North Korea unveils new war plan focusing on defense
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Stalinist North Korea has set up a new war plan focusing on defense from US attacks and highlighting underground protection facilities, Seoul news reports say.
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The Pentagon is drawing up a plan that would give the military a more prominent role in intelligence-collection operations.
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North Korea said Tuesday it will conduct a nuclear test as part of measures to bolster its self-defense amid what it calls increasing U.S. hostility toward the communist regime.
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Japan unveiled a revamped defense policy on Friday that eases a decades-old ban on arms exports and, in carefully couched words, suggests a shift from the purely defensive posture in place since its defeat in World War II.
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North Korea threatened on Saturday to double the size of its nuclear deterrent if the United States did not drop what Pyongyang sees as a confrontational policy aimed at unseating the communist leadership there.
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North Korea issued a New Year's message on Saturday telling its impoverished people that U.S. actions on the Korea peninsula could lead to war.
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The US and Japan have signed a new agreement on missile defense programs. It&#39;s considered a key step in carrying out new defense guidelines that ease Tokyo&#39;s pacifist stance, which is outlined in its constitution.
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Japan adopted new defense guidelines Friday, including the relaxation of an arms-export ban that will facilitate missile security with Washington, another sign of Tokyo&#39;s
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North Korea has warned Japan that it will treat economic sanctions as a &quot;declaration of war&quot; and threatens to try to exclude Tokyo from six-party talks on Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear arms programs.
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SEOUL -- North Korea publicly admitted today for the first time that it has nuclear weapons, and its foreign ministry said it wouldn't return to six-nation talks aimed at persuading the communist country to abandon its nuclear ambitions
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SEOUL, South Korea  -- North Korea's military proposed Friday holding direct talks with U.S. forces, an unusual plea amid recent progress on the nuclear standoff between the two countries.
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The Pentagon is drawing up a plan that  would give the U.S. military a more prominent  intelligence-gathering role, including operations targeting  terror groups and those involved in weapons proliferation, The  New York Times reported in its Sunday edition.
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Japan's Defense Agency plans to develop a new anti-aircraft, anti-ship missile, a newspaper reported Monday.
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North Korea pledges to boost its "war deterrent", days after missing a deadline for declaring its nuclear activities.
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The United States would dispatch 690,000 troops and 2,000 warplanes if war breaks out on the Korean peninsula, according to a South Korean defense policy paper released Friday.
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North Korea's military calls for direct talks with the US, to discuss security on the Korean peninsula.
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Officials are mulling a new, long-term strategy that shifts military focus from large-scale warfare to fighting terrorism, low-tech guerrilla wars and less conventional threats.