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June 10, 2009 (Press TV) - North Korean media hints that a U.S. pledge to extend its nuclear umbrella to Japan and South Korea would be considered as 'declaration of a nuclear war' in the troubled peninsula.

TOKYO May 22, 2009 (Reuters) - North Korea is warning ships to stay away from waters off an east coast missile base, a Japan Coast Guard spokesman said on Friday, suggesting it could be preparing for a short-range missile test.

SEOUL April 30, 2009 (Reuters) - North Korea on Wednesday threatened a new nuclear test unless the U.N. Security Council apologized for tightening sanctions, confirming some analysts' fears that Pyongyang is determined to build an atomic arsenal.

TOKYO April 27, 2009 (Reuters) - Japan's foreign minister chided Beijing Monday for a lack of transparency about its nuclear arsenal ahead of Prime Minister Taro Aso's visit to China this week.

SEOUL April 13, 2009 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it was no longer bound by an international nuclear disarmament deal and would re-start its plant that makes arms-grade plutonium after the U.N. chastised it for launching a long-range rocket.

April 5, 2009 (Reuters) - North Korea launched a long-range rocket over Japan on Sunday, drawing swift international condemnation and triggering an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council.

STRASBOURG/LONDON April 3, 2009 (Reuters) - North Korea is preparing a rocket to blast off as early as Saturday, officials said, readying what Pyongyang describes as a satellite launch but is widely regarded as a disguised long-range missile test.

SEOUL April 2, 2009 (AFP) - North Korea's military threatened Thursday to attack "major targets" in Japan if Tokyo tries to shoot down a satellite it intends to launch as soon as this weekend.

March 26, 2009 (AFP) - Japan gave its military the green light on Friday to shoot down any incoming North Korean rocket, with tensions high ahead of a planned launch that the US and allies say will be an illegal missile test.

WASHINGTON March 25, 2009 (Reuters) - North Korea has positioned what is believed to be a long-range ballistic missile on a launch pad in what could be a preparation for launch, a U.S. counterproliferation official said on Wednesday.