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9 days ago by Mc Parry

SEOUL — North Korea on Tuesday accused the United States and South Korea of carrying out more than 1,100 spy plane missions this year amid mounting tensions over the communist state’s nuclear programmes. RQ-4A Global Hawk, Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), (Northrop Grumman) The North’s Korean Central ...

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14 days ago by Mc Parry

WASHINGTON — The United States must take a tougher line on China with regard to sanctions on North Korea and aiding US goals in Iran, Republican Senator John McCain said Thursday. “China has been unhelpful, especially on the issue of North Korea,” said McCain, his party’s 2008...

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14 days ago by Mc Parry

SEOUL — North Korea warned that “dark clouds of nuclear war” are gathering over the peninsula and vowed to strengthen its atomic arsenal as it marked the anniversary of the 1950-1953 conflict. Rodong Sinmun, newspaper of the ruling communist party, accused the United States and its ally South Korea ...

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16 days ago by Sgt.John B. William

SEOUL — The general leading US forces in South Korea said Tuesday that North Korea was likely to use insurgent tactics against both civilians and troops in rear areas should war break out on the peninsula. Commander of US Forces Korea General Walter Sharp speaks during a news conference at Seoul...

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18 days ago by ThunderBolt

SEOUL — North Korea has accused US President Barack Obama of plotting a nuclear war on the communist nation by reaffirming a US assurance of security for South Korea, the North’s state media said. South Korean army troops patrol the eastern coastal areas bordering North Korea at predawn...

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21 days ago by ThunderBolt

SEOUL, North Korea has several thousand tonnes of chemical weapons it can mount on missiles that could be used on a rapid strike against the South, said a report released on Thursday by the International Crisis Group (ICG). South Korean military soldiers take part in the live fire exercise, aims...

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21 days ago by Mc Parry

SEOUL — North Korea has accused the South of escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula to the brink of war. Rodong Sinmun, the official daily of the North’s ruling communist party, said the United States and its allies had launched a smear campaign against Pyongyang at the UN Security...

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22 days ago by Mc Parry

TOKYO, — The Japanese top government spokesman said Wednesday it is possible the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) would launch another ballistic missile, following South Korean news report that Pyongyang may have recently transported a long-range missile to a launch...

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22 days ago by Ken Jimbo

Guest Author: Ken Jimbo, Keio University Although much remains murky regarding the technical details, North Korea’s second nuclear test on May 25 was considerably bigger and far more sophisticated than the previous one. Up until this year, few attempted to define North Korea as a Nuclear Weapon Stat ...

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23 days ago by Mc Parry

WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama was on Tuesday to meet with the leader of South Korea, who is seeking security guarantees as a stand-off escalates with nuclear-armed North Korea. A protester shouts slogans as she holds a composite portrait of U.S. President Barack Obama and former U.S. Presid ...

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