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UN Security Council 'deplores' North Korea launch
AFP, Published on 14/04/2012
» The UN Security Council said Friday it "deplored" North Korea's attempted rocket launch, as Washington halted plans to send food aid to Pyongyang saying the impoverished state cannot be trusted.
Clinton asks China to voice concern to N.Korea
AFP, Published on 14/04/2012
» US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asked her Chinese counterpart to convey US concern to Beijing's ally North Korea after its defiant but unsuccessful rocket launch.
US calls off N.Korea aid amid hunger warnings
AFP, Published on 14/04/2012
» The United States called off plans to send food aid to North Korea after the impoverished state's defiant rocket launch, as an aid group feared more than two million children would go hungry.
N. Koreans vow loyalty to regime after launch flop
AFP, Published on 14/04/2012
» Tens of thousands of people gathered in a football stadium Saturday to shout support for North Korea's ruling dynasty, a day after a failed rocket launch seen as a major embarrassment for the regime.
South Korea steps up rocket debris hunt
AFP, Published on 14/04/2012
» South Korea stepped up an operation Saturday to retrieve debris from North Korea's failed rocket launch, officials said, apparently in competition with Russia and China.
N. Korea's Kim gives first speech at centenary parade
AFP, Published on 15/04/2012
» North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-Un delivered his first public speech Sunday and vowed to push for a stronger military as his country unveiled an apparently new missile.
S.Koreans launch anti-North leaflets on anniversary
AFP, Published on 15/04/2012
» South Korean activists launched leaflets across the border to the North criticising the Kim dynasty on the day the communist state marks the centenary of the birth of its founding leader.
N. Korea fails to intimidate
News, Published on 16/04/2012
» For the fourth time in four tries, North Korea has conducted a glorious missile launch that explores the bottom of the sea. The spectacular flameout of the three-stage rocket last week showed two significant differences with the past. Pyongyang tried to involve the foreign media in its mostly discounted claim to be trying to launch a satellite. And the regime, a mere four hours after the rocket blew up, actually admitted the failure. It is tempting to mock and laugh at the explosive failure of such an absurd event, but serious issues are at stake _ of war and peace.
US says it expects UN 'progress' on N. Korea launch
AFP, Published on 16/04/2012
» Barack Obama's pointman on East Asia said on Monday after a meeting in Japan that the United States expected "progress" at the UN to chastise North Korea for last week's failed rocket launch.
UN toughens North Korea sanctions over rocket launch
AFP, Published on 16/04/2012
» The UN Security Council on Monday ordered tightened sanctions on North Korea over its failed rocket launch and warned of new action if the isolated state stages a nuclear test.