A Pentagon official said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel decided to put off the long-planned test in California until sometime next month because of concerns the launch could be misinterpreted and exacerbate the Korean crisis.
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The torrent of threats from North Korea continued this week. On Friday, the North Korean government advised Russia and other countries to consider evacuating their embassies in Pyongyang amid rising tension there. Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks with NPR’s Louisa Lim with the latest.
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South Korea deploys two warships with missile-defence systems, reports say, after the North reportedly moved a mid-range missile to the coast.
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North Korea is said to have moved a missile closer to its east coast, and threatens to close a joint industrial zone.
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Earlier this week we talked about the Kaesong Industrial Complex with a North Korea expert — professor Aidan Foster-Carter from Leeds University. The facility is the North Korean manufacturing base for 120 South Korean firms and is a workplace for Koreans from both sides of the border. Now that South Korean workers have been blocked from entering the complex, Audie Cornish checks in with Foster-Carter once again.
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North and South Korea have technically been at war since the 1950s. Should we really be worried about the current round of sabre-rattling?
The bellicose rhetoric from North Korea is having spillover effects in nearby countries. South Korea continues to press for a revision of its nuclear cooperation agreement with the U.S. in order to allow it to produce its own nuclear fuel, a move the United States has steadfastly resisted. Some South Korean politicians even say the North Korean nuclear threat justifies South Korea having its own nuclear weapons capability. Hawks in Japan, meanwhile, are citing the North Korea threat to boost their argument for increased defense spending.
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North Korea says it will restart a nuclear reactor that it shut down six years ago. Pyongyang said it needs to resolve an acute electricity shortage, as well as bolster what it called its nuclear armed force. The move is a further escalation of tension on the Korean peninsula after a series of North Korean threats.
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