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North Korea vows to restart nuclear facilities amid tensions
North Korea vowed Tuesday to restart a nuclear reactor that can make one bomb’s worth of plutonium a year, escalating tensions already raised by near daily warlike threats against the United States and South Korea.
White House: North Korea’s ‘Bellicose Rhetoric’ Just ‘Deepens That Nation’s Isolation’
The White House says North Korean threats to train rocket fire on the U.S. only deepen the country’s isolation from the world.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned Friday that his rocket forces were ready, quote, “to settle accounts with the U.S.” The threat came after nuclear-capable American B-2 bombers dropped dummy munitions during routine joint military drills with South Korea.
North Korea vows end to nonaggression pacts after U.N. vote
North Korea on Friday responded to tougher sanctions from the U.N. Security Council with another barrage of vitriol, repeating a vow to ditch all nonaggression pacts with the South.
A day after the isolated regime in Pyongyang had threatened a possible “preemptive nuclear attack” — something analysts say they think it is unlikely and currently unable to do — its official news agency reeled off a number of agreements with South Korea that it said would no longer apply.
Report: North Korea threatens to end armistice
North Korea threatened Tuesday to nullify the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War in 1953, citing U.S.-led international moves to impose new sanctions against it over its recent nuclear test, the North’s official news agency KCNA reported.
South Korea’s New Leader Aims For Middle Path In Relations With North
The new South Korean president, Park Guen-hye, steps into office at a particularly challenging time, with archnemesis North Korea’s own recently installed leader rattling missiles and nuclear weapons in an apparent attempt to solidify his hold on power.
Park — the 61-year-old daughter of the late military dictator Park Chung-hee, who ruled the country for nearly two decades — took the oath of office Monday, just two weeks after Pyongyang defied international pressure to conduct its third nuclear test.
Stunning Pics & Video: Reports of Many Injuries From Meteorite Strike in Russia’s Ural Mountains
A meteor streaked across the sky above Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass.
Fragments of the meteor fell in a thinly populated area of the Chelyabinsk region, the Emergency Ministry said in a statement.
Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir attack cops in Bangladesh
Bangladesh Jammat-e-Islami activists throw bricks as they clash with police in Dhaka.
At least 30 people including five law enforcers were injured as activists of Jamaat-e-Islami [ the largest Islamist political party in Bangladesh] and Islami Chhatra Shibir [The student wing of Jamaat] swooped on police and opened fire on them in Katakhali and Daspukur areas of Rajshahi on Thursday.
Over one hundred rounds were shot during the nearly one hour clash that started around 10:00am, reports our Rajshahi correspondent quoting SM Moniruzzaman, commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police.
The activists of Jamaat and Shibir also blasted at least 15 handmade bombs during the clash.
The law enforcers rounded up at least 20 Jamaat-Shibir activists from the scene.
The vehicular movement on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway remained suspended for two hours from 10:00am following the clash.
Overwhelmed by a critical housing crisis, Hong Kong’s poorest residents forced to live in metal cages
HONG KONG — For many of the richest people in Hong Kong, one of Asia’s wealthiest cities, home is a mansion with an expansive view from the heights of Victoria Peak. For some of the poorest, like Leung Cho-yin, home is a metal cage.
North Korea video shows New York in ruins after missile attack
North Korea, already gearing up for yet another nuclear test, has posted a bizarre online video depicting New York under an apparent missile attack with “We Are the World” serving as a soundtrack.
The three-minute video posted on YouTube on Saturday was released by Uriminzokkiri, which distributes news and propaganda from North Korea’s state-run media. It features a young man in a dream sequence in which he sees himself aboard a North Korean space shuttle launched into orbit by the same type of rocket Pyongyang successfully launched in December. A densely populated city, which is shrouded in a U.S. flag, is then depicted to the tune of “We Are the World,” the charity single recorded in 1985.
