N. Korea Used to Justify System
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In justifying the accelerated deployment of a nationwide anti-missile system, the Bush administration has cited a growing missile threat, particularly from North Korea.
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North Korea accused the US of acting as the international judge for human rights and trying to use the issue to bring down the regime in the communist country.
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TOKYO, Oct. 4 -- North Korea declared Tuesday that it would conduct a nuclear test to bolster its defenses against the United States, raising tensions in the region and marking the communist government's first unambiguous pledge to prove it has become a nuclear power.
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explosion in North Korea wasn&#39;ta nuclear bomb doesn&#39;t mean the world community should ignore it. Secretary of State Colin Powell said evidence supports North Korea&#39;s statement that the blast was to remove part of a mountain for a hydroelectric.
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It is increasingly apparent North Korea does not intend to give up its aspirations for nuclear arms regardless of concessions by the United States, South Korea and Japan.
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bolts. Blame the system.
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North Korea said on Friday it had given an account of its nuclear arms program as required in an international disarmament deal, while separately threatening to boost "war deterrent".
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It has become increasingly apparent that North Korea has no intention of giving up its aspirations for nuclear arms no matter what concessions the US, South Korea and Japan offer, a conclusion
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By heightening the stakes in a two-year standoff, North Korea appears to be gambling that the world will accept the idea of a nuclear nation.
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The Bush administration declared that the U.S. was Ânot going to live withÂ a nuclear-armed North Korea.
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TOKYO : Japan is enraged at North Korea for allegedly lying about the deaths of two of its citziens the Stalinist state kidnapped, with commentators warning the deception has set back the chances of reconcilation with the outside world.
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North Korea appears to have met the legal criteria to be removed from the U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list although this also depends on its progress on denuclearization, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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South Korea admitted it had conducted plutonium-based nuclear research in the early 1980s.
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Bluffs and bluster, then capitulation and compromise. North Korea has decades of experience dancing a diplomatic tango with its allies and enemies to get what it wants &#151; and leaving the rest of the world guessing as to the real intent of the isolated communist regime.
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SEOUL, South Korea - A huge cloud that billowed up from North Korea several days ago was an intentional part of a planned demolition for a hydroelectric project, the BBC quoted the country's foreign minister as saying Monday.    Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun was responding to a request for information from British Foreign Office minister Bill Rammell, who is visiting Pyongyang, the British Broadcasting Corp...
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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.
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North Korea appears to have met the legal criteria to be taken off the U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list although its removal depends on progress on denuclearization agreements, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.