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• WRAPUP 4-North Korea asks embassies to consider moving diplomats out Friday, 5 Apr 2013 | 4:34 PM ET

  LONDON/ SEOUL, April 5- North Korea warned on Friday it could not guarantee the safety of diplomats after next Wednesday and asked embassies to consider moving staff out of the country, European diplomats said, amid high tension on the Korean peninsula.

• WRAPUP 3-N.Korea asks embassies to consider moving diplomats out Friday, 5 Apr 2013 | 11:19 AM ET

  LONDON/ SEOUL, April 5- North Korea has asked embassies to consider moving staff out and warned it cannot guarantee the safety of diplomats after April 10, Britain said, amid high tension and a war of words on the Korean peninsula.

• WRAPUP 2-North Korea warns embassies of conflict risk as missiles move Friday, 5 Apr 2013 | 8:58 AM ET

  *North Korea asks embassies to close- Russia says. LONDON/ SEOUL, April 5- North Korea has asked embassies in Pyongyang that might wish to get staff out if there is a war to submit plans to it by April 10, Britain said on Friday, as it upped the pressure as part of a war of words that has set the Korean peninsula on edge.

• Ex-officials urge renewed U.S. drive against North Korea crime income Tuesday, 5 Mar 2013 | 6:39 PM ET

  WASHINGTON, March 5- The United States should revive a crackdown on drug trafficking, counterfeiting and other illicit business by North Korea that was succeeding before it was dropped to facilitate a nuclear deal with Pyongyang, architects of that policy said on Tuesday.

• WRAPUP 1-U.S. says to take lead to contain North Korea Tuesday, 12 Feb 2013 | 10:59 PM ET

  *Obama says test makes North Korea more isolated. North Korea has said Tuesday's test was an act of self-defence against "U.S. hostility" and threatened stronger steps if necessary.

• UPDATE 6-UN Security Council condemns North Korean nuclear test Tuesday, 12 Feb 2013 | 4:31 PM ET

  *China, U.S., Russia all condemn North Korea's new test. UNITED NATIONS, Feb 12- The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's third nuclear test on Tuesday and vowed to take action against Pyongyang for an act that all major world powers, including traditional ally China, have denounced.

• WRAPUP 5-North Korean nuclear test draws anger, including from China Tuesday, 12 Feb 2013 | 1:38 PM ET

  SEOUL, Feb 12- North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on Tuesday in defiance of U.N. resolutions, drawing condemnation from around the world, including from its only major ally, China, which summoned the North Korean ambassador to protest.

• WRAPUP 2-China joins U.S., Japan, EU in condemning North Korea nuclear test Tuesday, 12 Feb 2013 | 6:27 AM ET

  *North Korea says nuclear test successful. SEOUL, Feb 12- North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on Tuesday in defiance of existing U.N. resolutions, drawing condemnation from the United States, Japan, Europe and Pyongyang's only major ally, China, which summoned the North Korean ambassador to protest.

• WRAPUP 1-N.Korea conducts third nuclear test, drawing new sanctions threat Tuesday, 12 Feb 2013 | 4:45 AM ET

  *North Korea says nuclear test successful. SEOUL, Feb 12- North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on Tuesday in defiance of existing U.N. resolutions, angering the United States and Japan and prompting its only major ally, China, to call for calm.

• UPDATE 4-N.Korea conducts third nuclear test, angering U.S., Japan Tuesday, 12 Feb 2013 | 2:38 AM ET

  *North Korea says nuclear test successful. *Test may backfire on new, young leader Kim Jong- un. SEOUL, Feb 12- North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on Tuesday in defiance of U.N. resolutions, angering the United States and Japan and likely to infuriate its only major ally, China, and increase penalties against Pyongyang.

• UPDATE 3-N.Korea conducts third nuclear test, sparks condemnation Tuesday, 12 Feb 2013 | 1:28 AM ET

  *North Korea says nuclear test successful. SEOUL, Feb 12- North Korea conducted its third-ever nuclear test on Tuesday, a move likely to anger its main ally China and increase international action against Pyongyang and its new young leader, Kim Jong- un.

• UPDATE 1-Google's executive chairman plans North Korea trip -AP Wednesday, 2 Jan 2013 | 6:17 PM ET

  SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 2- Google Inc's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, one of the highest-profile leaders of the U.S. technology industry, will travel to North Korea this year, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.

• Loved and Loathed, Park Talks Tough After Korea Poll Win Thursday, 20 Dec 2012 | 12:47 AM ET

  

  South Korea's President-elect, Park Geun-hye, used her first major speech on Thursday to warn of the risks posed by a hostile North Korea and also fired a political shot across the bows of Japan's incoming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

• UPDATE 1-Loved and loathed, Park talks tough after Korea poll win Wednesday, 19 Dec 2012 | 9:54 PM ET

  SEOUL, Dec 20- South Korea's President-elect, Park Geun-hye, used her first major speech on Thursday to warn of the risks posed by a hostile North Korea and also fired a political shot across the bows of Japan's incoming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

• North Korea Rocket Launch Delayed Due to 'Glitch' Monday, 10 Dec 2012 | 4:19 AM ET

  

  North Korea has extended the window for a widely condemned long-range rocket launch by a week after discovering a "technical deficiency", the isolated state's news agency said on Monday.