North Korea makes threat after missed nuclear date
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North Korea said on Friday it would boost its war deterrent, a day after the United States said it was sending its nuclear envoy back to Asia to discuss an atomic disarmament deal on which Pyongyang has missed a deadline.
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Japan pressed on with efforts on Thursday to secure a U.N. condemnation of North Korea's nuclear test threat after Washington, in its starkest warning so far, said it would not live with a nuclear-armed Pyongyang.
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UNITED NATIONS, New York North Korea says its effort to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons is meant to serve as a deterrent against increasing US nuclear threats and to prevent a nuclear war in northeast Asia.
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North Korea appears almost certain to miss a deadline in a nuclear deal, a development that is unlikely to scuttle the disarmament-for-aid pact it reached with regional powers but could hamper its implementation.
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North Korea on Sunday accused Japan of using anti-terrorism moves as an excuse for militarism which put the Korean peninsula at risk of invasion.
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A nuclear test by North Korea would pose  an "unacceptable threat" to peace and stability in the world  and further isolate the reclusive nation, the U.S. State  Department said on Tuesday.
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North Korea warned it will double its nuclear deterrent force if the United States persists in challenging the North&#39;s nuclear-weapons programs.
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North Korea appeared close Sunday to test-firing a long-range missile capable of reaching the United States, prompting the White House to warn of an appropriate response and Japan to threaten a &quot;fierce&quot; protest to the United Nations.
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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.
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North Korea accused the United States of applying a double standard on the Korean Peninsula and warned Wednesday of a nuclear arms race in Northeast Asia following the revelation that South Korean scientists enriched a tiny amount of uranium in 2000.
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North Korea threatened on Saturday to double the size of its nuclear deterrent and the United States rejected its conditions for a resumption of talks
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North Korea has set tough terms for a freeze of one of its nuclear facilities, demanding that the United States exceed commitments made under a Clinton-era deal that the Bush administration previously derided as inadequate.
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NORTH Korean missile bases are under close surveillance after increased activity detected by US and Japanese surveillance raised fears Pyongyang might be preparing to launch a missile across the Sea of Japan.
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North Korea set out sweeping demands on Monday for scrapping its nuclear arms and the United States warned that its patience was running out -- an inauspicious start to six-party talks after a year-long hiatus.
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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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North Korea's state media warned Friday the communist nation would bolster its "war deterrent," accusing the United States of plotting a nuclear war, as the world awaited Pyongyang's explanation about its failure to meet a nuclear deadline.
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Tensions mounted over North Korea's threat to test its first atomic bomb, with shots ringing out Saturday along the border with South Korea and Japan warning of harsh sanctions if Pyongyang goes nuclear.