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Japan increasingly nervous about North Korea nukes

By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - It's easy to write off North Korea's threats to strike the United States with a nuclear-tipped missile as bluster: it has never demonstrated the capability to deploy a missile that could reach the Pacific island of Guam, let alone the mainland U

NKorea recalling workers from jointly run factory

By HYUNG-JIN KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said Monday it will suspend operations at a factory complex it has jointly run with South Korea, pulling out more than 53,000 North Korean workers and moving closer to severing its last economic link with its rival as tensions

US preparing for possible further NKorea actions

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - The top U.S. military officer said Sunday the Pentagon had bolstered its missile defenses and taken other steps because he "can't take the chance" that North Korea won't soon engage in some military action. Heightened

Despite threats, risks temper Korea war tensions

By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - As tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula, one thing remains certain: All sides have good reason to avoid an all-out war. The last one, six decades ago, killed an estimated 4 million people. A war would be suicidal for North Korea, which cannot expect to