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Sanctions badly affect most needy in North Korea: UN report
Mar 24, 2017 03:30The United Nations has warned that sanctions against North Korea are taking a serious toll on humanitarian aid activities in the country, where millions of women and children are reliant on donations.
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North Korea downplays US war threat, stresses combat readiness
Mar 21, 2017 04:55North Korea has downplayed US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's warning of a possible military strike against the country, stressing its full readiness to respond to any war.
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Tillerson in Beijing amid rising tensions over N Korea, THAAD
Mar 18, 2017 09:32US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is visiting China amid new tensions between the two powers over a series of issues, including North Korea and Washington’s deployment of the THAAD missile system to South Korea.
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Russia accuses US of adding to tensions on Korean peninsula
Mar 17, 2017 13:54Russia has accused the United States of ratcheting up tensions on the Korean peninsula by increasing military activities, calling for the "vicious circle of tensions" to be broken.
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US military action against North Korea 'an option': Tillerson
Mar 17, 2017 13:02US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has warned that military action against North Korea would be "on the table" if Pyongyang elevated the threat level.
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N Korea warns of ‘merciless’ attacks as US warships join S Korea in war games
Mar 14, 2017 12:16North Korea has warned Washington of “merciless” retaliatory attacks if a US navy aircraft carrier strike group violates its sovereignty during joint war games with South Korean forces.
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US, South Korea drills may result in actual war, North Korea warns
Mar 08, 2017 06:17Pyongyang has warned that the US and South Korean joint military exercises may lead to “actual war.”
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N Korea expels Malaysian ambassador in tit-for-tat move
Mar 06, 2017 17:10North Korea has labelled the Malaysian ambassador to Pyongyang as “persona non grata” and ordered him to leave the country “within 48 hours,” in an apparent tit-for-tat move after the Southeast Asian nation expelled the North’s top envoy in an unprecedented diplomatic row, which broke out between the two sides over the recent bizarre assassination of the North Korean leader’s half-brother in Kuala Lumpur.
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North Korea ‘fires four ballistic missiles, three land in Japanese waters’
Mar 06, 2017 04:40North Korea has reportedly launched four ballistic missiles, three of which have landed into the Sea of Japan, in an area where Tokyo claims as its sovereign territory.
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South Korea quadruples reward for defectors from North
Mar 06, 2017 04:27South Korea has quadrupled its reward for North Korean defectors who have secret information about their reclusive home country.