North Korea is nuclear test-ready: US think-tank North Korea has repaired extensive rain damage at its nuclear test facility and could conduct a detonation on two weeks notice, a US think-tank said Friday, citing satellite imagery analysis.
29 December 2012 10:06
N. Korea leader urges development of bigger rockets North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered the development of bigger rockets, state media said Saturday, after Pyongyang sparked international condemnation with a long-range rocket launch.
22 December 2012 17:03
China resists moves to sanction N. Korea: diplomatsChina is resisting US-led efforts to order new sanctions against North Korea over its rocket launch and the UN Security Council could take weeks to decide a formal move, diplomats said.
18 December 2012 12:33
India condemns N. Korea rocket launch, tests own missile India condemned North Korea's long-range rocket launch on Wednesday even as it tested one of its own ballistic weapons, which were developed when India was a nuclear pariah itself.
North Korea successfully launches long-range rocket North Korea successfully launched a long-range rocket on Wednesday, sharply escalating the security threat posed by the nuclear-armed state and provoking concern from China and global condemnation.
12 December 2012 14:29
Limited options to punish N. Korea rocket launch With North Korea seemingly intent on going ahead with its planned rocket launch, the international community must decide how it can punish a country that has proved largely impervious to past sanctions.
12 December 2012 13:40
S. Korea urges North to spend on debt, not missiles South Korea on Friday urged North Korea to repay millions of dollars in debt related to past food aid, and slammed the regime in Pyongyang for squandering scant resources on long-range missile tests.
08 December 2012 12:51
N. Korea completes installing rocket: report North Korea has completed installing a long-range rocket on its launch pad, ahead of its planned launch this month in defiance of widespread international condemnation.
05 December 2012 15:20
N. Korea installs rocket on launch pad: report North Korea has installed the first stage of a long-range rocket it plans to launch this month on the launch pad, defying international calls to cancel the mission.
03 December 2012 18:13
S. Korea rocket launch set for Nov 29 South Korea plans to go ahead with a delayed rocket launch on Thursday next week in its third bid in four years to put a satellite into orbit.
23 November 2012 10:09
Twelve rockets hit Israel after truce: police Twelve rockets fired from the Gaza Strip hit Israel on Wednesday in the first hours that followed a ceasefire agreement ending hostilities in the week-long Gaza conflict.
22 November 2012 10:39
S. Korea readies for delayed rocket launch Korea is set to go ahead next week with a delayed rocket launch as it aims to join the elite club of nations capable of putting a satellite into orbit.
20 November 2012 18:28
Russia launches three astronauts to ISS A Russian rocket carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut blasted off successfully on Tuesday for the International Space Station.
North Korea says missiles can strike continental US North Korea said Tuesday it possessed rockets capable of striking the US mainland, as it slammed a new US-South Korean deal to extend the range of the South's missile systems.
10 October 2012 10:00
Hamas, Islamic Jihad claim rocket fire into Israel The armed wings of Gaza's ruling Hamas movement and the Islamic Jihad group announced Monday they had fired a series of rockets at Israel, a day after an Israeli air strike that injured 10 people.
08 October 2012 16:55
SpaceX craft on way to ISS in first supply run SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Sunday, launching the cargo-laden Dragon capsule into orbit en route to the International Space Station for NASA's first privately-run supply mission.
