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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sits at a desk in the nearground and watches a missile launch in the distance.

North Korea says will stop nuclear tests and scrap its test site

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North Korea said on Saturday it would immediately suspend nuclear and missile tests, scrap its nuclear test site and instead pursue economic growth and peace, ahead of planned summits with South Korea and the United States.

A man in Seoul, South Korea, watches a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un speaking during a New Year's Day speech.

North Korean leader says he’s ‘open to dialogue’ with South Korea, will only use nukes if threatened

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ICBM in North Korea.

How to build and deliver a nuclear weapon

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North Korea launches ballistic missile

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un cheers with scientists and technicians after the test-launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile

Here’s what it’d look like to have a nuclear North Korea capable of bombing the US

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with military officials in an unknown location in an undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on August 15, 2017.

North Korea says it’s holding off on a Guam missile plan

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Tuesday he would hold off on a planned missile strike near Guam, but warned the highly provocative move would go ahead in the event of further “reckless actions” by Washington.

People work on boats at the port near the North Korean town of Sinuiju.

China says it will ban imports of North Korean iron, seafood imports

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China will halt iron, iron ore and seafood imports from North Korea starting Tuesday, following through on new UN sanctions after US pressure for Beijing to strongarm Pyongyang over its ally’s nuclear program.

A boy plays behind a sign of shelter at an entrance of a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, August 11, 2017.

The military option with North Korea is ‘locked and loaded,’ Trump says

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US President Donald Trump on Friday said a military option against North Korea was “locked and loaded,” his latest salvo in an escalating war of words with Pyongyang’s nuclear-armed regime.

A passerby walks past a street monitor showing news of North Korea's fresh threat in Tokyo, Japan.

North Korea says it will have a Guam missile strike plan ready in within days

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North Korea said Thursday it would complete a plan within days to launch a salvo of four intermediate-range missiles toward Guam, the US island territory in the western Pacific.

A US Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber takes off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.

North Korea threatens missile strike on US Guam base as Trump warns of ‘fire and fury’

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President Donald Trump issued North Korea with an apocalyptic warning on Tuesday, saying it faced “fire and fury” over its weapons programs, as Pyongyang said it was considering a missile strike near the US territory of Guam.