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North Korea LIVE: UAE terminates North Korean diplomatic mission, ends visa
The US flew B-1B bombers from Guam to the Korean Peninsula for joint exercises with the South Korean Air Force late Tuesday. Please stay tuned for live updates and other interesting developments
Oct 12, 08:48 PM (IST)
How a homemade tool helped North Korea's missile programme
In North Korea, thanks to a combination of homemade technology and reverse engineering, the machines now play a critical role in the weapons programmes. They allow Kim Jong-Un to build nuclear bombs and missiles without relying as heavily on outside technical aid or imports.
Nuclear weapons experts say this has helped him accelerate missile and nuclear testing despite international sanctions on the transfer of sensitive equipment. Read the full story here
UAE terminates North Korean diplomatic mission, ends visas
The United Arab Emirates said on Thursday it was ending the mission of North Korea's non-resident ambassador and terminating its own envoy's services in Pyongyang, the foreign ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency WAM, according to Reuters.
The UAE would also stop issuing new visas or company licences to North Korean citizens, WAM added.
Several thousand North Korean workers reside in the U.S-allied Gulf region, mainly working on construction sites.
UAE ending North Korean non-resident ambassador's mission
The United Arab Emirates said on Thursday it was ending the mission of North Korea's non-resident ambassador and terminating its own envoy's services in Pyongyang, according to the official Twitter account of state news agency WAM, Reuters has reported.
The UAE would also stop issuing new visas or company licences to North Korean citizens, the report added.
Oct 12, 08:03 PM (IST)
North's special forces conduct drills to infiltrate South Korea-US Combined Forces Command
North Korean Army special forces conducted drills for several days in mid-September to infiltrate the South Korea-US Combined Forces Command in Seoul using paragliders, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
The drills were conducted in mid-September at a training site with a building modeled to look like the South Korea-US Combined Forces Command in Seoul.
Oct 12, 06:56 PM (IST)
Nearly half of Americans fear North Korea using weapons among other things: survey
Nearly half of all Americans - 48 percent - fear North Korea using nuclear weapons and 41 percent fear a nuclear attack generally. The prospect of a nuclear meltdown has made 31 percent afraid or very afraid, the annual Chapman University Survey of American Fears has found.
Americans fear North Korea using weapons, World War III, 'Trumpcare': survey. Here's the full story
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