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(URGENT) N.K. leader vows to launch nuclear attack without hesitation in event of enemy's nuclear provocations

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N. Korean economy shrinks for 3rd consecutive year in 2022

SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- The North Korean economy shrank for the third year in a row in 2022 amid international sanctions and the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Wednesday.The North's real gross domestic product (GDP) inched down 0.2 p
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N. Korea touts ICBM launch as 'major success'

SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Wednesday lauded its latest launch of a solid-fuel Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as a "major success" that will help the country "counter any crises."The North&#
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Seoul urges China's 'constructive role' after Wang meets N.K. vice FM on day of ICBM launch

By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea renewed its call for China to play a "constructive role" Tuesday after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with a visiting senior North Korean official on the day of the North'
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JCS chairman calls for robust readiness against N.K.'s surprise attacks

SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Kim Myung-soo on Tuesday ordered strong preparedness against any possible surprise artillery attacks as North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) the previous da
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(3rd LD) N.K. leader says ICBM launch shows what option he has if U.S. makes wrong decision

(ATTN: ADDS photos, details in paras 8-9, 15)By Lee MinjiSEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korea confirmed Tuesday it test-fired a Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) the previous day, with leader Kim Jong-un saying the lau
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(LEAD) Yoon says N. Korea will learn its provocations only bring 'greater pain'

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with more remarks by Yoon, background)By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday that North Korea will learn its provocations only bring "greater pain," as he referred to a seri
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(LEAD) S. Korean troops allowed to carry guns in truce village of Panmunjom: UNC

(ATTN: UPDATES with ministry spokesperson's remarks in paras 9-10)By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean troops in the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom have been allowed to carry guns in response to North Korea's redepl
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Yoon says N. Korea will learn its provocations only bring 'greater pain'

SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday North Korea will come to realize its provocations will only bring "greater pain," as he referred to its series of missile launches."North Korea launched a short-range m
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S. Korean troops allowed to carry guns in truce village of Panmunjom: UNC

By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean troops in the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom have been allowed to carry guns in response to North Korea's redeploying of weapons in the Joint Security Area (JSA), the United Nations
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(2nd LD) N.K. leader says ICBM launch shows what option he has if U.S. makes wrong decision

(ATTN: UPDATES with photos; ADDS details)By Lee MinjiSEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korea confirmed Tuesday it test-fired a Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) the previous day, with leader Kim Jong-un saying the launch
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(LEAD) N.K. leader says ICBM launch shows what option he has if U.S. makes wrong decision

(ATTN: RECASTS lead; ADDS details throughout)By Lee MinjiSEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korea confirmed Tuesday it test-fired a Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) the previous day, with leader Kim Jong-un saying the lau
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N. Korea confirms test-launch of Hwasong-18 solid-fuel ICBM

SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Tuesday it test-fired a Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) the previous day, with leader Kim Jong-un in attendance.The launch was aimed at taking a "powerful" warnin
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(URGENT) N. Korea says it test-fired Hwasong-18 ICBM on Monday

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Defense chief warns N. Korea against ICBM launches

SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense chief on Monday warned North Korea against its intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launches, saying Seoul and Washington could deploy additional strategic assets or conduct "decapitatio
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(News Focus) N. Korea launches ICBM in show of force as S. Korea, U.S. upgrade nuclear strategy

By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea ratcheted up tension with the latest launch of its intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Monday in a fresh show of force after South Korea and the United States held talks on deterring Pyongya
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Nuclear envoys of S. Korea, U.S., Japan condemn N. Korea's missile launches

SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- The top nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan held phone talks and condemned North Korea's recent back-to-back missile provocations, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.Earlier in the day, Nort
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(LEAD) Unification minister says human rights violations 'status quo' in N. Korea

(ATTN: ADDS remarks in paras 6-9, byline)By Lee MinjiSEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's point man on North Korea called Monday for concerted international efforts to address the North's dire human rights situation, saying such violation
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(4th LD) N. Korea fires ICBM at lofted angle into East Sea

(ATTN: RECASTS 4th para; UPDATES with more details in paras 8-10, 12; ADDS photo)By Kim Eun-jung and Chae Yun-hwanSEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired a long-range missile into the East Sea on Monday, the South Korean military said, in its fi
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U.S. condemns recent N. Korean ballistic missile launches: State Dept.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- The United States condemns North Korea's two ballistic missile launches this week, a State Department spokesperson said Sunday, reiterating America's "ironclad" security commitment to South Korea an