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North Korea Threatens to Attack South, US

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea threatened Sunday to enlarge its nuclear arsenal and mercilessly attack South Korea and the United States, as the allies prepared to start annual joint military drills which the North says are a rehearsal for an invasion. North Korea routinely issues similar threats against South Korea...

What's at Stake in US-China Summit? Pretty Much Everything

Presidents Barack Obama and Hu Jintao have a lot to talk about. The Chinese leader arrives in the United States for a state visit at a time when Washington and Beijing are partners, adversaries or both on nearly every substantial international issue -- from Iranian and North Korean nuclear ambitions to disputes over...

North Korea Becoming a Bigger Threat to US, Gates Says

North Korea's nuclear weapons capabilities and development of intercontinental missiles are apparently advancing faster than the United States has acknowledged in the past -- making the capricious communist state a bigger potential threat in the coming years. Defense Secretary Robert Gates ratcheted up the Obama...

A New Korean War Would Be Devastating, but It Could Happen

(Dec. 15) -- There would be no winner if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula. But more than 57 years after the armistice suspended open hostilities between the U.S.-allied Republic of Korea in the south and the Chinese-backed Democratic People's Republic in the north, their border remains trip-wire tense. And both...

North Korea Trumpets Advanced Nuclear Facilities

(Nov. 30) -- North Korea described in detail today the advanced state of its nuclear program, boasting that it has thousands of centrifuges dedicated to uranium enrichment. While it's not clear whether the centrifuges could produce weapons-grade material, the claims are sure to spook officials in the U.S., South Korea and...