North Korea announced Monday it will hold a special ruling party conference just before a controversial satellite launch set for mid-April. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said the Workers’ Party conference will be held on April 11 in the capital, Pyongyang. Analysts say the delegates are likely to appoint the country’s new leader, […]
N. Korea Sets Date for Special Party Conference
Posted April 1st, 2012 at 8:40 pm (UTC-5)
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North Korea Invites UN Nuclear Monitors to Return
Posted March 19th, 2012 at 11:30 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations nuclear watchdog says it has received an invitation to visit North Korea, three years after its inspectors were expelled from the communist country. A spokeswoman for the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday that the invitation was received Friday — the same day Pyongyang announced it would soon launch a rocket […]
North Korea Invites UN Nuclear Monitors to Return
Posted March 19th, 2012 at 6:50 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations nuclear watchdog said Monday it has received an invitation from North Korea to visit, three years after its inspectors were expelled from the communist country. A spokeswoman for the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency said the invitation was received Friday — the same day Pyongyang announced it would launch a rocket carrying […]
North Korea Launch Plan Raises Regional Tensions
Posted March 19th, 2012 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
Tensions rose Monday on the Korean peninsula, with Pyongyang releasing video of a major military exercise and Seoul accusing its northern neighbor of using a planned satellite launch as a pretext for testing a nuclear weapon delivery system. The North Korean video shows leader Kim Jong Un meeting soldiers and watching what is described as […]
North Korea Flexes Military Muscle; South Denounces Missile Plan
Posted March 19th, 2012 at 2:00 am (UTC-5)
Tensions rose Monday on the Korean peninsula, with Pyongyang releasing video of a major military exercise and Seoul accusing the North of using a planned satellite launch as a pretext for testing a nuclear weapon delivery system. The North Korean video shows leader Kim Jong Un meeting soldiers and watching what is described as a […]
Seoul Slams North Korean Rocket Plan as Nuclear Test
Posted March 18th, 2012 at 10:40 pm (UTC-5)
South Korea accused North Korea on Monday of using a planned satellite launch to further development of a long-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear payload. The North announced Friday that it would launch a rocket in mid-April to put a satellite into orbit for peaceful purposes. After a meeting Monday morning of foreign and […]
UN, US: North Korea Should Not Launch Planned Satellite
Posted March 16th, 2012 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged North Korea to reconsider its plan to launch a satellite in April, while the United States says such a launch could affect plans to deliver food aid to the impoverished nation. North Korea announced Friday that it will use a long range missile to launch the satellite, just […]
UN, US: North Korea Should Not Launch Planned Satellite
Posted March 16th, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations Secretary-General has urged North Korea to reconsider its plan to launch a satellite in April, while the United States says such a launch could affect plans to deliver food aid to the impoverished nation. North Korea announced Friday that it will use a long range missile to launch the satellite, just weeks […]
North Korea Announces Planned Satellite Launch
Posted March 16th, 2012 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
North Korea says it will use a long range rocket to launch a satellite in April — just weeks after agreeing with the United States to suspend long-range missile tests in return for emergency food aid. The United States, Japan and South Korea on Friday condemned the planned launch, saying it violates a United Nations […]
North Korea Announces Planned Satellite Launch
Posted March 16th, 2012 at 8:50 am (UTC-5)
North Korea says it will use a long-range rocket to launch a satellite in April. The announcement was made Friday, just weeks after the north agreed with the United States to suspend long-range missile tests in return for emergency food aid. The United States, Japan and South Korea have condemned the planned launch, saying it […]
