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S. Korea, Japan, China agree to create new financing facility against regional crises
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World's nuclear powers condemn N. Korea's nuclear test
WASHINGTON -- The world's five recognized nuclear weapons states denounced North Korea's fifth nuclear test, calling for a complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council or "P5" nations held a two-day meeting in Washington and issued a joint statement condemning the North's Sept. 9 nuclear test and its continued ballistic missile launches, saying such tests violate U.N. resolutions."The P5 reiterated the imp
Sept. 17, 2016
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S. Korea finds no radiation traces from N. Korean nuclear test
(Yonhap)South Korea has yet to find any traces of radioactive materials from North Korea's latest nuclear test, a nuclear safety commission here said Thursday, confirming the country remains safe from nuclear fallout. "The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission has not found any traces of radionuclides, such as xenon, in its tests of soil, water and air samples following North Korea's fifth nuclear test," the commission said in a released statement. The commission has been testing samples ev
Sept. 15, 2016
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Fewer S. Koreans see need for unification with N. Korea: survey
A great majority of South Koreans still see a need to reunify their country with North Korea, but the number of people in favor of reunification has dropped significantly apparently due to a series of recent provocations by the communist North, a survey showed Thursday. In a survey conducted by the National Unification Advisory Council, 74.4 percent of respondents said they saw a need for peaceful reunification of the two Koreas. The ratio marked a 7.7 percentage point drop from 82.1 percent
Sept. 15, 2016
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U.N. chief says tensions on Korean Peninsula high as ever
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday he has never seen tensions on the Korean Peninsula as high as now and urged the Security Council to unite and send a strong message to North Korea that nuclear and missile tests are unacceptable. "The level of tension on the Korean peninsula has gone much, much higher," Ban said at a news conference marking the opening of the U.N. General Assembly. "Never in the past I have seen such kind of heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula." "So i
Sept. 15, 2016
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Hundreds killed, missing in massive flood in NK
Hundreds of people have been killed or gone missing in the worst flood to hit North Korea, the country's state media said Wednesday.The Korean Central Broadcasting Station (KCBS) reported that the flooding in North Hamgyong Province left hundreds killed or missing and more than 68,900 stranded, making it the worst disaster since Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945.North Koreans are struggling in the flood-hit northern areas of North Hamgyong Province.The heavy rains were broug
Sept. 14, 2016
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NK bristles at US supersonic bomber flyover
North Korea on Wednesday protested the United States' flyover of two B-1B nuclear-capable strategic bombers over South Korea, saying such "reckless provocations" should stop.The US Air Force on Tuesday flew the B-1B Lancers over Osan Air Base, south of Seoul, as a warning to North Korea following its fifth nuclear test last week.B-1B Lancer bombers deployed by the US military flies over Osan Air Base, south of Seoul, on Sept. 13, 2016. (Yonhap)The North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) blaste
Sept. 14, 2016
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NK nuclear test site ready for at least three more blasts: US expert
North Korea's nuclear test site is ready for at least three more blasts at any time, and the communist nation could conduct one to mark next month's anniversary of its first nuclear test, a US expert said Tuesday.Joel Wit, chief editor of the website 38 North, made the remark in an op-ed piece in the New York Times, stressing that the next US administration should launch a new diplomatic initiative to curb Pyongyang's dangerously accelerating nuclear and missile programs.(Yonhap)"Satellite photo
Sept. 14, 2016
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Allies seek new sanctions on NK
South Korea and the US on Tuesday said they agreed to push for stronger economic sanctions and other measures to pressure North Korea, indicating that Pyongyang’s provocative actions will have “serious consequences.““The two countries will retain our deterrence (against the North) and work with the international society for more powerful and effective sanctions, to create an environment where (North Korea) will have no choice but to change,” said South Korea’s top nuclear envoy Kim Hong-kyun aft
Sept. 13, 2016
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Unification ministry to conduct overhaul to better implement NK human rights law
South Korea's unification ministry on Tuesday said it plans to set up an archives to compile North Korea's human rights abuses and a bureau to handle the implementation of a new law aimed at improving Pyongyang's rights record.It said that the Cabinet approved an enforcement ordinance over the ministry's overhaul as North Korea's human rights law went into effect on Sept. 4.In accordance with the law, South Korea plans to establish an archives aimed at collecting cases on the North's abuses and
Sept. 13, 2016
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NK capable of building 7 bombs a year, likely to build nuclear ICBM reaching US in decade: Hecker
North Korea is capable of building seven nuclear warheads a year in addition to the existing stockpile of fissile material for some 20 bombs, and is expected to master the capability to fly nuclear missiles to the US in a decade, a top US nuclear scientist said Monday.Siegfried Hecker, a Stanford University professor known for having a first-hand look at North Korea's uranium-enrichment facility during his 2010 visit, made the remark in an article to the website 38 North, calling for diplomatic
Sept. 13, 2016
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NK ready for new nuke test: Seoul
With ripples from North Korea’s latest nuclear test continuing to spread throughout the region, speculation surfaced Monday that the communist state may be gearing up to detonate another fission device in defiance of international condemnation. Friday’s underground explosion as well as the previous three rounds occurred in the second of the three tunnels installed at the North’s Yongbyon nuclear complex in the northwest town of Punggye, leaving the others ready for additional blasts, Seoul’s Def
Sept. 12, 2016
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Korea's embassy in Beijing cautions against traveling to China-NK border
South Korea has asked its people to take extra caution in traveling to the region near the China-North Korea border, citing possible terror and abduction attempts by the North amid heightened tension after its latest nuclear test. "It cannot be ruled out that the North could seek additional provocations such as terror attacks, luring and abduction of people," the embassy said in a notice posted on its website last Friday.The embassy, in particular, warned against its people getting in touch with
Sept. 12, 2016
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[Herald Interview] US expert urges bigger role for China in NK response
North Korea’s fifth nuclear test on Friday put China and its decades-old ties with the hermit kingdom to the test, amid growing accusations Beijing is not doing enough to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.Douglas H. Paal, vice president for studies at international think tank Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, stressed the importance of China’s role in thwarting the North’s nuclear ambitions. He said China holds the key to engaging with the reclusive country, which
Sept. 11, 2016
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[NEWS FOCUS] Calls surge for NK policy fix in wake of nuke test
As Pyongyang’s fifth nuclear test highlighted its threats, Seoul is coming under mounting pressure for an overhaul of its North Korea policy that critics say has failed to deter the regime’s military ambitions while eroding room for its own maneuvering. Despite its earlier introduction of a series of bold inter-Korean initiatives, the Park Geun-hye government has turned hard line, in particular after the North detonated a fission bomb for the fourth time last January, followed by another success
Sept. 11, 2016
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UN mulls new NK sanctions
The UN Security Council has set out to craft a fresh set of tougher punitive measures over North Korea’s latest nuclear test, while Seoul and Washington mull independent sanctions to deepen the North’s isolation and further tighten the economic screws. The 15-member council convened an emergency session in New York on Friday, hours after the communist state carried out its fifth underground blast, which demonstrated the strongest explosive power yet. The body issued a press statement condemning
Sept. 11, 2016
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S. Korea, China to maintain communication, cooperate on N. Korea issue
Top nuclear envoys of South Korea and China agreed to communicate and work with each other in regards to North Korea's nuclear ambitions that were again highlighted by Pyongyang's latest nuke test, the foreign ministry here said Saturday.Kim Hong-kyun, Seoul's special representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs at the foreign ministry, spoke with his Chinese counterpart Wu Dawei on the phone and discussed countermeasures in response to the North's fifth nuclear test conducted
Sept. 11, 2016
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Stronger sanctions necessary against N. Korea: foreign minister
More and stronger sanctions should be in place against North Korea as its nuclear capability has been upgraded in the past decade, South Korea's top diplomat said Saturday, calling on the international community to make concerted efforts to put further pressure on the communist state.His remarks came as Pyongyang conducted its nuclear test in its northeastern region early Friday claiming that its detonation test was "successful."“Over the past decade, North Korea's nuclear capability has highl
Sept. 10, 2016
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S. Korea, US start to look for traces of N. Korea's nuclear test
South Korea and the United States on Saturday started their search for any traces, including radionuclides or radioactive materials such as xenon, that could come from North Korea's latest nuclear test, military officials said.North Korea conducted its fifth and largest-yet nuclear test in its northeastern region early Friday, sending ripples through the international community.“The investigation team will engage in collecting and analyzing radionuclide exposure in the water and atmosphere,” a m
Sept. 10, 2016
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Park says N. Korean leader uncontrollable, calls for stronger U.S. extended deterrence
President Park Geun-hye on Friday excoriated North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the country’s fifth nuclear test, calling him "uncontrollable" and stressing the need to strengthen the U.S. extended deterrence.During a meeting of top security and foreign policy officials, Park underscored that the communist state's evolving nuclear threats are "urgent and existential" for South Korea, and that the international community's response to them must be "diametrically different" from what it has been
Sept. 10, 2016
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Carter calls for ramping up pressure on N. Korea
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter called for ramping up pressure on North Korea and stressed the importance of China’s role in reining in the provocative regime after Pyongyang carried out its fifth nuclear test.“This nuclear test constitutes a direct challenge to the entire international community. It is another destabilizing and provocative act by North Korea that further heightens anxiety on the Korean Peninsula and throughout the vital Asia-Pacific region,”Carter said during a visit to Oslo, a
Sept. 10, 2016