U.S. sees possible North Korea test site activity
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The United States has detected activity at potential test sites in North Korea indicating possible preparations for a nuclear test, a U.S. defense official said on Wednesday, as China urged restraint after the reclusive state said it planned a nuclear test.
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Japan has received intelligence indicating that North Korea may be preparing to test launch a short-range missile, an official said Thursday.
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The United States said Wednesday that a North Korean nuclear test would be a "deeply provocative act" and urged the world to let Pyongyang know such a test would further isolate the already reclusive nation.
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The United States and Japan have detected  signs that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic  missile that could hit almost all of Japan, a Japanese  newspaper said on Thursday.
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SYDNEY, Sept. 8 -- The United States, China and Russia plan to send teams of experts to North Korea next week to survey nuclear facilities, a step toward disabling the country's nuclear weapons program, U.S. officials said Friday.
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Suspicious ground movements in  North Korea may reflect maintenance of missile sites rather  than preparations for a missile test, according to South Korean  Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon.
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Amid skepticism over North Korea&#39;s claim that a large explosion in its remote northern province last week was part of demolition work, international diplomats are slated to visit the blast site this Thursday.
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North Korea may be preparing an  underground test of a nuclear bomb, ABC News reported on  Thursday, but U.S. officials told Reuters they had no new  evidence of such a plan.
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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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An increasingly isolated 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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Following recent reports indicating that North Korea may be preparing to test fire a missile intelligence agencies worldwide are keeping tabs on the latest information.
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All eyes &amp;#151; and ears &amp;#151; are on North Korea. Military and intelligence agencies of the United States and its allies are spying from land, air, sea and space to learn whether the communist nation is preparing to test fire a long-range missile that may be capable of reaching the western U.S.
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SYDNEY, Sept. 7 -- The United States, China and Russia plan to send a team of experts into North Korea next week to survey that nation's nuclear facilities, taking another step toward executing the agreement to disable that nation's nuclear weapons capability, U.S. officials said on Friday.
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Diplomats from countries including the UK will visit North Korea starting tomorrow to view the site of an explosion that last week prompted speculation of a nuclear test, a spokeswoman for the UK&#39;s Foreign Office said.
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TOKYO - Japan suspects that North Korea may be preparing to conduct an engine-combustion test of either a Rodong or a Taepodong ballistic missile, government sources said Thursday.
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The United States and Japan have detected  signs that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic  missile capable of reaching almost anywhere in Japan, Japanese  government sources said on Thursday.
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The US intelligence community is in the grip of an internal debate on whether new data on North Korea should be interpreted as a sign the country is preparing for its first nuclear weapons test, US administration officials said.