Foreign ministers from G8 countries condemn North Korea’s nuclear and missile testsTRIESTE, Italy — Foreign ministers from Group of Eight countries on Friday condemned North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests and urged the country to return to the negotiating table. Tens of thousands in North Korea attend massive rally to condemn UN sanctionsSEOUL, South Korea — Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied in Pyongyang on Monday to condemn the U.N. rebuke of the country’s latest nuclear test amid concern the communist regime could conduct another one. SKorea’s Lee says US alliance key to resolving NKorea nuclear crisis as he departs for summitSEOUL, South Korea — The U.S. and South Korea have pinpointed 11 underground sites in North Korea where it could conduct a third nuclear test, a newspaper reported Monday ahead of a summit between the two allies on the communist regime’s growing atomic threat. North Korea warns of nuclear war amid rising tension with the United StatesSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s president ordered his top security officials Sunday to deal “resolutely and squarely” with new North Korean warnings of a nuclear war on the eve of his U.S. visit. In Washington, Vice President Joe Biden said “God only knows” what North Korea wants from the latest showdown. North Korea threatens to make more atomic bombs, vows to never give up nuclear ambitionsSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea responded to new U.N. sanctions with more defiance, promising Saturday to step up its nuclear bomb-making program by enriching uranium and threatening war on any country that dares to stop its ships on the high seas. North Korea says it will ‘weaponize’ its plutonium; views US ‘blockade’ as ‘act of war’SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea vowed Saturday to step up its atomic bomb-making program and threatened war if its ships are stopped as part of new U.N. sanctions aimed at punishing the nation for its latest nuclear test. Key points in North Korea sanctions resolutionA look at some key points in the U.N. Security Council resolution imposing new sanctions on North Korea for its second nuclear test in defiance of an earlier ban. NKorea shifts most advanced long-range missile to west coast launch site: reportsSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has shifted its most advanced long-range missile — capable of reaching Alaska — to a new west coast launch site near the border with China, reports said Monday, in a move that threatens to further escalate tensions on the Korean peninsula. Obama’s first 100 days most productive since Roosevelt yearsWASHINGTON - A senior White House adviser has claimed that the first 100 days of the Obama administration have been the most productive since the first 100 days of Roosevelt administration (1932-1945). US braces for ‘difficult’ diplomacy on North KoreaWASHINGTON - The US warned Monday of ‘difficult diplomacy’ in finding agreement on a strong, effective international reaction to North Korea’s defiant launching of a missile over the weekend. India to fire 5,000 km range Agni missile by December 2010BANGALORE - India is likely to fire its Agni-V ballistic missile with a range of 5,000 km by the end of 2010, a senior official of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said Friday. Iran to launch first domestic satellite by MarchTEHRAN - Iran plans to put its first domestically made communication satellite into orbit by March 20, the head of the Iranian space agency has said. |