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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.
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Pyongyang says ready to send ‘more gift packages’ to US
Sep 05, 2017 14:48North Korea has warned the United States that Pyongyang is prepared to send “more gift packages” to Washington, two days after the peninsular Asian country sent shock waves across the world by detonating a hydrogen bomb, purportedly designed for a long-range missile.