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North Korea invites UN nuke monitors to return

Mar 20, 2012

VIENNA (AP) _ North Korea has invited the International Atomic Energy Agency to return, three years after expelling its nuclear monitors, the agency said Monday. The U.S. said such a move would be welcome but remained critical of the North's missile test plans.Without disclosing the North's terms, I
Seoul condemns N.K. rocket plan as ‘provocation’

Mar 19, 2012

The South Korean government on Monday condemned North Korea’s planned satellite launch as a “grave provocation” aimed at developing a long-range ballistic missile to deliver nuclear weapons.President Lee Myung-bak convened a foreign affairs and security ministers meeting and was debriefed about the North’s plan, which was announced on Friday.“Our government sees North Korea’s so-called working satellite launch plan as a grave provocation to develop a long-distance delivery means for nuclear weap
S. Korea condemns N. Korea's planned rocket launch as 'grave provocation'

Mar 19, 2012

SEOUL, March 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Monday condemned North Korea's planned rocket launch as a "grave provocation" aimed at developing a long-range ballistic missile to deliver nuclear weapons.Seoul's presidential office issued the condemnation after President Lee Myung-bak presided over a mee
Seoul concludes N. Korea's satellite launch a clear violation of UNSC resolution

Mar 18, 2012

South Korea has concluded that North Korea's satellite launch slated for between April 12-16 constitutes a direct violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSC) 1874 banning ballistic missile technology, a government source said Sunday. The resolution unanimously adopted
North Korea vows to go ahead with rocket launch

Mar 18, 2012

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) _ North Korea vowed Sunday to go ahead with plans to launch a long-range rocket, rejecting criticism in the West that it would scuttle recent diplomacy. North Korea said Friday that it would fire an observation satellite into space on a new rocket
Pyongyang’s rocket plans a negotiations tactic

Mar 18, 2012

Long-range missile threat aimed at gaining leverage in talks with United StatesPyongyang’s announcement of a “satellite” launch on Friday was likely aimed at bolstering its bargaining position in future talks with Washington.On Friday, Pyongyang’s Korean Committee for Space Technology announced that a Unha-3 rocket carrying the Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite will blast off from the launching station in North Pyongan Province between April 12 and 16.According to Pyongyang, the launch is scheduled to
World pressures N. Korea to drop rocket launch plan

Mar 18, 2012

The international community has mounted pressure on North Korea to drop its plan to launch a satellite next month to celebrate the 100th year since the birth of late founder Kim Il-sung.Not only the U.S., but North Korea’s major ally China and other regional powers including Japan and Russia have raised concerns over Pyongyang’s announcement of the plan, saying it breaches a U.N. Security Council resolution. The U.N. Security Council Resolution 1874, adopted after the North had a second nuclear
N. Korea says will invite foreign experts to observe satellite launch

Mar 18, 2012

North Korea said Saturday it would invite foreign experts and journalists to observe a satellite launch which has sparked widespread condemnation and US threats that it could jeopardise food aid.The Korean Committee for Space Technology "will invite experienced foreign experts on space science and t
NKorea risks hopes of building ties with US

Mar 17, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) _ A long-range rocket launch planned by North Korea probably would wreck its recent food-for-nuclear concessions agreement with the United States and, with it, hopes for improving relations under the North's new leader, Kim Jong Un. The North announced Friday
U.S. says food aid 'hard to imagine' if N.K. launches satellite

Mar 17, 2012

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. State Department said Friday it will be "very hard to imagine" giving planned food aid to North Korea if the communist regime goes ahead with its plan to launch a satellite, a move seen as a disguise for a missile test. "Were we to have a launch, it wo
N.Korea planned rocket launch a 'deal-breaker'

Mar 17, 2012

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) _ North Korea plans to blast a satellite into space next month to mark the centenary of the birth of its founder, Kim Il Sung, which the U.S. quickly called a ``deal-breaker'' for a new agreement where the U.S. would exchange food aid for nuclear concessions.
N.K. says will launch ‘satellite’ in mid-April

Mar 16, 2012

North Korea said Friday that it would launch a satellite in mid-April to mark the centennial birthday of its late founder Kim Il-sung, a move that experts say is a cover for another long-range missile test.The announcement came despite an agreement on Feb. 29 with the U.S. to temporarily halt its uranium enrichment at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon and put a moratorium on nuclear and missile tests in exchange for 240,000 tons of “nutritional assistance.”North Korea said the Unha-3 rocket c
N.K. says will launch ‘satellite’ in mid-April

Mar 16, 2012

North Korea said Friday that it would launch a satellite in mid-April to mark the centennial birthday of its late founder Kim Il-sung, a move that experts say is a cover for another long-range missile test.The announcement came despite an agreement on Feb. 29 with the U.S. to temporarily halt its uranium enrichment at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon and put a moratorium on nuclear and missile tests in exchange for 240,000 tons of “nutritional assistance.”North Korea said the Unha-3 rocket c
Inter-Korean trade surges 36% this year

Mar 16, 2012

Despite rising cross-border tension, the trade between South and North Korea surged 36 percent from a year ago to $320 million in the first two months of this year, government data showed Friday.The data provided by the Korea Customs Service indicated that the trade via the inter-Korean industrial complex has not been affected by tensions on the Korean Peninsula.South Korea slapped sanctions on the North in May 2010 in retaliation for the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship earlier that yea
N. Korea says will launch earth observation satellite in April

Mar 16, 2012

North Korea said Friday it will launch an earth observation satellite next month to mark the centennial of the birth of the country's founder Kim Il-sung, the late grandfather of current leader Kim Jong-un.The announcement came weeks after North Korea agreed to freeze its uranium-enrichment faciliti