Thursday 17 May 2012
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SEOUL: South Korea has deployed new cruise missiles capable of destroying targets such as missile and nuclear bases anywhere in North Korea, the defense ministry said Thursday.
A bristling North Korea on Wednesday said it was ready to retaliate in the face of international condemnation over its failed rocket launch, increasing the likelihood the hermit state will push ahead with a third nuclear test.
North Korean space officials have moved all three stages of a long-range rocket into position for a controversial launch, vowing Sunday to push ahead with their plan in defiance of international warnings against violating a ban on missile activity.
SINGAPORE : US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warned that North Korea may stage more ‘provocations’ while being held to account for the sinking of a South Korean warship that has inflamed cross-border tensions. Gates, who met counterparts from Japan and South Korea on the sidelines of an Asian security conference that wrapped up in...
SEOUL: South Korea on Tuesday stepped up its campaign to hold North Korea responsible at the UN Security Council for sinking a warship, briefing visiting Russian experts and sending an envoy to the United States.A team of Russian naval experts arrived on Monday to review the findings of a multinational investigation team, which concluded...