Defiant N.Korea vows to continue missile tests
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A defiant North Korea acknowledged for   the first time on Thursday that it had launched several   missiles, vowed to carry out more tests and threatened to use   force if the international community tried to stop it.
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North Korea may be preparing for another   missile test, Yonhap news reported on Sunday, after the   secretive state defied international warnings and launched   seven missiles in early July.
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President Bush says he will continue to work with other nations to increase pressure on North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons.
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South Korea denied harboring any nuclear weapons ambitions Friday, saying a one-time uranium enrichment test by its scientists shouldn't derail U.S.-led efforts to dismantle rival North Korea's nuclear programs.
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The United States expects North Korea to maintain a freeze on missile tests, President Bush&#039;s spokesman said Sunday.
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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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North Korea test-fired a seventh missile Wednesday, intensifying the furor that began when the reclusive regime defied international protests by launching a long-range missile and at least five shorter-range rockets earlier in the day.
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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 threatened on Friday to take   "stronger physical actions" after Japan imposed punitive   measures in response to its barrage of missile tests and pushed   for international sanctions at the United Nations.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi has said that North Korea is unlikely to test fire a ballistic missile in the immediate future.
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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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North Korea has test-fired &quot;several missiles&quot;, the United States confirmed Wednesday, as UN inspectors prepared to visit a reactor at the centre of the reclusive regime&#39;s nuclear programme.
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The United States and Japan on Friday insisted that the Security Council vote within one day on a proposed resolution condemning North Korea&#039;s missile tests, despite an apparent deadlock with China and Russia over the document.
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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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North Korea is prepared to return to six-country talks on its nuclear weapons program at any time now that it has "completed defensive steps" with a nuclear test, a senior envoy of the communist state said on Tuesday.
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North Korea said Monday that it will not give up nuclear development in light of unauthorized nuclear experiments by South Korea, where U.N. inspectors nuclear inspectors were conducting an investigation.
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North Korea is prepared to return to  six-country talks on its nuclear weapons program at any time  now that it has "completed defensive steps" with a nuclear  test, a senior envoy of the communist state said on Tuesday.