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U.N. to weigh banking sanctions on North Korea
The United Nations Security Council condemned North Korea’s test of a nuclear device, paving the way for negotiations with China to punish the totalitarian regime with additional sanctions. The Security Council met in emergency session for an hour this morning in New York to discuss measures after North Korea’s third nuclear test earlier today. The support of China, North Korea’s closest ally and a council member wielding a veto, is needed for a fresh round of sanctions. That will require delica
Feb. 13, 2013
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China summons N. Korean envoy over nuke test
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi expressed firm opposition against North Korea's latest nuclear test Tuesday and called for the North's return to suspended six-party denuclearization talks, China's foreign ministry said. According to a statement posted on the ministry's Web site, Yang called in North Korean ambassador to Beijing Ji Jae-ryong and displayed China’s strong dissatisfaction and stern opposition toward North Korea's third nuclear test conducted earlier in the day. Yang urged North
Feb. 13, 2013
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Obama vows nuclear deterrence for S. Korea
U.S. President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart, President Lee Myung-bak, on Tuesday pledged unswerving unity in coping with North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile threats.In a phone conversation with Lee, Obama also agreed to work together on several measures to punish Pyongyang for its continued provocative acts and to curb its drive for weapons of mass destruction, according to the White House."They agreed to work closely together, including at the United Nations Security Co
Feb. 13, 2013
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N. Korea will never bow to nuclear resolutions: diplomat
GENEVA -- North Korea insisted Tuesday it would never give in to "unreasonable" international resolutions against its nuclear arms program, insisting the prospects of denuclearising the Korean peninsula were deteriorating in the face of US hostility."The US and their followers are sadly mistaken if they miscalculate the DPRK (North Korea) would accept the entirely unreasonable resolutions against it," Jon Yong Ryong, the first secretary of North Korea's mission in Geneva, told the UN Disarmament
Feb. 13, 2013
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UN Security Council condemns North Korea nuke test
A united U.N. Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's nuclear test and pledged further action Tuesday, calling Pyongyang's latest defiant act “a clear threat to international peace and security.’‘All 15 council members, including North Korea's closest ally China, approved the press statement hours after the latest underground test. The statement called the atomic blast a “grave violation’‘ of three U.N. resolutions that ban North Korea from conducting nuclear or missile tests.The swift
Feb. 13, 2013
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N. Korea threatens 'stronger' action after nuke test
North Korea said its nuclear test Tuesday was only a "first" step and warned of stronger action if it was faced with tougher sanctions as a result."The latest nuclear test was only the first action, with which we exercised as much self-restraint as possible," the foreign ministry said in a statement carried by the country's official news agency."If the US further complicates the situation with continued hostility, we will be left with no choice but to take even stronger second or third rounds of
Feb. 12, 2013
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U.S., China join worldwide condemnation of North Korea
The United States and China joined other world powers in a chorus of condemnation Tuesday after North Korea carried out a third nuclear test in defiance of stark international warnings.U.S. President Barack Obama called for “swift” and “credible” action after the underground blast as China expressed its “firm opposition” to the test. Russia also reportedly condemned it as a violation of U.N. resolutions.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was “gravely concerned about the negative impact o
Feb. 12, 2013
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Test feared to spur Asian nuclear arms race
North Korea’s nuclear test on Tuesday is likely to embolden security hawks’ calls for nuclear armament in neighboring countries, stoking fears of a renewed arms race in East Asia.Japan has in recent days displayed a marked shift toward the right, with growing calls for military rearmament amid heightening tensions with China over a group of islands in the East China Sea known as Diaoyudao in China and Senkaku in Japan. Japan’s right-wing politicians have taken advantage of the conflict to call f
Feb. 12, 2013
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Seoul keeps high-tech watch on N.K. program
North Korea’s nuclear test was detected almost immediately using an extensive network of seismic activity monitoring stations, South Korean authorities said Tuesday.The Korea Meteorological Administration announced that an artificial earthquake of 4.9 magnitude occurred at 11:57:50 a.m. in Punggye-ri, North Hamgyeong Province ― the location of Pyongyang’s nuclear facility.Operating a network of 26 seismological observatories across the country, South Korean authorities are able to detect seismic
Feb. 12, 2013
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Nuke test may impede Park’s ‘trustpolitik’
North Korea’s nuclear test on Tuesday appears to have cast a cloud over President-elect Park Geun-hye’s policy of restoring dialogue and normalizing ties with Pyongyang.During the election campaign Park championed a new “trustpolitik” doctrine calling for reengagement with the North while strengthening security against its provocations.Now with the world moving to take action against the communist state, her dual-track approach is already facing a daunting challenge even before it is launched. T
Feb. 12, 2013
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Obama put under challenge ahead of State of Union address
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― North Korea’s nuclear blast thrust President Barack Obama into an alarming new overseas crisis Tuesday, at the moment he hoped to use his annual State of the Union address to focus on jobs.With a characteristic sense of timing, Pyongyang set off its underground nuclear test as Obama polished a new call for action at home to tackle high unemployment and economic headwinds threatening the fragile recovery.Less than a month into his second term, the president will step up to deli
Feb. 12, 2013
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N. Korean leader seeks to solidify power, legitimacy
North Korea’s third nuclear test on Tuesday is expected to reinforce the power base of Kim Jong-un, one year after the young leader took over the communist dynasty. The explosion, conducted just ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, flouted international warnings against any further detonation and prompted an urgent U.N. Security Council meeting in New York to formulate a stronger, more enforceable response. It came merely three months after the regime successfully l
Feb. 12, 2013
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Nuke test deals blow to China
North Korea’s third nuclear test is expected to further erode China’s patience toward the runaway ally as Beijing comes under mounting pressure to join international action against the communist country’s blunt provocations. China strongly criticized the Tuesday blast, warning against “additional actions that could cause the situation to further deteriorate.”“Heedless of widespread international opposition, (North Korea) has again carried out a nuclear test, to which the Chinese government expre
Feb. 12, 2013
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163 South Korean workers in the North confirmed safe
South Koreans who reside in the Gaeseong Industrial Complex in North Korea were confirmed to be safe amid growing tension in the wake of North Korea’s third nuclear test Tuesday. “No unusual situation has been found in the district yet after the North’s nuclear test,” an official from the Ministry of Unification said. Currently, 163 South Koreans are said to be staying in the Gaeseong industrial area as many of the residing workers came back home to spend the Lunar New Year holiday with their fa
Feb. 12, 2013
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N.K. seeks smaller, lighter nuclear device
North Korea on Tuesday carried out an underground test of what it claimed to be a high-level, miniaturized nuclear device.After the test, the North’s official media said the explosion showed off the “superior capability of its diversified nuclear deterrence,” suggesting that it may have tested a uranium-based atomic device unlike its two previous tests in 2006 and 2009. Officials and experts have suspected that the North has developed a highly enriched uranium bomb technology which is simpler in
Feb. 12, 2013
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China firmly opposes North Korea's nuke test
China expressed its “firm opposition” to erstwhile ally North Korea's latest nuclear test Tuesday and called for new denuclearization talks.The statement from the Foreign Ministry reflects Beijing's growing frustration with its communist neighbor's provocative behavior, as well as its reluctance to impose more severe measures that could destabilize the North's hardline regime. “The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, heedless of widespread international opposition, has again carried out a nuc
Feb. 12, 2013
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Park strongly condemns N.K. nuclear test
South Korean President-elect Park Geun-hye strongly condemned North Korea's nuclear test Tuesday, saying the incoming government will not tolerate a nuclear-armed North, her spokeswoman said."I strongly condemn North Korea's third nuclear test that was carried out in spite of strong warnings from us and the international community," Park said in a statement read by her spokeswoman Cho Yoon-sun. "North Korea's nuclear test is a grave threat to the Korean Peninsula and international peace, hampers
Feb. 12, 2013
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Questions and answers on N. Korea's nuclear program
North Korea carried out an apparent nuclear test Tuesday, its third, despite numerous appeals and warnings to desist.Here are some questions and answers about the country's nuclear weapons program, which has grown over the decades despite ever-tighter UN sanctions:Q. Is North Korea a nuclear weapons state?A. No, or at least not yet. It conducted confirmed nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009. Both were believed to be fairly crude plutonium devices with relatively low yields, and the 2006 test was wide
Feb. 12, 2013
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Seoul citizens show concern over N. Korea's nuclear test
South Korean civic groups and citizens expressed grave concern over the nuclear test by North Korea on Tuesday, urging the Seoul government to deal more sternly with the communist neighbor."North Korea should be held responsible for bringing about extreme tension in Northeast Asia," Kim Sam-soo, an official at the Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice, said.Kim also stressed that the incoming Seoul government should continuously urge Pyongyang to abide by all U.N. Security Council resolutions
Feb. 12, 2013
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Seoul decries blast, discusses countermeasures with allies
The South Korean government entered emergency mode by stepping up the security alert level and fully activating diplomatic channels to discuss countermeasures following North Korea’s defiant nuclear test Tuesday.Outgoing and incoming presidents Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye met at 3 p.m. in Cheong Wa Dae for discussion upon Pyongyang’s nuclear test in Kilju County despite vehement warnings by the international community.“It is deemed that the North is attempting to raise anxiety among our gove
Feb. 12, 2013