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Summary of domestic news in North Korea this week
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this week.
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2.9 magnitude earthquake hits northwestern N. Korea: weather agency
SEOUL -- A 2.9 magnitude earthquake struck North Korea's northwestern province bordering China on Thursday, the South Korean weather agency said.
The quake struck an area 26 kilometers southeast of Ryongrim, Jagang Province, at 11 a.m., with its epicenter at a latitude of 40.32 degrees north and a longitude of 126.86 degrees east at a depth of 27 kilometers, the Korea Meteorological Administration said.
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N. Korea accuses U.S. of using Quad to justify anti-Pyongyang confrontational policy
SEOUL -- North Korea on Wednesday denounced the United States for violating the North's sovereign rights and trying to justify its hostile policy against Pyongyang by hosting the Quad summit with the leaders of India, Japan and Australia.
After holding the fourth in-person summit in Wilmington, Delaware, the leaders of the four nations in the Quad security partnership on Saturday issued a joint statement denouncing North Korea's missile launches and its nuclear program, and reaffirming their commitment to the "complete" denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
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N. Korean leader's sister vows to 'limitlessly' bolster nuclear war deterrent over U.S. submarine arrival
SEOUL -- Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, vowed Tuesday to "continuously and limitlessly" bolster the North's nuclear war deterrent against what it called U.S. threats, denouncing the arrival of a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine in South Korea.
The remark came a day after the 7,800-ton USS Vermont entered a major naval base in Busan, 320 kilometers southeast of Seoul, to replenish supplies and provide rest for crew members.
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N. Korea's top diplomat says will not overlook any hostile acts
SEOUL -- North Korea's foreign minister has warned that Pyongyang will not overlook any hostile acts on the Korean Peninsula, claiming that the peninsula's security situation is heading for a "more dangerous threshold," the North's state media reported Sunday.
"Recently, the security situation has been an even more dangerous threshold," the North's Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui said in her address to the fourth Eurasian Women's Forum held in St. Petersburg, according to the Rodong Sinmun, Pyongyang's main newspaper.
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N. Korea's Kim vows to develop friendly ties with China
SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has expressed his intention to develop friendly relations with Beijing in his reply letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping, the North's state media said Sunday.
Kim sent the letter on Sept. 15, six days after Xi congratulated North Korea on the 76th anniversary of its foundation, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
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