Nuclear test

The days of trying to coax North Korea are over

13 Feb 2013

Hopes that the third generation of North Korea's Kim dynasty would break from its pariah path have been blown away by the country's third nuclear test.

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Talking points

13 Feb 2013

Nuclear watchdog in Tehran for talks

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US ‘jumped to conclusions’ on North Korea nuclear test

10 Feb 2013

A North Korean state media outlet has accused the United States of “jumping to conclusions” that the North would soon stage a nuclear test, adding to the confusion over its immediate intentions....

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Briefs, February 9, 2013

9 Feb 2013

South Korean president-elect Park Geun-hye has nominated former prosecutor Chung Hong-won as prime minister. Chung, 68, began his legal career as a prosecutor and until August 2011 served as chief...

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UN chief urges North Korea not to conduct nuclear test

8 Feb 2013

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is appealing to North Korea not to conduct another nuclear test and do more for the well-being of its people who face a “dire” humanitarian situation.

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Media urges Beijing to get tough with North Korea

7 Feb 2013

China should exact a heavy price from North Korea if it carries out a planned nuclear test, state-run media said yesterday in an unusually strongly worded call for action by Pyongyang's closest...

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Opinion

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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N Korea video shows US city under attack

North Korea, poised to conduct a nuclear test any day now, has posted a video on YouTube depicting a US city resembling New York engulfed in flames after an apparent missile attack.

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North Korea military meeting hints at 'imminent' nuclear test

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has chaired a high-level meeting that discussed a looming “great turn” in military capability, state media said on Sunday, fuelling expectations of an imminent...

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North Korea may yet push China to finally act on nuclear threat

Repeating the past, North Korea's young ruler Kim Jong-un has threatened the US and South Korea with dire consequences for opposition to the nation's missile adventurism. In a break from the past...

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Briefs, January 30, 2013

Bodies believed to be those of an international financier and his wife have been unearthed in Japan. Makoto Shimomi, 51, who reportedly runs a Liechtenstein-based investment fund, and Mie Shimomi...

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KOREA

South Korea forms military task force on nuclear test

South Korea’s military said on Tuesday it had formed a crisis management task force to monitor North Korea’s nuclear site ahead of an expected atomic test, which Seoul said could be imminent.

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Briefs, January 29, 2013

A British grandmother convicted for smuggling cocaine into Bali yesterday filed an appeal against her death sentence. Lindsay Sandiford, 56, received the death penalty last week for smuggling...

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