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North Korea has test-fired a series of missiles in an apparent act of defiance on 4 July, American Independence Day. Reports say at least seven Scud-type ballistic missiles were fired, with a range of about 500km (312 miles). South Korea and Japan called the latest tests, which follow several others in recent weeks, an “act of provocation”. North Korea is banned from all ballistic missile-related activities under UN sanctions imposed after a second underground nuclear test in May. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the missiles were fired from one of the North’s east coast launch sites on Saturday morning. All... read more >>

Pyongyang has recently carried out nuclear tests and rocket launches North Korea said it will “weaponise” its plutonium stocks amid threats to take military action over United Nations sanctions, state media said. Pyongyang has for the first time confirmed it is seeking to enrich uranium in efforts to develop nucealr weapons, it said. North Korea would view any US-led attempts to “blockade” it as an “act of war”, the Associated Press (AP) said. It follows a toughening of UN sanctions against the communist state. The warning from North Korea’s foreign ministry was carried by Pyongyang’s official... read more >>

North Korea on Monday raised the stakes in its confrontation with Washington by sentencing two American journalists to 12 years hard labor for “grave crimes” while U.S. President Barack Obama’s spokesman said the two were innocent and should be freed. Obama is due to meet with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak at the White House on June 16 to discuss a number of issues, expected to include including growing threats by North Korea which tested a nuclear bomb in May. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday Washington was considering putting the reclusive North back on its list of states that sponsor terrorism,... read more >>

Erratic, frightening and hugely self-destructive. Those are the words we would use to describe North Korea’s behavior. First it defied the United Nations Security Council’s cease-and-desist orders and tested both a nuclear device and half a dozen missiles. Now it is threatening to launch military strikes against South Korea and may have resumed production of nuclear fuel. Given all of that, and the fact that no one is sure who is calling the shots in the North’s capital, Pyongyang, it is tempting to throw up one’s hands and say that there is no point in trying to negotiate. But there is no military option here. Diplomacy — backed by... read more >>