N.Korea Vows to Double Deterrent if No U.S. Change
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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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Japan warned North Korea on Sunday of "a   harsh response" from Tokyo and Washington if it went ahead with   the launch of a long-range missile.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell warned North Korea against carrying out any new missile tests, saying Washington would not be intimidated into changing its policy towards the Stalinist state.
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North Korea says it has turned the plutonium from 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods into nuclear weapons to serve as a deterrent against increasing U.S. nuclear threats and to prevent a nuclear war in northeast Asia.
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North Korea threatened yesterday to turn Japan into a &quot;nuclear sea of fire&quot; if it comes under attack from the United States.
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North Korea will respond to a pre-emptive U.S. military attack with an &quot;annihilating strike and a nuclear war,&quot; the state-run media said Monday, heightening its antagonistic rhetoric.
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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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A defiant North Korea acknowledged for   the first time on Thursday that it had launched several   missiles, vowed to carry out more tests and threatened to use   force if the international community tried to stop it.
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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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The United States does not pose a threat to North Korea and has no intention of invading, a U.S. official said Tuesday, urging Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear ambitions in exchange for possible security assurances.
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North Korea on Saturday said its U.N. diplomats met U.S. officials in New York twice in the past week but concluded that Pyongyang should hold off on nuclear negotiations until the U.S. administration changes its "hostile" policy toward the country.
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North Korea says it can "never dismantle" its nuclear arsenal while US policy towards it remains hostile.
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North Korea has turned the enriched uranium from 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods into weapons to serve as a deterrent against a possible nuclear strike by the United States, a North Korean minister said Monday.
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North Korea expects the United States to lift financial sanctions as part of a nuclear disarmament deal and will retaliate if it fails to do so, a senior North Korean official said Saturday.
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North Korea says it will treat as a "war declaration" any sanctions imposed by Japan in a kidnapping row.
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North Korea will be forced to double its &quot;deterrent force&quot; if the United States does not drop its &quot;confrontational policy&quot; towards it, state media said at the weekend.
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North Korea was prepared to cope with any provocation by the United States, the communist nation&#039;s state-run media said Wednesday in remarks that followed a series of missile tests.