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N. Korea ready to discuss uranium programme

2011-03-15T03:30:55Z

North Korea has told a Russian envoy that it is willing to discuss its uranium enrichment programme and a suspension of nuclear tests if six-party disarmament talks resume, state media said Tuesday.

"(North Korea) expressed its stand that it can go out to the six-party talks without any precondition," Pyongyang's foreign ministry said in a statement published by the ...

N.Korea to build light water reactor soon: state media

2010-03-29T12:16:01Z

North Korea will build a light water nuclear power plant "in the near future", its official news agency said Monday, also taking a swipe at speculation about the health of leader Kim Jong-Il.

The country "will witness the appearance of a light water reactor power plant relying on its own nuclear fuel in the near future in the 2010s", the Korean Centr...

North Korea sets date for parliament session

2010-06-25T18:08:52Z

North Korea's parliament will hold its annual meeting on April 9, state media announced Saturday.

The Korean Central News Agency gave no more details of the upcoming session. The rubber-stamp Supreme People's Assembly normally meets once a ...

NKorea completes nuclear fuel reprocessing: KCNA

2010-04-16T09:26:47Z

North Korea has completed reprocessing spent fuel rods to make more fuel for nuclear weapons, official media said Tuesday.

The country had "successfully completed reprocessing spent fuel rods by the end of August" at its Yongbyon complex, the North's Korean Central News Agency said.

In early S...

NKorea: more fuel for nuclear bomb produced

2010-04-16T09:26:47Z

North Korea has produced more plutonium to make nuclear weapons, official media said Tuesday, a day after the communist state threatened to "go its own way" unless Washington agrees to direct talks.

The country had "successfully completed reprocessing 8,000 spent fuel rods by the end of August" at its Yongbyon nuclear c...

NKorea threatens to conduct nuclear test

2010-04-16T12:55:53Z

North Korea threatened Wednesday to conduct a second nuclear test and to test-launch a ballistic missile unless the United Nations apologises for condemning its recent rocket launch.

"Unless the UN Security Council offers an apology immediately, we will be forced to take additi...

NKorea accuses SKorea of military provocation

2010-06-25T17:29:42Z

North Korea accused South Korea of staging a military provocation on their heavily guarded border by moving a marker post.

The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the South Korean army recently moved a border marker closer to the North Korean side.

"This serious military prov...

N.Korea to revise constitution, affirms Kim

2010-06-25T17:42:53Z

North Korea decided to revise its constitution at a parliamentary meeting Thursday attended by leader Kim Jong-Il, his first appearance at a major public event since a reported stroke last August.

The inaugural meeting of the new Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) also re-...

NKorea to revise constitution, affirms Kim

2010-06-25T17:42:58Z

North Korea decided to revise its constitution at a parliamentary meeting Thursday attended by leader Kim Jong-Il, his first appearance at a major public event since a reported stroke last August.

The inaugural meeting of the new Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) also re-...

NKorea hails 'invincible' army, warns of conflict

2010-06-25T17:35:52Z

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has hailed his troops as "invincible" as state media on Sunday warned of a possible military conflict with South Korea amid heightened tensions.

Kim expressed confidence in his soldiers' ability to "shatter any surprise invasion of the enemy at a single blow" as he inspected an army unit, the North's official Kim Jong-Il has hailed his troops as "invincible," state media said Sunday, as tensions with the South escalated.

Kim expressed confidence in his troops' ability to "shatter any surprise invasion of the enemy at a single blow" as he inspected an army unit, the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.

"The...

North Korea Koreas Clash

2011-01-03T07:31:40Z

In this photo released by (North) Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, about 100,000 people gather for an annual New Year rally to display loyalty to leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korea

2011-01-02T17:31:46Z

In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency on Friday, Dec. 31, 2010 and distributed by Korea News Service in Tokyo on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, center, wa...

North Korea China

2010-12-09T07:31:36Z

In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center right, and Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, center left, walk together in Pyongyang, <...

North Korea Succession

2010-10-10T07:01:17Z

In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, North Korean military personnel march during a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agenc...

CORRECTION North Korea Succession

2010-10-08T10:58:16Z

FILE - In this undated file photo released on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's son Kim Jong Un, front row center, poses with Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army Ri Yong...