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News Source: Russia Today
| 5 months ago
The proposed sanctions aim to further curtail North Korea's financial dealings with the outside world, freeze company assets and expand an arms embargo. It will also demand Pyongyang returns to talks about its weapons program and halt further nuclear...
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News Source: Times Online
| 5 months ago
The North Korean regime may be unpredictable but that does not mean it is irrational. Defence analysts believe that the escalation of tensions that it has engineered relates to attempts by Kim Jong Il to establish his youngest son, Kim Jong Un, as...
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News Source: Japan Times
| 5 months ago
Regarding Ralph Cossa's June 4 article, " The path with North Korea ": Like U.S. Defense Minister Robert Gates, Cossa wants to turn back the clock. They and the world must face the fact that North Korea is a nuclear power. What they fail to explain...
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News Source: Japan Times
| 5 months ago
Japan should act on the assumption that North Korea will never give up its nuclear weapons, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said Wednesday in Tokyo. Armitage, an expert on Asian issues who advised ex-President George W. Bush...
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News Source: Times Online
| 5 months ago
The major powers, including the United States and China, agreed yesterday on a system to inspect suspect cargoes in and out of North Korea despite Pyongyang’s warning that it would regard such checks as an act of war. The draft UN resolution — a...
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News Source: Khaleej Times
| 5 months ago
But Kurt Campbell told U.S. lawmakers at his confirmation hearing Wednesday that the United States also must make clear that it will not accept a nuclear North Korea. His comments come as the North ramps up its belligerent rhetoric in the aftermath...
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News Source: Japan Today
| 5 months ago
Japan called on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to cooperate in addressing North Korean nuclear and missile concerns, as they kicked off a two-day conference on Wednesday in Tokyo to discuss military transparency and other...
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News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| 5 months ago
Key members of the United Nations Security Council agreed Wednesday to impose new sanctions on North Korea to counter a spate of missile tests carried out recently by the communist country. Seven countries have agreed to the wording of a resolution...
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News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
| 5 months ago
The head of the Russian company building Iran's first nuclear power plant said Wednesday that it is unclear when the reactor will be switched on, Russian news agencies reported, potentially casting doubt on Iranian hopes for a startup before the end...
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News Source: The Globe & Mail
| 5 months ago
EDT S even key UN powers agreed on a draft U.N. resolution Wednesday, ending weeks of wrangling over a plan to expand sanctions against North Korea for its recent nuclear test and weapons program, diplomats said.