Sanctions will mean war: N Korea
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NORTH Korea has warned the imposition of economic sanctions by Japan would be treated as a declaration of war and that the Pyongyang regime would &quot;immediately react to it with powerful physical methods&quot;.
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Japan decided Friday to delay imposing economic sanctions on North Korea, a move the isolated communist nation had said it would consider a declaration of war.
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The United States is moving to impose sanctions on North Korea for test-launching a series of missiles in July, a senior South Korean official said Tuesday.
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North Korea says it could suspend operations at its nuclear reactor once a first aid shipment arrives.
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A senior U.S. envoy began an Asian tour   on Friday to press Washington's case that Pyongyang must be   brought to heel, as North Korea lashed out at Japan for   imposing sanctions over this week's barrage of missile tests.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said on Sunday North Korea should realize that time was running out before Japan and the international community would begin discussing slapping it with economic sanctions.
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Tensions mounted over North Korea's threat to test its first atomic bomb, with shots ringing out Saturday along the border with South Korea and Japan warning of harsh sanctions if Pyongyang goes nuclear.
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North Korea wants sanctions dropped and the United States to free its overseas bank accounts as preconditions for dismantling its nuclear program, a news agency said on Wednesday, terms likely to become a sticking point in negotiations.
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South Korea's president warns against confronting North Korea, as pressure builds in Japan for sanctions.
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North Korea warned the South on Friday   against joining international moves to apply sanctions against   Pyongyang and said ties would suffer and a war could break out   if Seoul cooperated with the United States against it.
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Japan on Tuesday warned it would consider sanctions against North Korea after accusing the communist country of failing to properly investigate the fates of Japanese citizens it kidnapped years ago.
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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 blames US financial sanctions for deadlock in multilateral talks on its nuclear programme.
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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 warned Japan on Wednesday that it would treat economic sanctions as a "declaration of war" and threatened to try to exclude Tokyo from six-party talks on Pyongyang's nuclear arms programs.
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North Korea lashed out Tuesday after the start of joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises, saying they nullified the armistice in the 1950-53 Korean War and warning that it may take retaliatory action.
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North Korea is considering suspending operations at its nuclear facilities as soon as the first shipment of heavy fuel reaches its port under an aid-for- disarmament deal, its Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday.