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Unrepentant North Korea marks "miracle" nuclear test

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Tuesday marked the firstanniversary of the nuclear test that made it globallyostracized and the target of painful sanctions by calling it a"great miracle" for all Koreans.
10 9 2007 4:38PM (...more)

NKorea confirms nuclear test

SEOUL (AFP) – North Korea staged a "successful" underground nuclear test , the communist state's official media said. The North "successfully
05 25 2009 11:12PM (...more)

NKorea increases activity around plutonium plant

SEOUL (AFP) – North Korea has increased activities around a plant which can produce weapons-grade plutonium but does not seem to have restarted it yet, a report said Wednesday. The plant was shut down under a six-nation 05 21 2009 4:23AM (...more)

Japan to impose ban on exports to NKorea: reports

TOKYO (AFP) – Japan plans to impose a total ban on exports to North Korea as part of its new economic sanctions against
06 20 2009 2:54PM (...more)

British nuclear expert dies in fall from UN building

VIENNA (AFP) – A British nuclear expert died on Wednesday after falling from the 17th floor of the United Nations offices in Vienna , police in the Austrian capital said.
10 24 2009 5:23AM (...more)

US faces UN pressure on nuclear test-ban treaty

UNITED NATIONS – This time around, U.S. Senate skeptics who killed the nuclear test-ban treaty a decade ago must take into account a new, $1-billion verification network underpinning the pact, the treaty chief said Wednesday.
09 24 2009 5:07PM (...more)

Obama provides hope for nuclear test ban treaty: UN monitors

VIENNA (AFP) – A new era of US diplomacy under Barack Obama is providing fresh momentum for a global ban on nuclear tests , monitors in a UN-backed group said Tuesday.
09 9 2009 11:45AM (...more)

Obama boost opens door for nuclear test ban pact

VIENNA (Reuters) – Backers of a global pact banning nuclear tests said on Tuesday they would seize on U.S. President Barack Obama's disarmament
09 9 2009 10:04AM (...more)

Australia probes North Korea weapons for Iran seizure

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will investigate the case of a shipment of North Korean weapons seized from an Australian-owned ship en route to 08 31 2009 8:04AM (...more)

China says it seizes metals bound for NKorea

BEIJING – Chinese customs authorities have seized a stash of vanadium, a strategic metal used to strengthen steel, hidden in fruit boxes on a truck bound for North Korea , an official said Tuesday. Vanadium has defense and
08 20 2009 2:26PM (...more)