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N Korea vows response on US sanctions; Russian military delegation visits
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The US Treasury Department announced earlier this week that it had imposed sanctions on eight North Korean individuals and two entities for their role in laundering funds stolen through illicit cyber activities. The department said that the individuals were "state-sponsored hackers," whose i
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Kim Jong Un says North Korea will continue to strengthen its nuclear force
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], April 26 (ANI/Sputnik): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at the parade in honor of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army (KPA), said on April 25 that his country will continue to strengthen its nuclear forces at maximum speed, the Korean Ce
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Kim Jong Un's sister threatens S.Korea with nuclear arms
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], April 5 (ANI/Sputnik): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong, said her country will use nuclear weapons if South Korea starts a "military confrontation," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
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Key N Korean nuke official passes away
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Sept 4 (ANI): A key North Korean official, who was believed to be involved in the development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, breathed his last at the age of 89, the North's state media confirmed on Tuesday.
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Anti-nuclear group ICAN receives Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Oslo (Norway) [India], Dec 10 (ANI): The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2017, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), on Sunday received the award in Oslo.
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Chinese Scientists warn North Korea to move test site
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct. 28 (ANI): If North Korea wants to go on with the nuclear weapons testing, it has to find new location other than the Punggye-ri mountain range where the previous six tests were done, said Chinese scientists, issuing a firm warning to Pyongyang.
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Kim Jong Un promotes his sister Kim Yo Jong to politburo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], Oct 8(ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has promoted his sister, Kim Yo Jong to the country's top decision-making body, the Central Committee, in a major reshuffle in his government.
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Fiery talk can lead to fatal misunderstandings: UN Chief
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 20 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that global anxieties about nuclear weapons are at the highest level since the end of the Cold War due to nuclear and missile tests by North Korea.
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Kim Jong Un inspects loading of Hydrogen bomb into ICBM
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [U.S.A.], September 3 (ANI) :North Korea has succeeded in making a more developed nuke as Kim Jong Un inspected the loading of a hydrogen bomb into a new intercontinental ballistic missile, thus marking a sharp escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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