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‘NK conducts largest nuclear test’
North Korea is believed to have carried out Friday another nuclear test assessed to be its largest one to date, South Korean military said. This marked the fifth official nuclear experiment by the communist state since the UN Security Council adopted a resolution banning it from any nuclear or ballistic missile programs.The Joint Chiefs of Staff said that a magnitude-5.0 artificial earthquake had been detected near Punggye-ri, Hamgyeong Province, where an underground nuclear test site is located
Sept. 9, 2016
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White House says it's aware of seismic activity near NK nuclear site
The White House said it is aware of seismic activity near North Korea's nuclear site as the communist nation is strongly suspected of conducting what would be its fifth nuclear test."We are aware of seismic activity on the Korean Peninsula in the vicinity of a known North Korean nuclear test site. We are monitoring and continuing to assess the situation in close coordination with our regional partners," National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said.He did not provide further details.South K
Sept. 9, 2016
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PM to hold NSC session on possible nuke test by Pyongyang
Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn is set to hold an emergency National Security Council meeting later in the day, the presidential office said Friday, amid rising speculation that Pyongyang conducted its fifth nuclear test.Jung Youn-kuk, presidential spokesman, said the meeting will be held at Cheong Wa Dae after a magnitude 5 earthquake was detected at North Korea's nuclear site in the country's northeastern region earlier in the day."After being notified of the possibility of a nuclear test, Presid
Sept. 9, 2016
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Quake detected near NK nuke test site: South Korean military
A magnitude 5 earthquake was detected near North Korea's nuclear site in its northeastern region on Friday, the South Korean military said, raising speculation that the North conducted a nuclear test.(Yonhap)"An artificial quake was detected near North Korea's Punggye-ri at around 9:30 a.m.," South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, adding that it is analyzing whether the country carried out a nuclear test.A government source said there is a high possibility that Pyongyang conducted a nuclear t
Sept. 9, 2016
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NK warns S. Korea will pay 'dear' price for military provocation
North Korea threatened South Korea on Friday, saying it will pay a "dear" price if its Navy speedboats continue to violate the western sea border.North Korea claimed that the South's military made a reckless military provocation repeatedly in September as its patrol boats intruded into the North's territorial waters, according to the Korean Central News Agency.It said that on Tuesday alone, a boat belonging to the South Korean Navy's 2nd fleet went more than 4 kilometers across the sea border, a
Sept. 9, 2016
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Satellite imagery shows fresh activity at N. Korea's nuclear test site: 38 North
Recent satellite imagery shows fresh activity at North Korea's nuclear test site, suggesting that excavation and maintenance operations are under way, a US website monitoring the communist nation said Thursday.Satellite imagery taken on Aug. 27 of the North's Punggye-ri underground nuclear test site shows a small number of mining carts at the north portal where the country's fourth nuclear test took place, while new tracks for mining carts have been laid at the west portal, according to 38 North
Sept. 9, 2016
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Obama: China should rein in N. Korea if it doesn't like THAAD
US President Barack Obama said he told Chinese President Xi Jinping that Beijing should work harder to change Pyongyang's behavior if it doesn't want to see the THAAD missile defense system deployed to South Korea."China continues to object to the THAAD deployment in the Republic of Korea, one of our treaty allies. And what I've said to President Xi directly is that we cannot have a situation where we're unable to defend either ourselves or our treaty allies against increasingly provocative beha
Sept. 9, 2016
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US expert claims latest NK missile launches Scud-ER
The ballistic missiles that North Korea test-fired earlier this week are believed to be a longer-range version of the Scud missile, not the medium-range Rodong missile as determined by South Korea, a US expert said Thursday.Jeffrey Lewis, a North Korea missile expert at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, told the Diplomat magazine that based on analysis of pictures released by the North, he believes that they are the Scud-ER (extended range) missiles.Lewis was quoted as saying that accordi
Sept. 9, 2016
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ICAO sends warning over N. Korea's unannounced missile launches: Seoul
The United Nations' air navigation regulator, International Civil Aviation Organization, has issued a warning to North Korea for its recent ballistic missile launches that came without the necessary advance notifications, the foreign ministry said Thursday."The ICAO has sent a letter of warning to North Korea under the name of the chairman of its board," Cho June-hyuck, spokesman at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a regular briefing. The warning followed North Korea's recent series of b
Sept. 8, 2016
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N. Korea calls for loyalty to leader on founding anniversary
North Korea on Thursday called on the citizens to show strong allegiance to leader Kim Jong-un as the reclusive country marks its 68th founding anniversary this week.The Rodong Sinmun, the North's main newspaper, said in an article that as the country gets ready to mark its founding on Friday, it stands tall and proud as a nuclear power."As the respected marshal (Kim Jong-un) lives, our republic will shed light brilliantly to all over the world as the fatherland of the sun forever," the newspape
Sept. 8, 2016
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PM vows to induce Pyongyang to give up nuke
Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn said Thursday Seoul and the international community will continue to impose sanctions on Pyongyang to make the communist regime give up its nuclear weapons."North Korea is focused on developing nuclear weapons, and has been ignoring the international norm for non-proliferations and safety," Hwang said during at the Seoul Defense Dialogue."Even recently, Pyongyang fired submarine-launched ballistic missiles, making reckless provocations," the top policymaker said. (Yo
Sept. 8, 2016
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State Department submits report on strengthening information campaign against N. Korea
The US government has submitted a report to Congress that lays out a strategy for strengthening efforts to help North Korean people get greater access to outside information, congressional sources said Wednesday.The report is required under the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 that passed Congress in February as part of efforts to increase pressure on Pyongyang following its fourth nuclear test in January and a long-range rocket launch in February.The State Department sub
Sept. 8, 2016
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US envoy on N. Korea to visit S. Korea, Japan
The US special envoy on North Korea will visit South Korea and Japan for meetings with his counterparts and other officials amid heightened tensions in the wake of Pyongyang's latest missile launches, the State Department announced Wednesday.Amb. Sung Kim's trip, set for Sept. 10-13, comes after North Korea test-fired three medium-range ballistic missiles on Monday in the latest in a series of missile firings in defiance of the international community. Amb. Sung Kim (left) US special envoy for
Sept. 8, 2016
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N. Korea rejects UN Security Council statement, vows to increase nuclear arsenal
North Korea said Wednesday it rejects the UN Security Council statement condemning its latest missile launches, claiming the statement is a violation of the country's sovereignty and vowing to continue to strengthen its nuclear arsenal.A spokesperson of the North's Foreign Ministry made the remark to the Korean Central News Agency after the Security Council adopted a press statement condemning the North's launches of three medium-range Rodong ballistic missiles on Monday."We categorically reject
Sept. 8, 2016
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AFP opens new bureau in Pyongyang: AFP report
The France-based news wire Agence France-Presse (AFP) announced Wednesday the opening of a new overseas bureau in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. With the opening of the Pyongyang bureau on Tuesday, AFP will primarily provide videos and photos to thousands of clients around the world, the news outlet said in a report dispatched from Pyongyang. AFP is the fourth foreign media company that has established a presence in the isolated country, following the US-based Associated Press, China's X
Sept. 7, 2016
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China quick to join UNSC condemnation of NK
The UN Security Council on Tuesday managed to promptly condemn North Korea’s latest test of ballistic missiles, propelled by China’s endorsement despite its opposition to the plan to deploy US anti-missile assets in South Korea. The 15-member body issued a press statement from New York, “deploring” Monday’s launch that marked its 22nd missile experiment this year alone and was “in flagrant disregard” of multiple UNSC resolutions. The projectiles, presumed to be the intermediate-range Rodong, fle
Sept. 7, 2016
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Minor opposition party demands THAAD discussion at parliament
The deployment of a US missile defense system in the country should be discussed at the National Assembly, urged the minor opposition People’s Party Wednesday, adding that President Park Geun-hye should make more efforts to listen to the opposition bloc on the issue."Every conflict taking place in the country converges in parliament. Even today, the National Assembly is always noisy, but that is how it is supposed to be," Park Jie-won, the interim leader of the minor party said in a parliamentar
Sept. 7, 2016
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Number of NK defectors up 15% on-year in first 8 months of this year
The number of North Korean defectors coming to South Korea rose 15 percent on-year in the first eight months of 2016, government data showed Wednesday, as the North's leader is tightening his iron-fisted rule on the country.In the January-August period, 894 North Koreans escaped and arrived in South Korea, compared with 777 the previous year, according to the data by the Ministry of Unification.As of end-August, the total number of North Korean defectors reached 29,688 it showed, with the tally
Sept. 7, 2016
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US welcomes S. Korea's law on N. Korea's human rights
The US State Department said Tuesday it welcomes South Korea's law aimed at improving North Korea's human rights situation, declaring that the North's human rights record "has no parallels in the modern world."The landmark law, which passed through the National Assembly in March, went into effect on Sunday. The enactment came 11 years after the law was first introduced in the National Assembly in 2005. The legislation has since been a target of political bickering amid ideological differences o
Sept. 7, 2016
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NK claims to have tested upgraded Rodong missiles
North Korea claimed Tuesday to have used an upgraded model of its mid-range Rodong projectiles during their test fire one day earlier in a fresh display of its unbridled ambition to shore up its nuclear and missile programs. State media said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un observed the liftoff in which three ballistic missiles flew some 1,000 kilometers above the East Sea toward Japan, expressing “great satisfaction” and calling for sustained efforts to develop the country’s nuclear capabiliti
Sept. 6, 2016