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North Korea's latest nuclear test: Five things to know
AFP, Published on 09/09/2016
» SEOUL - North Korea conducted a fifth nuclear test on Friday, an underground blast it claimed was of a miniaturised warhead.
North Korea's latest nuclear test: Q&A
AFP, Published on 09/09/2016
» SEOUL - North Korea conducted a fifth nuclear test on Friday, an underground blast that Seoul quickly labelled its "most powerful to date".
N. Korea appears to have conducted nuclear test: Seoul
AFP, Published on 09/09/2016
» SEOUL - North Korea appears to have conducted a fifth nuclear test Friday, South Korean authorities reportedly said Friday, after monitors detected a 5.3-magnitude earthquake near its main nuclear site.
5.1 magnitude quake suggests North Korean nuclear test
AFP, Published on 06/01/2016
» SEOUL - A 5.1 magnitude tremor was detected close to North Korea's nuclear test site on Wednesday, with Chinese earthquake monitors suggesting it could be the result of an atomic explosion.
Japan's death specialists exhibit skills at expo
AFP, Published on 08/12/2015
» TOKYO - Specialists in the fading profession of preparing bodies for funeral and cremation in Japan gave a rare glimpse of their skills at the Tuesday opening of a Tokyo exhibition focused on the business of death and dying.
Long, hard road for Nepal's disabled quake survivors
AFP, Published on 15/06/2015
» BANEPA (NEPAL) - Eight hours after Bim Bahadur Gurung started walking along a mountain path, carrying his severely injured daughter on his back and hoping to find a hospital, a second earthquake struck already-devastated Nepal.
Hundreds gather in Nepal capital to mark one month since quake
AFP, Published on 25/05/2015
» KATHMANDU - Hundreds of Nepalis gathered Monday at the rubble of a 19th-century tower in Kathmandu to mark one month since a devastating earthquake killed more than 8,600 people in the Himalayan nation.
N. Korea threatens US mainland
AFP, Published on 26/03/2013
» North Korea's military put its "strategic" rocket units on a war footing Tuesday, with a fresh threat to strike targets on the US mainland, Hawaii and Guam, as well as South Korea.
Possible N.Korea nuclear test detected
AFP, Published on 12/02/2013
» South Korea has detected an "artificial earthquake" at North Korea's nuclear test site, Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday, suggesting Pyongyang had gone ahead with a threatened atomic test.
North Korea nuclear test: Live Report
AFP, Published on 12/02/2013
» 08:38 GMT: We are now closing this Live Report on North Korea's nuclear test and the widespread condemnation that followed.