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Government officials from South Korea arrived in the North on Tuesday for the first inter-Korean talks in more than a year. The details surrounding the session were sketchy. The exact nature of the talks, their agenda and location were to be determined after the delegation’s arrival, a Unification Ministry official said.
Somalia’s transitional federal parliament has unanimously backed the introduction of Islamic Sharia law in the country after a vote over the issue was brought to parliamentarians Saturday. In an announcement on state-run television, the country said it was ready to step up efforts to develop nuclear weapons and poised for a military response to any moves against it. “The revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK are always keeping themselves fully ready to go into action any moment to mercilessly punish anyone who encroaches upon the sovereignty and dignity of the DPRK even a bit,” it said
The International Atomic Energy Agency said its inspectors left North Korea on Thursday after being ordered out by the reclusive nation. “IAEA inspectors at the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Yongbyong nuclear facilities, on 15 April, removed all IAEA seals and switched off surveillance cameras,” a statement from the agency said
The U.S. State Department said Monday that North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket on Sunday should not be seen as a victory for Pyongyang.
American officials condemned the North Korean launch of a long-range rocket Sunday, with President Obama calling it a "provocative act." The rocket, a Taepodong 2, was launched at around 11:30 a.m. local time Sunday (2:30 a.m
North Korea has launched a long-range rocket, U.S. and South Korean officials confirmed to CNN on Sunday.
North Korea has completed preparations for launching what it says is "an experimental communications satellite," the reclusive nation’s state news agency reported early Saturday. “The satellite will be launched soon,” KCNA reported. How “soon” was anyone’s guess
U.S. President Barack Obama sent a public warning to North Korea Friday, calling on Pyongyang to back off plans to launch what the United States believes to be a missile.
Early international media reaction to the Group of 20 summit in London — and the performance of world leaders there — ranged from wary to upbeat. Here is a sampling of opinions from global media outlets: United Kingdom The Guardian newspaper acknowledged the accomplishments of the summit, but said more work needs to be done to fix the world economy.
North Korea says it will attack the Japanese military and "major targets," if Japan shoots down a rocket Pyongyang plans to launch in the coming days, North Korea’s state-run news service, KCNA, reported Thursday. “If Japan recklessly ‘intercepts’ [North Korea’s] satellite for peaceful purposes, the [Korean People’s Army] will mercilessly deal deadly blows not only at the already deployed intercepting means but at major targets,” KCNA reported. Japan recently mobilized its missile defense system in response to the planned North Korean launch, Japanese officials said