It’s not what we know about rogue states and their nuclear bombs that should scare us — it’s what we don’t know. North Korea’s test of a nuclear device on Monday may not have come as a surprise to Washington, but only in the sense that Washington knew Pyongyang was defiant enough to set one off.
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U.S. tries again on North Korean nuclear talks
The United States is launching a diplomatic effort to get North Korean nuclear talks back on the rails.
5 children found slain in Washington state, police say
Five children were found shot to death in a home near Tacoma, Washington, Saturday afternoon, police said. The payload of the rocket remains unclear. North Korea has said the rocket was to carry a satellite into space, but the United States, South Korea and other nations fear it could be a missile with a warhead attached
S. Korea: N. Korea launches rocket
North Korea has launched a long-range rocket, U.S. and South Korean officials confirmed to CNN on Sunday.
North Korea: ‘Satellite will be launched soon’
North Korea has completed preparations for launching what it says is "an experimental communications satellite," the reclusive nation’s state news agency reported early Saturday. “The satellite will be launched soon,” KCNA reported. How “soon” was anyone’s guess
Obama slams North Korea’s ‘provocative’ launch plans
U.S. President Barack Obama sent a public warning to North Korea Friday, calling on Pyongyang to back off plans to launch what the United States believes to be a missile.
U.S. to North Korea: Don’t launch your missile
The State Department on Thursday sent a blunt, public message to North Korea: Don’t launch your missile.
U.S. destroyers on move as N. Korea prepares rocket launch
As North Korea prepares for an expected rocket launch next month, the U.S. Navy says it is moving to the Sea of Japan ships capable of shooting down ballistic missiles