N.Korea Vows to Double Deterrent if No US 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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The US warns South Korea to expect no favours after it admits conducting secret nuclear experiments.
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North Korea on Thursday publicly acknowledged for the first time that it had tested missiles and vowed to continue launching them, threatening to &quot;take stronger physical actions&quot; against opponents of the tests.
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North Korea on Monday blamed the United States for the stalemate in talks on its nuclear weapons programs, and warned it would use a &quot;war deterrent force&quot; if Washington brought the nuclear dispute before the UN Security Council.
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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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US President George W. Bush is expected to increase pressure on North Korea over the Pyongyang nuclear threat in his second term -- something Japan does not want, experts say.
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South Korea's president warns influential US opinion formers not to take an aggressive stance on North Korea.
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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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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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WASHINGTON--North Korea may be bluffing, but it appears ready to launch one or more Rodong ballistic missiles capable of hitting Japan anytime it wants, according to a senior US official.
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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's state media warned Friday the communist nation would bolster its "war deterrent," accusing the US of plotting a nuclear war
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North Korea dismissed Secretary of State Colin Powell (website - news - bio) &#39;s Asian trip as pre-US election trickery Saturday and warned it will double its nuclear deterrent force if Washington persists in challenging the
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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 Tuesday it would conduct a nuclear test in the future but would never use atomic weapons first and remained committed to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, Pyongyang's KCNA news agency reported.
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SEOUL -- Denying it has any nuclear weapons ambitions, South Korea insisted yesterday that a one-time uranium enrichment test by its scientists will not derail US-led efforts to dismantle rival North Korea's nuclear programs.
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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.