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North Korea threatens to ‘sink’ Japan
Sep 14, 2017 08:53North Korea has threatened to use nuclear weapons against neighboring Japan and “sink” the island country.
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South Korea links detected xenon to North’s nuclear test
Sep 13, 2017 07:27South Korea has confirmed that the traces of radioactive xenon gas it recently detected were from a North Korean nuclear test earlier in the month.
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Security Council to vote on US-drafted resolution on North Korea
Sep 11, 2017 07:10The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on a revised US-drafted resolution to impose new sanctions on North Korea over its largest ever nuclear test just over a week ago, diplomats say.
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France must scrap own nuclear arsenal instead of criticizing Pyongyang: North Korea
Sep 09, 2017 12:58A senior North Korean official has lashed out at France over its criticism of Pyongyang’s atomic program, urging Paris to scrap its own nuclear arsenal.
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Putin suggests North Korea will not give up nukes
Sep 07, 2017 08:55Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that North Korea will not abandon its nuclear weapons program because Pyongyang views its missiles and atomic weapons as its only means of self-defense.
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Police clash with protesters in South Korea as more THAAD launchers arrive
Sep 07, 2017 07:22South Korean police have clashed with hundreds of demonstrators rallying against the deployment of more rocket launchers from a US missile system to their country.
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US Navy Seals training South Korean ‘assassination’ squad to take out Kim: Report
Sep 07, 2017 07:18US Navy Seals who purportedly killed al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden will train South Korean commanders to take out North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the event of war, according the Times of London.
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US after economic pressure on North Korea as Trump cringes away from military action
Sep 07, 2017 00:40The United States is pushing for tougher UN sanctions against North Korea, including an oil embargo, a ban on textile exports and the hiring of North Korean laborers abroad as well as a travel ban and asset freeze for Kim Jong-un.
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President Rouhani calls on Myanmar to end ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya Muslims
Sep 06, 2017 12:28President Hassan Rouhani has condemned Myanmar’s “brutal crimes” against Rohingya Muslims, calling on the Southeast Asian country’s leaders to immediately end the “inconceivable ethnic cleansing” of the religious minority.
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Putin repeats call for engagement with North Korea
Sep 06, 2017 06:55Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for engagement with North Korea, reiterating that the US-led sanctions against Pyongyang will not resolve the intensifying tensions with the Asian country.