U.S. softens warning to North Korea over test
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The United States on Thursday played down an earlier warning to North Korea over its plans for a nuclear test, saying it was not threatening Pyongyang with "lethal" action.
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The United States and Japan warned North   Korea against a missile launch as some officials said Pyongyang   appeared to have finished fuelling for a test flight that could   possibly reach as far as Alaska.
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The United States has assumed since  the mid-1990s that North Korea could make nuclear weapons,  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday, playing down  a dramatic announcement from Pyongyang.
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The Bush administration said Tuesday that a North Korea nuclear test would be an "unacceptable threat to peace and stability" and further isolate Pyongyang from the rest of the world.
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North Korea seems to be softening its  hitherto rigid personality cult around leader Kim Jong-il,  experts on the reclusive communist state said Thursday --  although they were still unsure why the changes had been made.
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North Korea seems to be softening its  rigid personality cult around leader Kim Jong-il, experts on  the reclusive communist state said on Thursday -- although they  were still unsure why the changes had been made.
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The United States was not making "a lethal threat" when an envoy warned North Korea that it could not have both a future and a nuclear weapon, the White House said on Thursday.
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The United States does not believe North Korea has conducted nuclear tests, but it is unclear whether a reported blast there three days ago showed
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The White House said on Friday that North Korea should not test a nuclear weapon, amid speculation Pyongyang might detonate a device as early as this weekend.
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North Korea appeared close Sunday to test-firing a long-range missile capable of reaching the United States, prompting the White House to warn of an appropriate response and Japan to threaten a &quot;fierce&quot; protest to the United Nations.
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North Korea on Friday eased its tough stance against the United States, saying it is willing to resume stalled six-way talks on its nuclear weapons if Washington is ready to consider its demands.
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The United States warned North Korea against thinking it could use worries over a possible long-range missile to force the United States into direct talks.
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The Bush administration has received  recent intelligence reports that some experts believe could  indicate North Korea is preparing to conduct its first nuclear  weapons test explosion, The New York Times reported in Sunday  editions.
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WASHINGTON: The United States said on Tuesday a blast in North Korea last week that stirred fears of a nuclear explosion might have been demolition work for a power project, as Pyongyang has asserted.
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TOKYO -- A pledge by North Korea yesterday to conduct a nuclear test to bolster its defenses against the United States dramatically raised tensions in the region and marked the communist government's first unambiguous public threat to demonstrate itself as a nuclear power.
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Activity around North Korea's missile launch sites is tailing off, calming fears of a ballistic missile test, a Japanese newspaper reported on Monday, citing government sources.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell warned North Korea against carrying out any new missile tests, saying Washington would not be intimidated into changing its policy towards the Stalinist state.