North Korea says will conduct nuclear test
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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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TOKYO -- A pledge by North Korea yesterday to conduct a nuclear test to bolster its defenses against the United States dramatically raised tensions in the region and marked the communist government's first unambiguous public threat to demonstrate itself as a nuclear power.
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UN nuclear inspectors prepare for their first visit to North Korea's main nuclear reactor in four years.
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South Korea has no evidence whether or when North Korea will conduct a nuclear test and warned that speculation will only hurt inter-Korean relations, President Roh Moo-hyun said here Thursday.
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A senior North Korean official has called reports that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic missile test &quot;only rumor and guess.
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A day after North Korea said it will conduct a nuclear test in the future, ally China has weighed in, calling on all sides to exercise calm and restraint. "We hope that the DPRK (North Korea's official name) will keep calm and restrained on the nuclear test issue," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said in a statement reported by China's Xinhua news agency.
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With speculation mounting of a North Korean nuclear test as early as this weekend, a unanimous U.N. Security Council urged the secretive, communist nation Friday to abandon all atomic weapons as it promised last year and cancel plans to detonate a device. Japan hinted the North could face sanctions or possible military action.
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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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North Korea has agreed to "containment and surveillance" measures by International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to verify a shutdown of its nuclear arms program, an IAEA report said on Tuesday.
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TOKYO, Oct. 3 -- North Korea on Tuesday vowed to conduct a nuclear test to bolster its defenses against the United States, dramatically raising tensions in the region and marking the communist government's first ever unambiguous public threat to demonstrate itself as a nuclear power.
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North Korea says there will be no more bilateral talks with South Korea unless the South&#39;s secret nuclear experiments are thoroughly investigated.
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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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UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 6 -- The U.N. Security Council issued a statement Friday expressing "deep concern" about North Korea's threat to conduct its first test of a nuclear explosive, saying it would "jeopardize peace, stability and security in the region and beyond."
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Inviting the IAEA chief inspector to visit, North Korea signals it's willing to allow scrutiny of its nuclear program for the first time since 2003. By the Associated Press.
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Japan is preparing a set of high-level   alert procedures to follow in the event of a nuclear power   plant accident abroad, out of concern that North Korea may   carry out an underground nuclear test, Kyodo News said on   Saturday, citing government sources.
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North Korea accused the United States on   Saturday of provoking war by carrying out an anti-missile test   over the Pacific and holding military drills with South Korean   forces on the divided peninsula.
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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.