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North Korea demands end of sanctions if US wants dialogue
Reuters | Thursday April 18, 2013
North Korea demanded an end to UN sanctions against it and a US pledge not to engage in "nuclear war practice" before any dialogue with Washington, its most explicit conditions for talks after weeks of tension and threats of war.
US will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea, Secretary of State John Kerry says
Reuters | Friday April 12, 2013
US Secretary of State John Kerry dismissed as "unacceptable by any standard" weeks of bellicose warnings of impending nuclear war by North Korea and said Washington would never accept the reclusive state becoming a nuclear power.
North Korea fury at joint war games goes back decades
Associated Press | Thursday April 11, 2013
The names of US-South Korean war games staged over the years don't sound all that threatening: Team Spirit, Ulchi Focus Lens, Key Resolve ... Foal Eagle. But whatever they're called, the annual show of force is guaranteed to get a rise out of North K...
Tourists to North Korean border unfazed by threats
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday April 10, 2013
Undeterred by North Korea's apocalyptic threats of nuclear war, a daily convoy of tour coaches still happily wends its way to the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) which separates the two Koreas.
For US and North Korea, will crises ever end?
Agence France-Presse | Tuesday April 9, 2013
With tensions on the Korean peninsula soaring to include threats of nuclear war, frustration is mounting at what US policy experts see as the failure of all efforts to rein in North Korea.
North Korea warns foreigners in South to evacuate, warns of nuclear war
Agence France-Presse | Tuesday April 9, 2013
North Korea on Tuesday urged foreigners living in South Korea to consider evacuating, saying there was a risk of "thermo-nuclear war" breaking out on the Korean peninsula.
US Secretary of State John Kerry seeks speedy fix for Turkish-Israeli ties
Associated Press | Sunday April 7, 2013
US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Turkish leaders Sunday to speedily restore full diplomatic relations with Israel, two American allies the US sees as anchors of stability in a Middle East wracked by Syria's civil war, Arab Spring political uphe...
Fidel Castro advises friend North Korea against war
Reuters | Saturday April 6, 2013
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro warned ally North Korea against war on Friday and described the current tensions on the Korean Peninsula as one of the "gravest risks" for nuclear holocaust since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
As Koreas face off, risk of accidental war grows
Reuters | Saturday April 6, 2013
At the North Korean embassy in London, they are answering the phone but saying little. "As far as we know, we are not giving any statements," a North Korean official told Reuters, declining to give his name and saying all necessary information was al...
N Korea says it is entering "state of war" with South Korea
Reuters | Saturday March 30, 2013
North Korea said on Saturday it was entering a "state of war" with South Korea in a continuing escalation of tough rhetoric against Seoul and Washington after coming under international sanctions for its nuclear test.
History shows North Korean pattern: wait, then attack
Associated Press | Wednesday March 13, 2013
Recent Korean history reveals a sobering possibility: It may only be a matter of time before North Korea launches a sudden, deadly attack on the South. And perhaps more unsettling, Seoul has vowed that this time, it will respond with an even stronger...
North Korea cuts off hotline with South Korea
Reuters | Monday March 11, 2013
North Korea has cut off a Red Cross hotline with South Korea as it escalates its war of words against Seoul and Washington in response to a military drill in the South and UN sanctions imposed for its recent nuclear test.
A look at what North Korea's vow to scrap armistice means
Associated Press | Thursday March 7, 2013
The armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953 is, at best, a fragile thing: The countries overseeing it have formally accused each other of more than 1.2 million violations.
US, China agree to UN sanctions draft; North Korea renews threats
Reuters | Wednesday March 6, 2013
The United States and China reached a deal that "significantly expands" UN sanctions on North Korea for its third nuclear test, eliciting a renewed threat by Pyongyang on Tuesday to scrap an armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War.
North Korea uses Cold War history to justify nukes
Associated Press | Tuesday March 5, 2013
The Cold War still rages in North Korea, and enemy No. 1 is the United States, which Pyongyang blames for making its much-condemned drive to develop nuclear weapons necessary.