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France 24 (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
North Korea has test-fired two short-range missiles, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said, citing a government official. The move stokes regional tensions after the North’s threats to boost its nuclear arsenal following UN sanctions.
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The US pointman for sanctions on North Korea holds talks in Malaysia today, possibly on links banks have to the North's finances, while a report said Pyongyang may have shot mid-range missiles in a series fired on Saturday.
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
The ballistic missiles that North Korea test-fired this weekend were likely capable of striking key government and military facilities in South Korea, a defense official said Sunday, amid growing concerns over Pyongyang's firepower.
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | yesterday
TOKYO, July 4 (UPI) -- Tokyo complained to Pyongyang Saturday as North Korea test-fired seven missiles into the Sea of Japan, officials said. The Japanese government filed an official diplomatic complaint with North Korea through Chinese channels in Beijing as the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff spotted the seventh missile firing of the day, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported. Japanese...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Seoul- North Korea fired its seventh missile in three days from its eastern coast Saturday, the South Korean Defence Ministry said, as Pyongyang racked up Korean Peninsula tension. The missiles, with a range of 400 to 500 kilometres, were fired over ...
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L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The new tests come a day after Pyongyang launched four short-range missiles over the sea. The latest missiles also appear to be short-range, a South Korean news agency says. North Korea fired three missiles off its eastern coast today, South Korea said, another in a series of launches since U.N. sanctions were imposed on the regime for its May nuclear test.
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Jackaranda (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
North Korea 'tests more missiles' North Korea is thought to have thousands of missiles North Korea has tested three short-range missiles, South Korean media say, as concern mounts in the region that a long-range test could be days away. It test-fired other missiles earlier this week and has incurred fresh UN sanctions since holding a second underground nuclear test in May. Two of the missiles were...
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Full Comment (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
North Korea has vowed to give the United States a Fourth of July it will never forget, escalating anti-U.S. rhetoric with threats to fire an intercontinental ballistic missile at Hawaii and promising a “fire shower of nuclear retaliation” in response to any U.S. provocation. The nuclear standoff with Pyongyang already has northeast Asia on edge, but now it threatens to intrude on Europe...
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Hyscience (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Why in the hell would Barack Obama want to block Iran sanctions at the upcoming G8 summit! The only answer is that the decision is based upon a much misguided and extremely naive foreign policy. As Rich Lowry wrote at RCC , Obama should have learned from N. Korea: Obama has gotten a preview of what extending his hand to a clenched fist looks like in North Korea. Six months into the era of Obama's...
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IOL (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Britain's ambassador to Pyongyang has said that there was currently no evidence that North Korea was preparing to launch a long-range missile.
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Asia Times (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
United States officials are scrambling for a response as North Korea reportedly plans a fireworks display to mark US Independence Day in the form of a long-range Taepodong-2 missile test. As a military reaction could lead to nuclear war, perhaps the Treasury Department is right to concentrate on attacking Pyongyang's finances. - Donald Kirk
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Tokyo - Japan would take action if a North Korean missile launch threatened the nation's security, the top government spokesman said Friday following Pyongyang's four missile launches the previous day. Although Japan saw no serious problem posed by N...
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
North Korea tested three short-range missiles yesterday, ratcheting up regional tensions already high after Pyongyang's atomic test and subsequent UN sanctions. The...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Washington - The United States criticized North Korea's launching of four short-range missiles on Thursday as dangerous and urged Pyongyang to return to nuclear disarmament negotiations. These kinds of launches are nothing new. We have seen them man...
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hitsgaloremedia | 06/27/2008
The cooling tower now sits, demolished at the Yongbyon nuclear complex near Pyongyang, North Korea. Around 5pm their local time on Friday, the massive implosion took place at the yongbyon facility and was intended to be a huge symbol for the public. It builds momentum to end nuclear activities by the communist nation once branded as an “axis of evil” buy U.S. President George W. Bush With great timing...