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(3rd LD) U.S. stresses reconnaissance efforts for Korean Peninsula after N.K. uranium enrichment site disclosure

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; RECASTS paras 2, 6)By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- The United States on Friday highlighted it has "devoted" more intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets for security on the Korea
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(2nd LD) U.S. says it continues monitoring N.K. nuclear ambitions after uranium enrichment facility disclosure

(ATTN: ADDS State Department's response in paras 7-10)By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- The United States continues to monitor North Korea's progression in its nuclear ambitions and ballistic missile program, a White House offic
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(LEAD) U.S. says it continues monitoring N.K. nuclear ambitions after uranium enrichment facility disclosure

(ATTN: ADDS more info, details in paras 2-3, 7-8; ADDS photo)By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- The United States continues to monitor North Korea's progression in its nuclear ambitions and ballistic missile program, a White House of
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U.S. says it continues monitoring N.K. nuclear ambitions after uranium enrichment facility disclosure

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- The United States continues to monitor North Korea's progression in its nuclear ambitions and ballistic missile program, a White House official said Friday, after the recalcitrant regime made a rare
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Top Russian security official meets N.K. leader in Pyongyang: report

SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- The head of the Russia's Security Council has met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, a Russian news report said Friday.A Russian delegation, led by Sergei Shoigu, secretary of Moscow's Security Coun
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NIS monitoring N. Korean foreign minister's possible trip to Russia

SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's spy agency said Friday that it is closely monitoring the possibility of North Korea's foreign minister visiting Russia.The National Intelligence Service (NIS) made the assessment in response to a news
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S. Korea trying to figure out N. Korea's intentions behind uranium enrichment facility disclosure: official

SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is trying to figure out North Korea's intentions behind its disclosure of an uranium enrichment facility for the first time, a senior presidential official said Friday.The disclosure, made earlier in the da
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(4th LD) N. Korea publicly discloses uranium enrichment facility for 1st time

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for increasing the number of centrifuges for uranium enrichment in order to increase its nuclear weapons for self-defense, the state me
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(News Focus) N. Korea discloses uranium enrichment facility to affect U.S. presidential election: experts

By Kim Soo-yeonSEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's rare revelation of its uranium enrichment facility is aimed at giving a clear message to the United States that the denuclearization of the North will be impossible, whoever wins the U.S. p
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(3rd LD) N. Korea publicly discloses uranium enrichment facility for 1st time

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with more information)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for increasing the number of centrifuges for uranium enrichment in order to increase its nuclear weapons for self-def
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NK leader inspects special operation forces, test-firing of multiple rocket launcher

SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected a training base for special operations forces and a test-firing of a new 600mm multiple rocket launcher, state media said Friday.Kim inspected the training base of the special
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(2nd LD) N. Korea publicly discloses uranium enrichment facility for 1st time

(ATTN: UPDATES with more information; CHANGES photos)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for increasing the number of centrifuges for uranium enrichment in order to increase its nuclear weapons for sel
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(LEAD) N. Korea publicly discloses uranium enrichment facility for 1st time

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info throughout; ADDS photo)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for increasing the number of centrifuges for uranium enrichment in order to increase its nuclear weapons for sel
N. Korea publicly discloses uranium enrichment facility for 1st time

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SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for increasing the number of centrifuges for uranium enrichment in order to increase the nuclear weapons for self-defense, the state media said Friday.Kim made the call during a v
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(URGENT) N. Korea publicly discloses uranium enrichment facility for 1st time

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(Yonhap Interview) U.N. Command seeks 'open dialogue' as it probes inter-Korean border incidents: deputy chief

By Lee MinjiSEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- The U.N. Command (UNC) is most focused on ensuring open dialogue to reduce tensions and maintain the armistice, its deputy chief has said, as the U.S.-led multinational force has been investigating a series of
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(LEAD) Ex-Korean Japanese who escaped from N. Korea win damages suit against Pyongyang

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in last 4 paras)SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Yonhap) -- Former Korean Japanese people who defected from North Korea after migrating to the North under the communist state's repatriation program decades ago won a damages suit fil
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Unification minister urges N. Korea to heed int'l community's call to improve human rights

SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's point man on North Korea once again urged Pyongyang on Thursday to heed the international community's repeated calls to improve its dismal human rights situation.North Korea's serious human rights
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Ex-Korean Japanese who escaped from N. Korea win damages suit against Pyongyang

SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Yonhap) -- Former Korean Japanese people who defected from North Korea after migrating to the North under the communist state's repatriation program decades ago won a damages suit filed in Seoul against Pyongyang.The Seoul Centra
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(4th LD) N. Korea fires multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward East Sea

(ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 3, 9-12)By Lee Minji and Chae Yun-hwanSEOUL, Sept. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Thursday, the South Korean military said, a week after Pyongyang warn