N.Korea Vows to Boost Deterrent, U.S. Rejects Demand
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SEOUL/TOKYO  - 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,  leaving the two nations in a dangerous stalemate.
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TOKYO -- Secretary of State Colin L. Powell yesterday rejected demands by North Korea of a US ''reward&quot; before the communist country would agree to resume multinational talks about its nuclear weapons programs.
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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 said on Friday annual war  games staged by the United States and South Korea were  undermining six-party nuclear talks and forcing it to raise the  "quality and quantity" of its own military deterrent.
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The United States on Thursday played down an earlier warning to North Korea over its plans for a nuclear test, saying it was not threatening Pyongyang with "lethal" action.
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North Korea lashed the United States on Friday for conducting an arms race and, far from announcing plans to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, warned that it would "bolster its deterrent for self-defence".
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North Korea will not abandon its nuclear weapons until the United States gives up what Pyongyang regards as a "hostile" policy toward it and drops financial sanctions, its envoy to nuclear talks said on Saturday.
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Pyongyang demanded the lifting of U.N. sanctions and threatened to increase its nuclear deterrent.
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North Korea, which declared last week it has built nuclear weapons, has marked the birthday of supremo Kim Jong-Il with a pledge to continue bolstering arms against the United States.
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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 will find it difficult to return to nuclear talks if the United States keeps insisting that Pyongyang renounce peaceful as well as military atomic activities, the North&#39;s main newspaper said on Tuesday.
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The United States in its starkest warning so far said on Wednesday it would not live with a nuclear-armed North Korea, while Japan and other neighbors hardened their responses after the reclusive state announced it planned a nuclear test.
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North Korea threatened today 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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WASHINGTON  - The United States promised South Korea on Friday any North Korean use of weapons of mass destruction after a planned U.S. troop pullout from the South "would have the gravest consequences."
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North Korea called Wednesday for direct talks with the United States over a potential missile test, but the Bush administration rejected the overture, saying threats aren&#039;t the way to seek dialogue.
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North Korea lashed the United States on  Friday for conducting an arms race and, far from announcing  plans to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, warned that it  would &quot;bolster its deterrent for self-defence.&quot;
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SEOUL, March 2 -- South Korea on Friday added pressure on North Korea to comply with an international disarmament agreement, refusing the impoverished nation's demand to restore full aid shipments until after its main nuclear reactor is shut down.