ministry Jeong Joon-hee (Yonhap)
    After N. Korea nuclear threats, S. Korea vows ‘stern response’

    By Kim Hyo-jin The South Korean government vowed Wednesday to take stern action against North Korea’s threats to launch a missile or conduct a nuclear test, in tandem with the United States and the international community. “A...

    • Posted September 16, 2015
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  • NKMissiles
    N.K. building facility to build more powerful nuclear bombs

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — A new facility under construction at North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear complex appears to be designed to separate isotopes from spent fuel that can be used in building nuclear weapons more powerful than plutonium or...

    • Posted September 15, 2015
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  • (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    S. Korea, EU urge N. Korea to stop nuke development, rocket launch

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye and her EU counterpart urged North Korea Tuesday to stop its missile and nuclear weapons programs as Pyongyang warned of a long-range rocket launch and its use of nuclear weapons. Park...

    • Posted September 15, 2015
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  • NKbomb2
    NKorea says it is ready to use nuke weapons against US

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea threatened Tuesday to use nuclear weapons against the United States as it announced that it has restarted operation of its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon complex. North Korea has made constant “innovations” in...

    • Posted September 15, 2015
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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)
    NKorea says it has restarted all nuclear bomb fuel plants

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A day after threatening rocket launches, North Korea declared Tuesday that it has revamped and restarted all its atomic bomb fuel production plants. The back-to-back announcements, which many outside analysts consider threats...

    • Posted September 15, 2015
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