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  • DPRK fires another short-range missile Media

    Beijing, May 20 (Xinhua-ANI): The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired another short-range missile between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. local time after launching a missile on Monday morning, Yonhap News Agency reported. "North Korea fired one KN-02 short-range missile between 11 a.m. and 12 a.m. and a second one between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday. The second missile is the same type as the ...

  • North Korea fires two more short-range missiles

    North Korea Monday fired two more short-range missiles, a day after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the regime to return to talks on its controversial nuclear programme. "North Korea fired one KN-02 short-range missile between 11 a.m. and 12 noon and a second one between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday. The second missile is the same type as the KN-02 short-range missile launched on Monday ...

  • DPRK says missiles launch part of normal military training for self-defense

    Beijing, May 20 (Xinhua-ANI): The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Monday that the country' s missiles launch is only part of normal military training for self-defense, the official news agency KCNA reported. The army military training, as a powerful deterrent to cope with the U.S. and the South Korea' s machinations of starting a nuclear war, "is the legitimate right of a ...

  • Ban concerned about provocations after latest DPR Korea missile test Ban concerned about provocations after latest DPR Korea missile test

    19 May 2013 150 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his concern about provocations and tensions on the Korean Peninsula following reports that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) launched short-range guided missiles into the sea on Saturday. The latest action comes despite repeated calls by the international community, including Mr. Ban and the United Nations Security ...

  • North Korea Test-Fires 4th Short-Range Missile

    North Korea fired its fourth short-range missile in the past two days into waters off its east coast on Sunday, despite calls for restraint from South Korea and other countries in the region, as well as the United Nations. The latest launch into the Sea of Japan, confirmed by South Korean Defense Ministry officials, follows three coastal launches on Saturday that rattled the ...

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  • DPRK strives to prevent spread of bird flu virus

    The Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK) was striving to prevent the spread of bird flu virus H5N1, the official KCNA news agency reported Monday.The virus found in ducks at the Tudan Duck Farm in Pyongyang was introduced by migratory birds, the Academy of Agricultural Science said on May 7.The KCNA said the DPRK had briefed UN agencies on the situation and culled as many as 160,000 ...

  • North Korea tests another short-range weapon

    The two projectiles fired Monday by North Korea have similar trajectories as four previous launches over the past two days, according to officials at Seoul's Defense Ministry and Joint Chiefs of ...

  • Why did North Korea launch 6 missiles in 3 days

    South Korean men watch a TV news program reporting a missile launch conducted by North Korea, at a Seoul train station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 20, ...

  • China urges DPRK on detained Chinese fishermens treatment

    Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei on Monday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to safeguard the health and legitimate rights and interests of a number of Chinese fisherman reportedly detained in the country.According to media reports, private fishing boat "Liaoning Generic Fishing No. 25222" from Dalian City in northeast China's Liaoning Province was ...

  • Pyongyang demands Seoul clarify stance on industrial zones future

    The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday urged South Korea to clarify its stance on the future of the suspended Kaesong Industrial Zone (KIZ).Seoul distorted the facts concerning the joint zone, the official KCNA news agency quoted a statement of the DPRK's General Bureau for the Special Zone Development Guidance as saying.Pyongyang would decide its action depending ...

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