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NATO condemns NKorea threats

Agence France-PresseApril 23, 2013 07:16
NATO foreign ministers condemned North Korea's war threats Tuesday, calling on it to abandon atomic weapons just as Pyongyang insisted it be treated as a nuclear-armed state on equal terms with long-time foe the United States. "North Korea's provocative actions are in direct violation of UN Security Council resolutions and seriously undermine regional stability," the ministers said in a statement as they met at NATO HQ in Brussels. They also "jeopardise the prospects for lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula and threaten international peace and security," it added.

N. Korea missile test could take months

Agence France-PresseApril 22, 2013 00:05
The wait for North Korea's expected missile test, which has kept South Korean and US forces on heightened alert for the past two weeks, may stretch to July, the South's defence ministry said Monday. South Korean intelligence says the North has moved a number of ballistic missiles and missile launchers to its east coast in apparent preparations for a launch amid simmering tensions on the Korean peninsula.

N. Korea moves two more missile launchers

Agence France-PresseApril 21, 2013 01:00
North Korea has moved two more missile launchers to its east coast, where preparations are apparently under way for a missile test as tensions simmer on the peninsula, a report said Sunday. Expectations had been high that Pyongyang would carry out a test to coincide with celebrations marking the birth of North Korea's late founding leader Kim Il-Sung on April 15 but it did not materialise.

North Korea needs more tests for nuclear missile - U.S. expert

April 18, 2013 11:31
By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - North Korea would need to carry out at least one more nuclear test in order to develop a nuclear missile, a prominent U.S. scientist who has often visited the isolated Asian state said on Thursday. Stanford University's Siegfried Hecker, who in 2010 was shown a previously undetected uranium enrichment facility in North Korea, said he believed it could conduct its fourth such explosion in weeks or months.

In Tokyo, Kerry defends U.S. strategic pivot to Asia

April 15, 2013 16:16
By Arshad Mohammed TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry defended the reorientation of Washington's foreign policy toward Asia on Monday as he ended a trip to the region dominated by concerns about North Korea's nuclear programs. The "rebalancing" of the United States toward Asia has caused unease in Beijing, which has tended to focus on the military dimensions of the strategy and to view it as a way to contain China's rise.

In Tokyo, Kerry defends U.S. strategic pivot to Asia

April 15, 2013 02:15
By Arshad Mohammed TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry defended the re-orientation of U.S. foreign policy toward Asia on Monday as he ended a trip to the region dominated by concerns about North Korea's nuclear programmes. The "rebalancing" of the United States toward Asia has caused unease in Beijing, which has tended to focus on the military dimensions of the strategy and to view it as a way to contain China's rise.

N. Korea keeps world guessing on birthday plans

April 14, 2013 17:30
All eyes are on North Korea on Monday to see if it marks the birthday of late founder Kim Il-Sung with an expected missile launch, despite tension-reducing noises from Seoul and Washington. North Korea has a habit of linking high-profile military tests with key dates in its annual calendar. The centenary of Kim's birth last year was preceded by a long-range rocket test that ended in failure.

Japan, U.S. agree cannot let North Korea have nuclear arms -Japan formin

April 14, 2013 07:30
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and the United States cannot allow North Korea to possess nuclear weapons, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said on Sunday after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

Japan official alerts N. Korean missile instead of quake

April 13, 2013 01:45
A Japanese official mistakenly announced the launch of a North Korean missile instead of sending an alert about a strong earthquake that hit western Japan on Saturday morning. An official at the transport ministry's western Osaka aviation bureau mistakenly e-mailed 87 airport offices that a North Korean missile had been launched, the ministry said. The official was trying to send a message to check on possible airport damage immediately after the 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit the western Hyogo prefecture, it said.

Tensions high as Kerry arrives in South Korea

April 12, 2013 17:35
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in South Korea on Friday, kicking off a maiden Asia tour during which he is expected to push China to rein in an increasingly belligerent North Korea.
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