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US girding for possibility of N. Korea taking most provocative military actions in decade near election: NBC
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S. Korea completes development of L-SAM defense system
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S. Korea, Japan, China to hold 1st summit in 4 1/2 years to discuss cooperation
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China calls for restraint over N.K. launch
U.S. cancels food aid; envoy seeks united front to prevent further provocationsChina has reissued its appeal for restraint on the sides of the United States and South Korea over North Korea’s failed rocket launch.The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a statement Sunday, appealing for all sides to “remain calm and exercise restraint.” The ministry said Sunday that Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi talked with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan.
April 15, 2012
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North Korea shows off new missile
North Korea on Sunday unveiled what appeared to be a new missile at a military parade in Pyongyang.North Korean military vehicles carrying rockets participate in a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate 100 years since the birth of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung on Sunday. (AP-Yonhap News)The missile, displayed during celebrations for the centennial of the birth of la
April 15, 2012
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N. Korea's Kim Jong-Un delivers first televised speech
North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-Un has delivered his first ever televised public speech during a major military parade to mark the centenary of the birth of his grandfather, state TV showed Sunday."I offer the purest respect and the greatest honour to great comrades Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il," he told cheering crowds, referring to his late grandfather and deceased father.Jong-Un, clad in black
April 15, 2012
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Japan voices fears over N. Korea nuke test
TOKYO (AFP) - A senior Japanese defence official Saturday urged "crisis-management measures" ahead of a possible nuclear test by North Korea after its humiliating failure to launch a rocket.The launch was supposed to be the centrepiece of weekend commemorations marking the centenary of the birth of North Korean founding leader Kim Il-Sung, and helping to formalise a new cult of personality around
April 14, 2012
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N. Korea gives school uniforms to mark founder's birth
North Korea is giving new uniforms to all schoolchildren to mark the centenary of the birth of its late founder Kim Il-sung, the country's official media reported Saturday.The North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said uniforms will be provided to all primary and secondary schoolchildren and students attending universities. Kim Il-sung's birthday falls on Sunday and is considered the
April 14, 2012
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N. Korea appoints new members to defense commission
North Korea appointed new members to the country's top military commission, the country's mediareported Saturday, in a move widely seen as an attempt to solidify Kim Jung-un's control over the country.The North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Choe Rong-hae, the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, and Korea People's Army Gen. Kim Won Hong were electedto the National
April 14, 2012
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Obama: N. Korea not very good at rocket launches
WASHINGTON (AP)- President Barack Obama says North Korea's failed rocket launch shows the country is wasting money on rockets that "don't work" while its people starve.Obama told a television interviewer that the North Koreans have been trying to launch missiles like this for over a decade now, and they don't seem to be real good at it.Still, he called the failed launch Friday an area of deep co
April 14, 2012
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UN deplores N. Korea rocket launch
UNITED NATIONS (AP)-The U.N. Security Council deplored North Korea's rocket launch on Friday, saying it violates two council resolutions but stopped short of imposing any new sanctions against the reclusive Asian nation. The U.N.'s most powerful body said in a brief press statement after a closed meeting that members agreed to continue consultations "on an appropriate response in accordance with i
April 14, 2012
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N. Korea supreme leader leads mass rally
PYONGYANG (AFP) -- North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-Un on Friday led a mass rally for his late father and grandfather following the country's failed rocket launch.The defiant launch drew condemnation from world leaders who described it as a "provocative" act that threatened regional security, despite Pyongyang insisting it was intended to put a satellite into orbit for peaceful purposes.But Jong-
April 13, 2012
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N.K. admits failure
North Korea admitted Friday that its Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite failed to enter orbit.“Scientists, technicians and experts are now looking into the cause of the failure,” the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said in a brief dispatch, without elaborating.It was the first time Pyongyang acknowledged failure in a long-range rocket launch.The announcement came more than four hours after North Korea went ahead with the launch of a long-range rocket early Friday morning, despite repeated wa
April 13, 2012
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Long silence in N.K. after rocket failure
PYONGYANG (AFP) ― News of North Korea’s abortive rocket launch was flashed around the world Friday but there were four long hours of silence before Pyongyang admitted the highly publicised attempt had failed.“The earth observation satellite failed to enter its preset orbit. Scientists, technicians and experts are now looking into the cause of the failure,” the KCNA official news agency finally said in a terse report.But there was still no word from officials on the ground for scores of foreign j
April 13, 2012
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N. Korea leader made chairman of defence commission
SEOUL, April 13, 2012 (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un was elected "first chairman" of the powerful National Defence Commission, apparently a new title, state media said Friday.His late father Kim Jong-Il was named "eternal" chairman of the commission, the country's top decision-making body, at an annual session of the North's rubber-stamp parliament, the official KCNA news agency said.The
April 13, 2012
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N.K. moves further toward isolation
Obama could face domestic political challenges over Pyongyang in election yearNorth Korea took a step further into international isolation on Friday morning after it blasted off a long-range rocket that apparently exploded shortly after lift-off.With the U.S. and its allies including South Korea seeking to refer it to the U.N. Security Council, Pyongyang is expected to face deteriorating ties with Washington and Seoul, and toughened international sanctions, analysts said.Calling the launch a “pr
April 13, 2012
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N. Korea admits rocket launch failure
U.N. Security Council immediately convenes in response to apparent missile testNorth Korea admitted Friday that its Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite failed to enter orbit after launch. “Scientists, technicians and experts are now looking into the cause of the failure,” the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said in a brief dispatch, without elaborating.The announcement came more than four hours after North Korea went ahead with the launch of a long-range rocket early Friday morning, despite r
April 13, 2012
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N. Korea shows Obama‘s foreign policy failure: Romney
The presumptive Republican nominee for president was quick Thursday to use North Korea’s rocket launch to attack his potential rival President Barack Obama.Mitt Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, also condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the North‘s act although it was unsuccessful.“Pyongyang’s action is another blatant violation of unanimous U.N. Security Council resolutions and demonstrates once again that Pyongyang is committed to developing long-range missiles with the potential
April 13, 2012
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UN Security Council to meet Friday after N.Korea launch
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The UN Security Council will meet in emergency session on Friday to discuss the situation in North Korea after Pyongyang launched a long-range rocket, a UN diplomat said Thursday.The diplomat told AFP the 15-member Council would meet "to decide its next step" following the launch, which the United States and several other nations have claimed is in fact a disguised missile t
April 13, 2012
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South Korea, neighbors on full alert over N.K. rocket
The South Korean government is on full alert to take quick and effective measures in response to an imminent rocket launch by North Korea, government officials said.“The government issued guidelines to strengthen office discipline to prevent any damage to South Korean citizens and to take quick measures in case North Korea launches a long-range missile,” a government official said.A U.S. official said Wednesday in Washington that the foreign ministers of the Group of Eight major economies will i
April 12, 2012
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U.S.-based musical group performing in N.K.
ATLANTA (AP) ― A musical group from the Atlanta area is traveling to North Korea for a series of performances during that country’s spring arts festival. Members of the 150-member Sons of Jubal chorus and orchestra will perform at the Spring Friendship Art Festival, which started Wednesday and runs through April 19. Global Resource Services, an Atlanta-based humanitarian group, is coordinating the cultural exchange. ``The theme of the festival is friendship, and with the conflict between our cou
April 12, 2012
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North Korea missile, nuclear scheme ‘in Kim Jong-Il’s will’
TOKYO (AFP) ― A top North Korean defector Thursday said he had obtained the last will and testament of Kim Jong-il, in which the late leader purportedly urges his nation to develop weapons of mass destruction.“Keep in mind that constantly developing and keeping nuclear (weapons), long-range missiles and biochemical weapons is the way to keep peace on the Korean peninsula, and never drop your guard,” the will said, according to Japanese weekly tabloid magazine Shukan Bunshun.The report comes as p
April 12, 2012
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N. Korea's Kim solidifies power with top party posts
North Korea was poised Thursday to send a rocket into space as the nation's young leader ascended to new top political posts strengthening his hold on power.There was no word early Thursday morning on the timing of the launch, which the North has said will take place sometime between Thursday and Monday. The launch, which the North says is for peaceful purposes, has raised international concern.Th
April 12, 2012