North Korea storms out of meeting with South
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Efforts to bring North Korea  back to disarmament talks were in tatters on Thursday as  Pyongyang stormed out of a meeting with the South and a senior  U.S. diplomat left the region after a week of shuttle  diplomacy.
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BEIJING  - As many as 29 North Koreans entered a South Korean school in Beijing on Friday and requested asylum, adding to a surge in large-scale defections from the communist nation.
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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, leaving the two nations in a dangerous stalemate.
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North Korea says it will not attend a working meeting ahead of the next round of six-party nuclear talks.
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A huge explosion rocked North Korea's northern inland province of Ryanggang last week, triggering a mushroom-shaped cloud near the country's secret underground military base, South Korean news agency Yonhap said.
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On September 11, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported a huge blast and a 2.5 mile diameter mushroom cloud in North Korea 6 miles southwest of Yongjori Missile Base...on Thursday.
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North Korea's No. 2 leader blamed the lack of world peace on the United States at the Nonaligned Summit on Saturday, saying its failure to respect the sovereignty of other nations has destroyed "the international order."
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SEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean government said it was looking into a report Sunday of a large explosion in the northern part of North Korea that left a crater more than two miles wide.    The explosion happened at 11 a.m...
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SEOUL, South Korea - A large explosion occurred in the northern part of North Korea, sending a huge mushroom cloud into the air on an important anniversary of the communist regime, a South Korean news agency reported Sunday.    The South Korean government said it was trying to confirm the report...
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North and South Korean officials meet in high-level talks this week.
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South Korea fired warning shots on Saturday after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed into its side of their heavily defended border, adding to mounting tension after Pyongyang said this week it planned a nuclear test.
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North Korea said it was "impossible" to hold new talks with the United States aimed at ending a stand-off over the communist country's nuclear weapons drive.
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SEOUL North Korea is seriously reconsidering its role in talks on its nuclear programs because of what it sees as a concerted campaign to topple the government in Pyongyang, the North Korean Foreign Ministry said Monday.
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A huge explosion rocked North Korea near  the border with China three days ago, producing a mushroom  cloud that sparked speculation that Pyongyang might have tested  an atomic weapon, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday.
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A South Korean news report says a large explosion rocked North Korea&#39;s northernmost inland province of Yanggang last Thursday, sending a huge mushroom cloud into the air.
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An afternoon session of talks in Hanoi  between North Korea and Japan was canceled, the Vietnam  Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday.
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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA -- North Korea said yesterday an explosion that raised a huge mushroom cloud last week was the planned demolition of a mountain for a hydroelectric project and the reclusive government invited a British diplomat to visit the site to