S Korea opposes threats of sanctions against N Korea
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: South Korea today expressed frustration over North Korea&#39;s reluctance to resume talks on its nuclear weapons programme, but said it was important to encourage the communist state to return to negotiations rather than impose sanctions.
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North Korea has warned Japan that it will treat economic sanctions as a &quot;declaration of war&quot; and threatens to try to exclude Tokyo from six-party talks on Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear arms programs.
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North Korea armed with nuclear weapons is still no match for the South, and Pyongyang knows better than to attack its neighbor because it cannot win, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun was quoted as saying on Thursday.
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The United States said that its warnings to North Korea against conducting a nuclear weapons test were &quot;not a lethal threat&quot; and denied seeking the collapse of the regime in Pyongyang.
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Japan has brushed off a North Korean statement saying it would consider sanctions imposed by Tokyo &quot;a declaration of war,&quot; and renewed calls for penalties on the North for failing to account fully for Japanese citizens it abducted decades ago.
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Japan backed off its plan to push for a   vote on North Korean sanctions at the U.N. Security Council on   Monday in the face of continued efforts by regional powers to   resolve a missile crisis through direct diplomacy.
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North Korea has warned Japan that any sanctions against the communist state would be regarded as a declaration of war. Opinion polls show about two-thirds of the Japanese public supporting economic sanctions
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North Korea is threatening to use  terrorism against the South, Seoul's intelligence agency said  in a rare public advisory on Monday, and warned South Korean  citizens in China and Southeast Asia to be on their guard.
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December 18, 2004 ã¡ KAGOSHIMA, Japan â At a press conference here after a summit meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan, President Roh Moo-hyun said that South Korea would not oppose Tokyo taking punitive economic measures against
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North Korea wants the United States to  free its overseas bank accounts and for countries to drop  sanctions imposed after Pyongyang tested a nuclear weapon,  South Korea's Yonhap news agency on Wednesday quoted its envoy  as saying.
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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 there.
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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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North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il has said his communist country has no intention of invading the South, an official North Korean news report said Saturday.
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SEOUL, South Korea  - Denying it has any nuclear weapons ambitions, South Korea insisted Friday that a one-time uranium enrichment test by its scientists will not derail U.S.-led efforts to dismantle rival North Korea's nuclear programs.
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South Korea voiced grave concern on Wednesday over North Korea's plans to test a nuclear device and China urged restraint after the United States said the move would be "an unacceptable threat" to world peace.
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Leaders of Japan and South Korea have jointly urged North Korea to return to talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program. They agreed that imposing economic sanctions now on Pyongyang would thwart such efforts.
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South Korea voiced grave concern on Wednesday over North Korea's plans to test a nuclear bomb and China urged restraint after the United States said the move would be "an unacceptable threat" to world peace.