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Satellite images show North Korea making progress on long-range missile
Already under fire for its latest nuclear test, North Korea has been making preparations at a launchpad that could pave the way for firing a long-range missile, a US think tank said Thursday. 38 North, a blog of the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, analyzed satellite photos that it…
Obama rebukes North Korea over nuke test and calls for ‘swift’ and ‘credible’ action
US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that North Korea’s “provocative” nuclear test did not make it more secure and called for “swift” and “credible” international action in response. Obama also vowed in a written statement that Washington would remain vigilant in the face of the underground detonation by the Stalinist…
North Korea test seen as setback to new U.S. approach
North Korea’s third nuclear test looks likely to set back any new diplomatic drive from the United States, which had seen glimmers of hope with the new cast of leaders in the region. The renewed crisis comes just as all three key regional players — China, Japan and South Korea…
North Korea carries out third nuclear test
North Korea on Tuesday staged its most powerful nuclear test yet, claiming a breakthrough with a “miniaturised” device in a striking act of defiance to global powers including its sole patron China. The communist state said it had staged its third test with a “successful” underground detonation, in a riposte…
North Korea carries out apparent nuclear test
North Korea appeared to have carried out a threatened nuclear test on Tuesday, with international monitoring agencies reporting a seismic event near the site of Pyongyang’s nuclear test site. The tremor, whose magnitude was estimated at between 4.9 and 5.1, was detected at 11:57am (0257 GMT) with the epicentre in…
Kerry: North Korea’s nuclear tests increase potential for conflict
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned on Thursday that North Korea’s expected nuclear tests only increase the risk of conflict and would do nothing to help the country’s stricken people. Kerry made the remarks when he dropped in on a group of young students taking a foreign policy classroom…
North Korea ‘may stage multiple nuclear tests’
South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak believes North Korea could detonate multiple devices when it goes ahead with a nuclear test expected in the coming weeks or even days. In an interview published Tuesday in the Chosun Ilbo daily, the outgoing president also acknowledged the huge challenge the international community faces…
North Korea video shows city resembling New York under missile attack
North Korea, poised to conduct a nuclear test any day now, has posted a video on YouTube depicting a US city resembling New York engulfed in flames after an apparent missile attack. The footage was uploaded Saturday by the North’s official website, Uriminzokkiri, which distributes news and propaganda from the…
Colbert tells North Korea: ‘We loathe you, we’re just not in loathe with you’
Upon hearing that North Korea had begun referring to the U.S. as its “arch-enemy,” Stephen Colbert took it upon himself to do the sensible thing: let them down easy. “We loathe you,” he said in an appeal on Monday. “We’re just not in loathe with you.” North Korea upped the…
Google unveils detailed North Korea map… with gulags
Google has rolled out a detailed map of North Korea that even labels some of its remote and infamous gulags. Until now North Korea was pretty much a blank canvas to users of Google’s Map Maker, which creates maps from data that is provided by the public and fact-checked in…
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