N. Korean Official Dismisses Claims of Possible Missile Test
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A senior North Korean official is dismissing claims that Pyongyang is preparing for a missile test. North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Choe Su Hon told reporters at the United Nations that reports that North
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WASHINGTON -- The United States has received indications North Korea might be trying to test a nuclear weapon, but there is no evidence that a large mushroom cloud that reportedly billowed up from North Korea Thursday was linked to the communist nation's suspected nuclear weapons program, a senior Bush administration official said yesterday.
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Suspicious ground movements in  North Korea may reflect maintenance of missile sites rather  than preparations for a missile test, according to South Korean  Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon.
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North Korea said Monday that it will not give up nuclear development in light of unauthorized nuclear experiments by South Korea, where U.N. inspectors nuclear inspectors were conducting an investigation.
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North Korea is suspected of test-firing several short-range missiles off its west coast, an intelligence official says.
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Reports out of Japan claim that there are activities in North Korea implying that the country may be preparing to launch one of its ballistic missiles.
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TOKYO - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Thursday that North Korea is unlikely to test-fire another ballistic missile. &quot;I think the possibility of launching one is low,&quot; Koizumi told reporters.
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North Korea may be preparing an  underground test of a nuclear bomb, ABC News reported on  Thursday, but U.S. officials told Reuters they had no new  evidence of such a plan.
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The United States and South Korea have played down suggestions that a massive explosion in North Korea last week was caused by a nuclear device.
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The United States must put aside speculation over whether North Korea can be trusted and work to convince Pyongyang it will be more secure without nuclear arms, South Korea's foreign minister said on Friday.
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A large cloud that appeared over North Korea in satellite images several days ago was not the result of a nuclear explosion, according to a US official.
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December 14, 2004 ã¡ A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman has denied an International Herald Tribune report that hundreds of the country&#39;s generals defected to China.
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BEIJING - South Korea and the US yesterday sought to play down fears that North Korea might have conducted a nuclear test after reports of a large explosion in the northern part of the communist country.
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South Korea's foreign minister on Thursday said he was confident that investigations by a U.N. nuclear watchdog will prove his country's nuclear experiments were not conducted for weapons advancement.
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BEIJING Diplomats escorted by North Korean officials to what they said was the site of a huge explosion last week saw no evidence that it was nuclear, Sweden&#39;s ambassador to North Korea said on Friday, but South Korea cast doubt on the North&#39;s explanation
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South Korea's intelligence agency said that North Korea may have built nuclear bombs but lacked the technical know-how to mount them on missiles.
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North Korea test-fired several missiles Thursday, but it is unclear what kind or how many, South Korea's defense minister told CNN.