Facing up to a nuclear-armed North Korea
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It has become increasingly apparent that North Korea has no intention of giving up its aspirations for nuclear arms no matter what concessions the US, South Korea and Japan offer, a conclusion
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Prospects for an initial agreement on ending North Korea's nuclear arms program were clouded on Sunday as talks entered a fourth day without an accord on how to compensate Pyongyang for moving to disarm.
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A dispute over whether North Korea has given the U.S. details of its nuclear programs has become the latest hurdle in efforts to rid the North of its atomic arsenal.
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There is concern in Japan and South Korea that North Korea might be preparing to launch a ballistic missile. Officials in both Japan and South Korea say that since Tuesday, they have detected signs of activity
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programmes as Seoul stepped up security along its border with North Korea due to a suspected infiltration. pressure to give more concessions to entice the reclusive state back to nuclear arms talks.
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North Korea is well practiced in getting some of what it wants through provocation. Bullying through a bullhorn has worked time and again for a small nation with an outsized military force and an even bigger capacity for bluster and threat.
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TOUGHER action may be necessary to get North Korea back to the discussion table to stop its nuclear development program, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Japan are faced with the task of having to travel to North Korea after being handed a tricky draw in the final round of Asian qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup finals here Thursday.
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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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The United States and Japan warned North   Korea against a missile launch as some officials said Pyongyang   appeared to have finished fuelling for a test flight that could   possibly reach as far as Alaska.
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TOKYO, Oct. 3 -- North Korea on Tuesday vowed to conduct a nuclear test to bolster its defenses against the United States, dramatically raising tensions in the region and marking the communist government's first ever unambiguous public threat to demonstrate itself as a nuclear power.
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SEOUL -- Tensions mounted over North Korea's threat to test its first atomic bomb, with shots ringing out yesterday along the border with South Korea and with Japan warning of harsh sanctions if Pyongyang goes nuclear.
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The nuclear standoff between North Korea and the U.S. was sharply escalated, even as a proposal emerged to solve the nuclear standoff with Iran.
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Negotiators came away with what looks to be a landmark agreement on North Korea's nuclear program. But some of the most pressing questions remain unanswered
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The banking dispute holding up a North Korean nuclear weapons deal looked on Friday to be almost resolved but few expected it to prompt the hermit state to actually start dismantling its atomic armory any time soon.
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North Korea is prepared to extend wide cooperation to the International Atomic Energy Agency in its mission to help shut down Pyongyang's weapons-capable nuclear facilities, an IAEA report made available Tuesday to The Associated Press suggests.
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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.