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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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N.K. quake stems from 'explosion-like' characteristics: CTBTO
A global agency on banning nuclear tests said Monday that it has picked up evidence of an unusual seismic event in North Korea which is apparently attributable to the detonation of a nuclear bomb."The event shows clear explosion-like characteristics and its location is roughly congruent with the 2006 and 2009 DPRK (North Korea) nuclear tests," CTBTO Executive Secretary Tibor Toth said in a statement.CTBTO is the short for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization to be established t
Feb. 12, 2013
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UNSC to hold emergency meeting over N. Korea's possible nuclear test
South Korea requested the U.N. Security Council hold an emergency meeting at 11:00 p.m. (Seoul time) as North Korea is believed to have conducted a nuclear test, a Seoul diplomat said Tuesday. The U.N. Security Council meeting will be held at 9:00 a.m. (New York time) on Tuesday, according to the diplomat. South Korea is trying to verify whether North Korea has conducted a nuclear test after detecting an "artificial earthquake"near the North's nuclear test site earlier in the day. A senior offic
Feb. 12, 2013
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Powerful tremor suggests nuclear test in N. Korea
North Korea is believed to have conducted its third nuclear test in defiance of repeated international warnings, after South Korea's authorities detected an unusually powerful seismic tremor near the North's nuclear site in its northeast shortly before noon Tuesday.Seoul's Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said it detected a magnitude 5.0 tremor at 11:57:50 a.m. with its epicenter located in Kilju County, North Hamgyeong Province, which is home to the North's Punggye-ri nuclear test comp
Feb. 12, 2013
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N. Korea believed to have conducted nuclear test: officials
North Korea is believed to have conducted its third nuclear test on Tuesday, South Korean officials said, after an artificial quake across the heavily armed border strongly suggested that Pyongyang had exploded a nuclear device.A magnitude-5.0 tremor occurred at 11:58 a.m. and was centered in Kilju County in North Korea's northeast, where the country's Punggye-ri underground nuclear test site is located, officials said. North Korea gave advance notice to the United States and China on Monday tha
Feb. 12, 2013
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U.S. looking into reports of seismic activity in N. Korea: official
The U.S. government is looking into reports of unusual seismic activity around North Korea's nuclear test site, an official said Monday.The White House is expected to release Washington's formal response when the 5.1 magnitude tremor is confirmed to be from a nuclear test, added the U.S. government official who spoke on the condition of anonymity."We're looking into it. I think you should keep an eye out for a White House statement," the official said.A White House official, however, added, "We
Feb. 12, 2013
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S. Korea sees 'high possibility' of nuke test by N. Korea: officials
South Korea is trying to verify whether North Korea has conducted a nuclear test after detecting an "artificial earthquake" of magnitude 5.0 near the North's nuclear test site, senior Seoul officials said Tuesday. A senior official at Seoul's foreign ministry said the government saw a "high possibility" that North Korea may have conducted an atomic test. "At this point, the seismic activity of artificial earthquake appears to indicate a nuclear test by North Korea," the official said on the cond
Feb. 12, 2013
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Lee convenes emergency NSC meeting
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak convened an emergency meeting of the National Security Council, an official said, as an artificial tremor in North Korea suggests that the communist nation went ahead with a threatened nuclear test. Lee will convene the meeting at 1 p.m., the official said. A magnitude 5.1 tremor occurred at 11:58 a.m. and was centered in Kilju County in North Korea's northeast, where the country's Punggye-ri nuclear test site is located, officials said. The government
Feb. 12, 2013
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Earthquake detected in North Korea near nuke site
An earthquake was detected Tuesday in North Korea just north of a site where the country has conducted nuclear tests, providing strong indication that Pyongyang has gone ahead with a highly anticipated third test. There was, however, no confirmation of the test. The South Korean Defense Ministry, which raised its military alert level after the quake, said it was trying to determine whether it was a test. Nuclear blasts can create tremors but they are distinct from those caused by natural earthqu
Feb. 12, 2013
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N. Korea withdraws manpower, equipment from nuke test site: gov't sources
North Korea has pulled manpower and equipment from its nuclear test site, government sources said Monday, a possible sign of an imminent nuclear blast.The South Korean government has been keeping a close watch on North Korea as no movement of manpower and equipment has been observed since Friday at the country's Punggye-ri nuclear test site, the sources said.However, it's unclear whether the withdrawal is temporary or not, they said.North Korea has warned of a third atomic test since last month
Feb. 12, 2013
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N. Korea says it will launch more long-range rockets
North Korea said Tuesday that it will continue to launch long-range rockets along with the pursuit of "all-out action of high intensity" to ensure its own security.The message carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Pyongyang's official news agency, was reached at the meeting of the Political Bureau of the ruling Workers' Party Central Committee that was held Monday. "The bureau stressed the need to continue launching satellites of the Kwangmyongsong series and powerful long-range rock
Feb. 12, 2013
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Seoul hints at N.K. nuke test this week
A senior security official on Monday put aside North Korea’s latest mixed signals over its threatened nuclear test, saying a “critical point” in the conjuncture will come this week.The communist country is believed to have completed technical preparations at its test site in the northwest town of Punggye. World attention is now focused on just when it will set off a third blast. “Only Workers’ Party first secretary Kim Jong-un knows when North Korea will test its nuclear device,” the official wa
Feb. 11, 2013
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Three doctors killed in Nigeria were N. Koreans
Three doctors murdered in a knife attack in a northeastern town in Nigeria originally thought to be South Koreans were of North Korean nationality, said South Korean officials on Sunday quoting remarks by police in the African country.Earlier, foreign media reports said that attackers killed three South Korean doctors by slitting their throats and beheading one of the physicians Saturday night in Potiskum, a town in Yobe State that has long been under attack by the radical Islamic sect Boko Hara
Feb. 11, 2013
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N. Korea says world mistakenly interprets its "important measures" as nuclear test
North Korea's planned important measures may not refer to a third nuclear test, a state propaganda outlet has suggested, adding to the confusion over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions."The U.S. and hostile forces jumped to conclusions that the republic is planning the third nuclear test, citing their hypothesis and argument," the propaganda weekly Tongil Sinbo said Friday in an article posted on a Web site operated by the North.The weekly said the U.S. and other countries know little about what impo
Feb. 10, 2013
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N. Korea forecast to unveil new Arirang mass games in July
North Korea is expected to unveil a revamped version of the Arirang festival in July when the country celebrates the 1953 truce that ended the Korean War, according to a travel agency in China.Beijing-based Koryo Tours, specializing in tours to North Korea, has recently launched a new tour program to the communist country which includes a trip to the border village of Panmunjom, a war museum as well as the mausoleum of the ruling Kim family, according to the tour firm's Web site.The tour program
Feb. 10, 2013
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S. Korea to call UNSC meeting if N. Korea conducts nuke test: diplomat
South Korea is ready to request the U.N. Security Council hold an emergency meeting if North Korea follows through on its plan to conduct a nuclear test, a senior Seoul diplomat said Friday.Predicting when North Korea will carry out the nuclear test is difficult, but the North's threats of a third nuclear test have kept officials in South Korea on tenterhooks.South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan is scheduled to visit New York early next week to preside over the Security Council's open deb
Feb. 8, 2013
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U.S. using rocket launch to develop missile defense system: N.K. media
A North Korean media outlet on Friday claimed that the United States is using the Unha-3 rocket launch as an excuse to develop its own missile defense system, as part of its grand plan to dominate the world.Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, said in an article monitored in Seoul that Washington aims to create a global missile interception network to ensure its continued military supremacy.A missile defense system aids in the detection, tracking, and destruction of att
Feb. 8, 2013
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N.K. sends mixed signals
In a familiar tactic of coupling saber-rattling and peace overtures, North Korea called for the incoming Seoul government’s efforts to put cross-border relations back on track amid signs of its impending nuclear test. The Choson Sinbo, a Tokyo-based mouthpiece for the communist regime, said Wednesday that the resumption of inter-Korean dialogue hinged on Seoul’s attitude under President-elect Park Geun-hye. “In the wake of the United Nations Security Council sanctions, the new government’s behav
Feb. 7, 2013
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U.S. Congress re-introduces bill on banning N. Korea food aid
A senior U.S. senator has proposed a farm bill that includes a provision making any food aid to Pyongyang from Washington more difficult, congressional and diplomatic sources said Wednesday.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) re-introduced the five-year bill last month with the provision attached.If passed in both chambers of Congress, it would prohibit the U.S. government from providing food assistance to North Korea without a presidential waiver.Last year, the Senate passed the same versi
Feb. 7, 2013
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Park proposes emergency meeting with political parties to discuss N.K. nuclear tension
South Korean President-elect Park Geun-hye on Wednesday proposed an emergency meeting with the country's ruling and opposition parties to discuss the issue of North Korea's apparently imminent nuclear test, a spokeswoman said."President-elect Park proposes an emergency meeting with the ruling and opposition parties to discuss the North Korean nuclear issue and the security situation on the Korean Peninsula," Park's spokeswoman Cho Yoon-sun said in a news briefing.The proposal comes as North Kore
Feb. 6, 2013
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Rumors of cannibalism in N. Korea spreading
Rumors of cannibalism in North Korea have resurfaced, a U.S. daily newspaper reported. The Washington Post article titled “The Cannibals of North Korea” reported rumors that people are mysteriously disappearing, and that others are eating their own children due to extreme starvation.This is not the first time that rumors of cannibalism have been reported. In 2009, “Nothing to Envy,” written by reporter Barbara Demick, said North Koreans avoided meat soup sold on the street, kept children from wa
Feb. 6, 2013