N. Korea vows to continue missile tests
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North Korea on Thursday publicly acknowledged for the first time that it had tested missiles and vowed to continue launching them, threatening to &quot;take stronger physical actions&quot; against opponents of the tests.
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Japanese and US reconnaissance information indicates that North Korea might be preparing to test-fire either a Nodong or Taepodong ballistic missile, Japanese government sources said Thursday.
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North Korea angrily mocked international criticism of its multiple missile tests, threatening on Thursday to fire off more rockets.
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The United States and Japan warned  North Korea on Monday against a missile launch as some  officials said Pyongyang appeared to have finished fueling for  a test flight that could reach as far as Alaska.
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SEOUL, South Korea - Denying it has any nuclear weapons ambitions, South Korea insisted yesterday that a one-time uranium enrichment test by its scientists will not derail US-led efforts to dismantle rival North Korea&#39;s nuclear programs.
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South Korea Monday shrugged off North Korean criticism of the South's experiments with nuclear materials as familiar posturing that would not rule out the mercurial communist North's return to atomic arms talks.
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President Bush on Thursday warned  North Korea against test-firing a long-range missile and  underscored concerns about its nuclear ambitions.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell warned North Korea today against carrying out any new missile tests, saying Washington would not be intimidated into changing its policy towards the Stalinist state.
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South Korea will seek to build an independent missile defense system amid growing security jitters sparked by North Korea's missile and nuclear tests, according to the officials.
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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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North Korea is suspected of test-firing a number of short-range missiles off its west coast.
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The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Saturday to impose limited sanctions on North Korea for its recent missile tests, and demanded that the reclusive communist nation suspend its ballistic missile program. North Korea immediately rejected the resolution and vowed to launch more missiles.
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North Korea will not dismantle its  nuclear programs or improve ties with South Korea until  questions about the South's nuclear experiments are clearly  answered, Pyongyang said on Sunday.
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The United States will hold North Korea to its pledge to account for its nuclear programs, the State Department said on Wednesday as Pyongyang remained silent after failing to meet a year-end deadline to give a full accounting of its nuclear arms program.
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North Korea rules out further nuclear talks unless South Korea's own nuclear tests are "fully probed".
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SEOUL, South Korea  - Denying it has any nuclear weapons ambitions, South Korea insisted Friday that a one-time uranium enrichment test by its scientists will not derail U.S.-led efforts to dismantle rival North Korea's nuclear programs.
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Radioactive sabre-rattling North Korea has announced it will test one of its nuclear warheads, the BBC reports. North Korea's foreign ministry announced: "[North Korea] will in the future conduct a nuclear test under the condition where safety is firmly guaranteed."â¦