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North Korea may launch long-range missile in weeks
Written on 1 Jun, 2009 at 12:17 in Featured, Politics | viewed 294 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
North Korea may this month test a missile designed to fly as far as U.S. territory and may also be gearing up for skirmishes with the South around their disputed sea border, South Korean news reports said on Monday. Last week, North Korea conducted a nuclear test that put it closer to having a working atomic bomb, test-fired a barrage of short-range missiles and threatened to attack the South, raising tension to one of its highest levels since the 1950-53 Korean War. Full Story : YahooNews…..
North Korea begins extracting plutonium
Written on 25 Apr, 2009 at 23:49 in Featured, Politics | viewed 305 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
North Korea has started to extract plutonium from spent fuel rods at its nuclear arms plant, its foreign ministry said on Saturday, further raising regional tensions already stoked by its defiant rocket launch this month. It has expelled U.N. and U.S. nuclear inspectors at Yongbyon, located about 100 km (60 miles) north of Pyongyang, who had been overseeing steps to put the entire plant out of operation for at least a year. Full Story : Reuters.com….
North Korea quits nuclear talks, vows to resume nuclear program
Written on 14 Apr, 2009 at 13:59 in Featured, Politics | viewed 392 views times and users have made 2 comments so far
North Korea on Tuesday announced that it was walking out on six-party talks to end its nuclear program, and vowed to resume operating its nuclear facilities. The decision comes a day after the 15-member United Nations Security Council condemned North Korea’s April 5 rocket launch, which critics argue was a long-range missile test. Full Story : ChristianscienceMonitor……
China congratulates NKorea’s Kim on re-election
Written on 11 Apr, 2009 at 12:55 in Featured, Politics | viewed 283 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Chinese President Hu Jintao congratulated Kim Jong-Il on his re-election as leader of North Korea, state media said Saturday, amid widespread international condemnation of Pyongyang’s rocket launch. Hu said in a message that Kim’s re-election on Thursday as chairman of the powerful National Defence Commission is an “expression of sincere support and profound trust”, Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. Full Story : AFP.com
N Korea launches rocket
Written on 6 Apr, 2009 at 9:45 in Featured, Politics | viewed 204 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
North Korea has defied international warnings and gone ahead with a controversial rocket launch. State media said a satellite had been put into orbit and was transmitting data and revolutionary songs. The US, Japan and South Korea suspect the launch was a cover for a long-range missile test. Full Story : BBC.com
US moves warships into position for North Korean missile
Written on 30 Mar, 2009 at 13:58 in Featured, Politics | viewed 235 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
The US and Japan yesterday deployed anti-missile batteries on land and sea to shoot down possible debris from an intercontinental ballistic missile North Korea is expected to test in the next few days. The US defence secretary, Robert Gates, said America had no intention of shooting down the missile itself, which satellite photographs show is sitting on a launch-pad in Musudan-ri. Full Story : Guardian.co.uk…..
Clinton Says North Korea Missile Launch Would Have Consequences
Written on 26 Mar, 2009 at 10:56 in Featured, Politics | viewed 285 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that the long-range missile launch North Korea is apparently preparing for would be a provocative act that would have consequences for Pyongyang. U.S. officials have warned North Korea against going ahead with what it says will be the launch of an experimental space satellite early next month. Full Story : VOANews.com……..
Japan warns it may shoot down North Korean satellite launcher
Written on 13 Mar, 2009 at 12:15 in Featured, Politics | viewed 251 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Japan today threatened to shoot down a satellite that North Korea plans to launch early next month if it shows any signs of striking its territory. Officials in Tokyo said they reserved the right to destroy any threatening object in mid-flight, despite North Korean warnings that it would consider such a move an act of war. Full Story : Guardian.co.uk
North Korea Announces Plans for ‘Satellite’ Launch
Written on 24 Feb, 2009 at 12:10 in Politics | viewed 312 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
North Korea said Tuesday it is preparing to launch a satellite into orbit, its clearest reference yet to an impending launch. The statement from the North’s space technology agency came amid international concern North Korea is gearing up to fire its most advanced Taepodong-2 missile. North Korea’s last test of its most advanced long-range missile was in 2006, a few months before the nuclear test.
@ a glance : North Korea plutonium ‘weaponised’
Written on 18 Jan, 2009 at 16:32 in @ a glance | viewed 208 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
North Korean has “weaponised” enough of its stock of plutonium to make up to five nuclear bombs, a US arms expert has said.Full Story : Aljazeera……
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