All posts tagged "nuclear"

  • This satellite image provided by Space Imaging Asia shows the Yongbyon Nuclear Center, located north of Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Space Imaging Asia)
    US believes N. Korea has secret nuclear facilities

    WASHINGTON/SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) — North Korea is believed to have secret nuclear facilities unknown to the outside world in addition to those at the country’s main Yongbyon nuclear complex, the State Department said in a report....

    • Posted June 8, 2015
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  • South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Hwang Joon-kook, center, U.S. State Department’s Special Representative for North Korea Policy Sung Kim, right, and Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Director-General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Junichi Ihara pose for the media before their meeting about North Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    Envoys from S. Korea, US, Japan discuss N.Korean nuke threat

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The top nuclear envoys from South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed Wednesday on the need to increase pressure on North Korea and urged the country to engage in serious negotiations...

    • Posted May 27, 2015
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  • Switzerland Iran Nuclear Talks
    Seoul hopes Iran’s nuke deal can help resolve N. Korea nuke

    SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s nuclear envoy on Friday expressed hope that a tentative deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program could pave the way for helping resolve North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. The Iran deal,...

    • Posted April 3, 2015
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  • NK, Missiles
    North Korean envoy says his country has nuclear missiles

    LONDON (AP) — A North Korean envoy says his country has developed nuclear missiles and is prepared to use them at any time. North Korean Ambassador to Britain Hyun Hak Bong said in a recent interview with...

    • Posted March 20, 2015
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    N. Korea’s nuclear stockpile could expand to 100 weapons: US expert

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — North Korea’s nuclear stockpile could expand to as many as 100 weapons by 2020, a U.S. expert said Tuesday, calling for greater international attention and efforts to stop the communist regime from its nuclear...

    • Posted February 25, 2015
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  • Germany EU Ukraine Diplomacy
    N. Korea lashes out at S. Korea over nuke issue, concerned over US-led invasion

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea on Wednesday lashed out at South Korea’s foreign minister over his recent meeting with the U.S. secretary of state to enhance cooperation to solve the North’s nuclear issue. The Rodong Sinmun, the...

    • Posted February 18, 2015
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  • U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy, Ambassador Sung Kim, speaks during a media briefing at a hotel in Beijing Friday. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea not ready for ‘serious’ nuke talks: U.S. envoy

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — North Korea may not be ready to hold “serious and productive” discussions with countries involved in the long-stalled talks on its nuclear programs, a top U.S. diplomat said Friday. Ambassador Sung Kim, the U.S....

    • Posted January 30, 2015
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