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World leaders condemn N. Korea rocket launch, seek sanctions

NEW YORK (AP) — North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket to put an object into orbit prompted an emergency early-morning meeting of the United Nations Security Council Sunday, as leaders around the world condemned the rogue state of violating UN sanctions. The rocket was launched from North Korea&

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CNN reports American detained by North Korean government

WASHINGTON (AP) — CNN is reporting that the government of North Korea has detained a U.S. citizen on suspicion of spying. It says that a man it identified as Kim Dong Chul is being held by the Pyongyang government and that he had traveled extensively in recent years between China

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North Korea’s Kim boosts propaganda in praise of nuke test

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looked Monday to milk his country's recent nuclear test as a propaganda victory, praising his scientists and vowing more nuclear bombs a day after the U.S. flew a powerful nuclear-capable warplane close to the North in a

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Kerry: ‘North Korea has never been left unattended to, not for one day’

(CNSNews.com) – Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday disputed the suggestion that the administration has not given the North Korean nuclear threat enough attention as a result of its focus on the Iran nuclear talks and other issues, declaring that "North Korea has never been left unattended to,

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Explainer: what is a hydrogen bomb? (And why it may not be what North Korea exploded)

Reports that North Korea has launched a fourth nuclear weapons test – backed by convincing seismic data – have caused widespread alarm. North Korean officials announced in advance that the test would involve "a totally different type of nuclear bomb" from those trialed in previous years. Following the test, North

North Korea

North Korea claims to have detonated first hydrogen bomb

(CNSNews.com) – North Korea announced Wednesday that it has successfully conducted a test of a miniaturized hydrogen device, after the U.S. Geological Survey reported a 5.1 magnitude "quake" within miles of the site where the Stalinist regime has carried out three previous nuclear weapons tests. Seoul&

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North Korea says it tested H-bomb to widespread skepticism

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Soon after the ground shook around its nuclear testing facility, North Korea trumpeted its first hydrogen bomb test — a self-proclaimed "H-bomb of justice" that would mark a major and unanticipated advance for its still-limited nuclear arsenal. The announcement Wednesday by the defiant, impoverished country

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North Korea warns of war with South after artillery fire

Written by Eric Talmadge and Hyung-Jin Kim PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday declared his frontline troops in a "quasi-state of war" and ordered them to prepare for battle a day after the most serious confrontation between the rivals in years.