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North Korea fires sixth missile in three days
Agence France-Presse | Monday May 20, 2013
North Korea fired a sixth short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Monday, defying warnings from UN chief Ban Ki-moon and South Korea after a flurry of similar tests at the weekend.
North Korea fires fifth missile in three days
Agence France-Presse | Monday May 20, 2013
North Korea fired another short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Monday, the latest in a series of missile drills that have been condemned by South Korea and UN chief Ban Ki-moon.
South Korea says it's ready for more North Korean missile tests
Agence France-Presse | Monday May 20, 2013
South Korea on Monday predicted further missile tests by North Korea which fired four short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan at the weekend, drawing criticism from Seoul and UN chief Ban Ki-moon.
North Korea test-fires another short-range missile: official
Agence France-Presse | Sunday May 19, 2013
North Korea on Sunday test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, a Seoul official said.
North Korea fires short-range missiles
Agence France-Presse | Saturday May 18, 2013
North Korea on Saturday launched three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, apparently as part of a military drill, South Korea's defence ministry said.
North Korea may have up to 200 mobile missile launchers: report
Agence France-Presse | Friday May 17, 2013
North Korea is now thought to have around twice as many mobile missile launchers as previously estimated by Seoul, a report said on Friday, quoting a state-run military analysis unit.
Scientists create human stem cells through cloning
Reuters | Wednesday May 15, 2013
After more than 15 years of failures by scientists around the world and one outright fraud, biologists have finally created human stem cells by the same technique that produced Dolly the cloned sheep in 1996: They transplanted genetic material from a...
North Korea has no nuclear warhead to fit missile, says official
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday May 15, 2013
North Korea has yet to develop a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on a missile, a senior US official said on Wednesday, contradicting a recent US military intelligence report.
South Korean president apologises for sex assault scandal
Agence France-Presse | Monday May 13, 2013
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye personally apologised Monday for an "unsavoury" incident during her US summit visit that led to the dismissal of her chief spokesman.
US carrier joins South Korea drill despite North Korea's objections
Agence France-Presse | Monday May 13, 2013
South Korea and a US strike force led by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz kicked off Monday a joint naval drill slammed by North Korea as a "wanton" provocation and rehearsal for war.
North Korea names new armed forces minister
Agence France-Presse | Monday May 13, 2013
North Korea has replaced the hardline general who headed its armed forces ministry, in a further reshuffling of the top brass by young leader Kim Jong-un.
North Korea slams US aircraft carrier's arrival in South Korea
Agence France-Presse | Sunday May 12, 2013
North Korea has criticised the arrival of the US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the South for a joint drill as an "extremely reckless" provocation and a rehearsal for war against the communist state.
North Korea calls US-South Korea summit prelude to war
Associated Press | Friday May 10, 2013
Ahead of a nuclear-powered U.S. carrier's visit to South Korea, North Korea on Friday called this week's summit between the U.S. and South Korean presidents a prelude to war against Pyongyang. Yet it also said it was waiting "with patience" to see if...
North Korea missiles moved away from launch site, say US officials
Reuters | Tuesday May 7, 2013
North Korea has taken two Musudan missiles off launch-ready status and moved them from their position on the country's east coast, US officials told Reuters on Monday, after weeks of concern that Pyongyang had been poised for a test-launch.
North Korea threatens to hit back against US-South Korea military drill
Agence France Presse | Tuesday May 7, 2013
North Korea's army threatened an immediate retaliatory strike should a "single shell" fall on its side of the disputed maritime border during scheduled South Korean-US military drills.