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Seven N. Korea missile tests defy the West

Japan, South Korea condemn 'serious act of provocation'

Sunday, July 5, 2009

North Korea celebrated U.S. Independence Day by test-firing seven missiles into the waters off the peninsula's eastern coast Saturday.

North Korea fires 7 missiles off east coast

Saturday, July 4, 2009

North Korea celebrated U.S. Independence Day with a test firing of seven missiles test into the waters off the peninsula’s east coast from morning until evening on Saturday.

EXCLUSIVE: S. Korea mobilizes maritime squads

Reacts to North's missile launches

Friday, July 3, 2009

On their island base in a tense Yellow Sea, black-clad commando squads armed with automatic weapons surge up ladders onto the deck of a training ship, fast-rope down building exteriors and detonate explosives.

Convicted U.S. journalists likely pawns

Obama wants case kept separate from missile, nuke issues

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

North Korea's sentencing of two American journalists to 12 years of "reform" through hard labor draws attention to one of the world's most unforgiving penal systems, even though analysts say it is unlikely the two will serve time in a gulag.

Kim succession reports viewed skeptically

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

North Korea appears to be accelerating a process of succession to ailing leader Kim Jong-il, although South Korean media reports that Mr. Kim's third son has officially been named appear premature.

N.K.'s succession pick reports premature

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

North Korea appears to be accelerating a process of succession to ailing leader Kim Jong-il, although South Korean media reports that Mr. Kim's third son has officially been named appear premature.

Defectors avoid criticizing N. Korea

Friday, May 29, 2009

North Korea's nuclear test has plunged East Asia into crisis, but recent defectors reveal both the failings and strengths of a regime whose hold on its former subjects is so strong that some still cannot bring themselves to criticize Kim Jong-il.

World condemns North Korea over nuke test

Monday, May 25, 2009

UPDATED: The U.S. and other nations Monday strongly condemned North Korea's nuclear test but gave little indication of what they might do to restrain an isolated nation that appears determined to modernize its arsenal.

N. Korea reportedly tests 2nd nuke device

Monday, May 25, 2009

North Korea on Monday appeared to have detonated a nuclear device, its second such test in three years.