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Businessmen and representatives of South Korean workers of the Kaesong complex give a press conference in Yeouido, central Seoul, South Korea, 09 April 2013. EPA/YONHAP SOUTH KOREA

North Korea Warns Foreigners to Leave South

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 9, 2013 | World

Seoul, Reuters—North Korea intensified threats of an imminent conflict against the United States and the South on Tuesday, warning foreigners to evacuate South Korea to avoid being dragged into a “merciless, sacred, retaliatory war”. The North’s...

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In this June 27, 2008 file photo from television, the 60-foot-tall cooling tower is seen before its demolition at the main Nyongbyon reactor complex in Nyongbyon, also known as Yongbyon, North Korea (AP Photo/APTN, File)

North Korea to Restart Nuclear Reactor

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 2, 2013 | World

Seoul, Bloomberg—North Korea said it will restart all facilities at its Yongbyon nuclear site shut by a 2007 disarmament accord, in the latest sign Kim Jong Un is expanding his atomic weapons program in the face of international censure. A uranium enrichment plant and...

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North Koreans at a rally at Kim Il Sung Square in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea, March 29, 2013 (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

North Korea Says Enters “State of War” Against South

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 30, 2013 | World

Seoul, Reuters—North Korea said on Saturday it was entering a “state of war” with South Korea in a continuing escalation of angry rhetoric directed at Seoul and Washington, but the South brushed off the statement as little more than tough talk. The two...

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A US Air Force B-2 stealth bomber refuels in flight over Missouri during a training mission in 2002.Two of the nuclear-capable aircraft flew to South Korea on March 28, 2013 to take part in a joint military exercise. (AFP PHOTO / TIM SLOAN)

North Korea Readies Missiles After US Bombers Fly Over South

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 29, 2013 | World

Seoul/Washington, Reuters—North Korea put its missile units on standby on Friday to attack US military bases in South Korea and the Pacific, after the United States flew two nuclear-capable stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula in a rare show of force. North...

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South Korean Marines walk by a K-55 self-propelled howitzer during an exercise against possible attacks by North Korea near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Source: AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

Erratic North Korea Poses ‘Serious Threat’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 13, 2013 | World

Washington DC, Associated Press—An erratic North Korea, with its nuclear weapons and increasingly belligerent tone, poses a serious threat to the United States and East Asia nations, the director of National Intelligence warned Tuesday in the annual accounting of the...