The danger posed by North Korea's threatening activities warrants further swift and credible action by the international community, US President Barack Obama said Tuesday as he described the nuclear tests by Pyongyang as "highly provocative".
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Analysts say the disclosure of Kim Jong-un's marital status was aimed at sending the message that the 20-something Kim was mature and stable, someone people can relate to despite having only seven months of experience as leader following the death of his father in December.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon denounced the launch and asked North Korea to halt its 'provocative actions' and return to compliance with its international obligations.
The reported test came amid escalating cross-border tensions, with the North threatening retaliation over the start of South Korea-US military exercises condemned by Pyongyang.
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The United States does not see any change in the military posture of North Korea despite threat and recent rhetoric coming from its leadership, the White House said.
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In an alarming development, North Korea on Friday cancelled all non-aggression pacts with South Korea and cut off a hotline with Seoul after the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved new sanctions on Pyongyang to punish it for its February 12 nuclear test.
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The third nuclear test by a defiant North today drew sharp condemnation from the international community, including the UN, US, Japan as well as China, the reclusive nation's only major ally.
The announcement for the summit -- the first ever between leaders of the two countries -- was made after months of tension between the two nations.
Categorically ruling out the possibility of accepting North Korea as a nuclear power, the United States said that Pyongyang has the peaceful option to enter into negotiations for the denuclearisation.
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United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have arrived in Vietnam and are getting ready for their second meeting in just nine months. The two leaders, who have a history of insult-hurling and name-calling, plan to discuss nuclear weapons on Wednesday and Thursday in Hanoi. The meetings are a follow-up to their first summit last June, when they signed a vaguely worded agreement promising to work toward denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.
Trump and Kim had their historic first meeting in Singapore last June, wherein they agreed on denuclearisation of North Korea.
Amid raging tension in the Korean peninsula, the US is moving some of its key military assets, including a warship and a sea-based radar platform, closer to the North Korean coast to monitor Pyongyang's military moves.
The United States will not accept North Korea as a nuclear power, the White House asserted, as the Pentagon took steps along with its regional allies to thwart off any misadventure from Pyongyang. "The United States will not accept North Korea as a nuclear state, nor will we stand by while it seeks to develop a nuclear-armed missile that can target the United States," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters on Monday.
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He said that the US 'does not, and never will, accept North Korea as a nuclear state'.
The United States has warned North Korea against going ahead with its long-range rocket launch and asked the international community to take appropriate actions to prevent Pyongyang from such a provocative act.
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This is the latest in a string of tests by North Korea in defiance of United Nations sanctions.
North Korea's foreign minister accused President Trump of declaring war against his country.
Former US National Basketball Association star Dennis Rodman arrived in Singapore late on Monday for a summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying he was 'excited to be part of it'.
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The visit, Kim's third since March, is taking place amid sharp escalation rhetoric between Beijing and Washington over tariffs almost spiralling into a trade war.
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China, a key ally of North Korea, on Friday called for "calm and restraint" from the international community after Pyongyang's failed rocket launch drew strong condemnation from the United States and its allies.
He was heard about, revered and feared in equal measure, but the ruler of the world's most secretive regime was rarely seen in public. Kim Jong-il, who led the communist nation since the death of his father in 1994, died on a train while visiting an area outside Pyongyang, the capital.
Trump told reporters that US and South Korea are facing the threat of reckless and brutal regime of North Korea.
North Korea beat Japan 1-0 in a tempestuous World Cup qualifier on Tuesday, the result largely academic with the visiting Blue Samurai already through to the final qualifying round for 2014.
After entering the Peace House for the inter-Korean summit, Kim wrote in the guest book 'a new history begins now'.
Trump and Kim have traded increasingly threatening and personal insults as Pyongyang races towards its goal of developing a nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the US.
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