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May 21, 2013
WASHINGTON--The Pentagon on May 20 appeared to play down North Korea's six short-range missile launches over the past three days, describing tensions on the Korean peninsula as ...
May 18, 2013
SEOUL--North Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast on May 18, South Korea's Defense Ministry said, but the purpose of the launches was unknown.
May 16, 2013
NEW YORK--North Korea in 2008 tried to export rocket fuses to Iran through Dalian, China, but a third country intercepted its smuggling attempt, according to a report by a U.N. ...
May 16, 2013
WASHINGTON--The U.S. government believes a Chinese missile launch this week was the first test of a new interceptor that could be used to destroy a satellite in orbit, a U.S....
May 15, 2013
WASHINGTON--China launched a large missile that reached 6,200 miles (10,000 km) above the earth, its highest suborbital launch since 1976, according to a U.S. scientist at...
May 10, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea--For 20 years, fears about North Korea's headlong pursuit of nuclear bombs have been watered down with smirking admonishments not to overestimate an...
April 18, 2013
SEOUL--North Korea offered the United States and South Korea a list of conditions for talks, including the lifting of U.N. sanctions, signaling a possible end to weeks of...
April 14, 2013
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on April 14 stressed the United States is willing to engage with North Korea as long as it takes steps to give up nuclear weapons.
April 11, 2013
PYONGYANG, North Korea--North Korea delivered a fresh round of rhetoric on April 11 with claims it had "powerful striking means" on standby for a launch, while Seoul and...
April 11, 2013
SEOUL--South Korea and the United States were on high alert for a North Korean missile launch on April 11 as the hermit kingdom turned its attention to celebrating its ruling...
April 09, 2013
It's easy to write off North Korean threats to strike the United States with a nuclear-tipped missile as bluster: it has never demonstrated the capability to deploy a missile...
April 05, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea--After a series of escalating threats, North Korea has moved a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korea's defense minister said on...
April 02, 2013
North Korea has reached new heights of belligerence, warning of a “pre-emptive nuclear strike” against the United States, announcing a “state of war” with South Korea,...
March 31, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea--A top North Korean decision-making body issued a pointed warning on March 31, saying that nuclear weapons are "the nation's life" and will not be traded...
March 21, 2013
WASHINGTON--North Korea's development of a nuclear weapon risks provoking an atomic arms race in East Asia, a senior Republican lawmaker warned on March 20.
March 18, 2013
BEIJING--China said on March 18 U.S. plans to bolster missile defenses in response to provocations by North Korea would only intensify antagonism, and urged Washington to act...
March 08, 2013
A company in the United States trains operators of nuclear plants in how to defend them under terrorist attack.
February 25, 2013
Tokyo and Washington decided Feb. 24 to deploy a U.S. early-warning X-band radar system at a coastal base in Kyoto Prefecture to respond to missile launches by North Korea,...
February 18, 2013
SEOUL--North Korea tested an engine apparently for a new intercontinental ballistic missile shortly before its Feb. 12 nuclear test, a source familiar with the matter said Feb. ...
February 15, 2013
WASHINGTON--North Korea is upgrading one of its two major missile launch sites, apparently to handle much bigger rockets, and some design features suggest it is getting help...