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What North Korea might do as Biden visits Japan, South Korea, meets Quad

North Korea could launch an intercontinental missile test or even a nuclear test to try to overshadow U.S. President Joe Biden’s upcoming visit to South Korea, an expert told CNBC on Friday.  “They’ve already done two intercontinental ballistic missile tests earlier this year and we’ve been seeing tunneling activity preparing for a nuclear test,” Bruce Klingner, […]

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West Coast flights paused at roughly same time as North Korea missile launch

A brief pause in West Coast flights, including commercial air travel, was instituted by federal officials Monday about the same time North Korea test launched a ballistic missile into its eastern sea. Officials on Tuesday did not link the two events. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the ground stop but described it as a routine […]

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‘Fake News’ Bill in South Korea Gets Shelved Amid Outcry

SEOUL — President Moon Jae-in and his Democratic Party in South Korea have spent months vowing to stamp out what they have called fake news in the media. But lawmakers had to postpone a vote on a new bill this week when they encountered a problem: no one can agree on exactly how to do […]

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North Korea Reports Long Range Cruise Missile Test as Arms Race Intensifies

SEOUL — North Korea said on Monday it​ had successfully launched newly developed long-range cruise missiles, its first missile test in six months and a new indication that an arms race between North and South Korea was heating up on the Korean Peninsula. ​In the tests that took place on Saturday and Sunday, the North […]

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