N. Korea says it will test a nuke
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North Korea, citing American belligerence and pressure, said Tuesday it will conduct a nuclear test.
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North Korea is to conduct a nuclear test for what it calls self-defence measures, the foreign ministry says.
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North Korea is "more or less ready" to conduct a nuclear test deep inside an abandoned coal mine but might hold off it can win concesssions from the United States, a Chinese source briefed by Pyongyang said on Friday.
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South Korea's foreign minister on Thursday said he was confident that investigations by a U.N. nuclear watchdog will prove his country's nuclear experiments were not conducted for weapons advancement.
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North Korea could flight test at any  time a ballistic missile potentially capable of reaching parts  of the United States with a nuclear-weapon-sized payload, the  State Department's top arms control official said on Friday.
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Japan will use weekend talks with North Korea to ask about reports the North has been preparing a missile test. US and South Korean intelligence has picked up signs a test may be planned, though Japan&#39;s Prime
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A diplomat who visited the site of a huge explosion in North Korea said Friday he saw no evidence it was caused by a nuclear test, and South Korean officials said mushroom-shaped plume thought to be from the blast may have instead been a natural cloud formation.
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A day after North Korea said it will conduct a nuclear test in the future, ally China has weighed in, calling on all sides to exercise calm and restraint. "We hope that the DPRK (North Korea's official name) will keep calm and restrained on the nuclear test issue," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said in a statement reported by China's Xinhua news agency.
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North Korea declared Tuesday it has a right to carry out long-range missile tests, despite international calls for the communist state to refrain from launching a rocket believed capable of reaching the United States.
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SEOUL Citing intelligence from spy satellites and radio interceptions, the Japanese prime minister&#39;s office said on Thursday that North Korea might be preparing a test launching of a Rodong ballistic missile.
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Japan's top government spokesman says Tokyo is stepping up monitoring of North Korea amid speculation that the communist nation could carry out a nuclear test as early as this weekend.
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TOKYO -- A pledge by North Korea yesterday to conduct a nuclear test to bolster its defenses against the United States dramatically raised tensions in the region and marked the communist government's first unambiguous public threat to demonstrate itself as a nuclear power.
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Japan is preparing a set of high-level  alert procedures to follow in the event of a nuclear power  plant accident abroad, out of concern that North Korea may  carry out an underground nuclear test, Kyodo News said on  Saturday, citing government sources.
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North Korea triggered global alarm on Tuesday by saying it will conduct a nuclear test, a key step in the manufacture of atomic bombs that it views as a deterrent against any U.S. attack. But the North also said it was committed to nuclear disarmament, suggesting a willingness to negotiate.
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Reclusive North Korea said on Tuesday it  would conduct its first-ever nuclear test, blaming a U.S.  "threat of nuclear war and sanctions" for forcing its hand.
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A nuclear test by North Korea would pose  an "unacceptable threat" to peace and stability in the world  and further isolate the reclusive nation, the U.S. State  Department said on Tuesday.
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Reports out of Japan claim that there are activities in North Korea implying that the country may be preparing to launch one of its ballistic missiles.