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Cheney: NK helped Syria build reactor
(AP)
AP - Vice President Dick Cheney says North Korea helped Syria build a reactor at a site that Israel suspected of being a nuclear installation and bombed in 2007.
Former Pentagon chief predicts Iran crisis soon
(AP)
AP - William Perry, who headed the Pentagon during a 1994 nuclear standoff with North Korea, predicted on Thursday that President-elect Barack Obama will soon face a nuclear crisis with Iran.
North Korea may see no U.S. nuclear threat: adviser
(Reuters)
Reuters - North Korea may have begun developing nuclear arms after deciding the United States was unlikely to use nuclear weapons to eliminate its development program, a senior Pentagon adviser said on Thursday.
SKorea groups to send leaflets with NKorean bills
(AFP)
AFP - South Korean activists said Thursday they would attach North Korean money to the anti-Pyongyang leaflets they float across the border next month.
Taiwan ex-leader accused of embezzling funds meant for NKorea
(AFP)
AFP - A Taiwanese ruling party lawmaker on Thursday accused ex-president Chen Shui-bian of embezzling diplomatic funds meant to go to North Korea, in the latest twist in a long-running corruption probe.
US official: NKorea will challenge Obama
(AP)
AP - The Bush administration said Wednesday that nuclear-armed North Korea will be an early test for President-elect Barack Obama's new administration, conceding that one of President George W. Bush's top foreign policy initiatives is unlikely to be resolved before Obama takes office Jan. 20.
NKorea sets March date for parliamentary elections
(AP)
AP - North Korea announced Wednesday it will hold long overdue elections in March amid indications the impoverished regime plans to fill parliament with finance-savvy legislators and has named new Cabinet ministers with economic know-how.
North Korea nuclear ambitions will test Obama: official
(AFP)
AFP - North Korea will be an "early challenge" for Barack Obama, as the United States remains locked in a tense stand off over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions, US President George W. Bush's top foreign policy advisor said in remarks prepared for delivery Wednesday.
NKorea tightens controls on mobile phones
(AFP)
AFP - North Korea has tightened controls on mobile phones at a South Korean-funded industrial estate amid worsening cross-border ties, officials said Wednesday.
North Korea says to elect MPs in government shake-up
(Reuters)
Reuters - Communist North Korea announced on Wednesday it will elect new delegates to its rubber stamp parliament in March, marking another step in a leadership shakeup that has already included a cabinet reshuffle.
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