North Korea says to do nuclear test in future: KCNA
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North Korea said on Tuesday it would conduct a nuclear test in the future but would never use atomic weapons first and remained committed to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, Pyongyang's KCNA news agency reported.
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The United States has received indications North Korea might be trying to test a nuclear weapon, a senior Bush administration said Sunday.
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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 does not believe North Korea has conducted nuclear tests, but it is unclear whether a reported blast there three days ago showed
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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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The U.N.'s nuclear agency plans to send a team to North Korea as early as next weekend and keep two staff there to supervise and verify disarmament of the North's atomic programme, Yonhap News reported on Sunday.
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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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The United States said Wednesday that a North Korean nuclear test would be a "deeply provocative act" and urged the world to let Pyongyang know such a test would further isolate the already reclusive nation.
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South Korea admitted Thursday that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in addition to the recently revealed uranium enrichment test in 2000, has also been looking into a plutonium-based
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The U.N. Security Council prepared to warn North Korea on Friday against a nuclear test amid speculation the secretive state might detonate a device deep inside an abandoned mine as early as this weekend.
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Reclusive 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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North Korea set three conditions Friday  to be met before it would consider returning to six-party talks  on its 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, citing American belligerence and pressure, said Tuesday it will conduct a nuclear test.
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North Korea triggered global alarm on Tuesday by saying it will conduct a nuclear test, a key step in the manufacture of atomic bombs that it views as a deterrent against any U.S. attack. But the North also said it was committed to nuclear disarmament, suggesting a willingness to negotiate.
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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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The White House said on Friday that North Korea should not test a nuclear weapon, amid speculation Pyongyang might detonate a device as early as this weekend.