North Korea launches missiles, UN Council to meet
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North Korea test-fired a barrage of   missiles on Wednesday, including a long-range weapon said to be   capable of reaching Alaska, ratcheting up tensions in north   Asia and drawing international condemnation.
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South Korea and the United States urged North Korea to give up any intention to test-fire a missile. Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon, during a meeting with US Secretary of State Colin Powell in New
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The UN nuclear agency is to present a report on South Korea next week ahead of a decision on whether the US ally should be taken to the UN Security Council for violating international nuclear safeguards, diplomats said.
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North Korea fired a short-range missile toward waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, a South Korean intelligence official said Tuesday, amid signs of progress in ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
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North Korea's recent tests of short-range missiles were successful launches of an advanced weapon that can be fired at little notice to strike targets in South Korea, the commander of U.S. Forces in South Korea said on Monday.
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VIENNA -- In a fresh sign of easing tensions, North Korean officials yesterday invited the chief of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency to come to their capital, Pyongyang, next month to develop plans aimed at dismantling the nation's nuclear weapons program, officials said here.
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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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With speculation mounting of a North Korean nuclear test as early as this weekend, a unanimous U.N. Security Council urged the secretive, communist nation Friday to abandon all atomic weapons as it promised last year and cancel plans to detonate a device. Japan hinted the North could face sanctions or possible military action.
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North Korea launched short-range missiles off its western coast Thursday, South Korea's Defense Ministry said, but it was still unclear how many had been fired.
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The UN Security Council unanimously agreed to press North Korea to drop plans to test an atom bomb, which Japan said could be exploded this weekend.
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South Korean and US military authorities are on alert as North Korea appeared to be preparing to test-fire a missile as part of a routine military drill, the defence ministry said.
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North Korea may be preparing for another  missile test, Yonhap news reported on Sunday, after the  secretive state defied international warnings and launched  seven missiles in early July.
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U.N. Security Council members have agreed to adopt a resolution condemning North Korean missile tests, after agreeing on a compromise to avoid a Chinese veto, council diplomats said.
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South Korea has developed and hopes to   deploy soon a new cruise missile that is capable of hitting   almost all of North Korea, a defense ministry official said on   Thursday.
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North Korea fired up to two short-range missiles off its west coast on Thursday, said U.S. and South Korean officials, prompting quick U.S. criticism of Pyongyang over the second such launch in as many weeks.
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Engineers and vehicles carrying liquid fuel have been seen gathering at North Korean bases housing missiles capable of striking most of Asia and parts of the United States, a Japanese newspaper said on Sunday.
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U.S. Ambassador John Bolton urged the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to respond to North Korea's threat to conduct a nuclear test, saying it would be a grave threat to international peace and security.