Cyber attacks slowing US and South Korean websites could enter a new phase on Friday by attacking personal computers
North Korea fired six ballistic missiles on Saturday, South Korea’s defence ministry said, in an act of defiance towards the United States.
North Korea said on Saturday it would start a uranium enrichment programme and vowed to weaponise all of its plutonium.
North Korea will put on trial on Thursday two United States journalists it says illegally entered the country with ”hostile intent”.
North Korea threatened on Wednesday to attack the South after it joined a US-led plan to check vessels suspected of carrying equipment for weapons.
The United Nations failed to agree on a response to North Korea’s long-range rocket launch despite pressure from Washington and its allies for action.
North Korea will soon launch a long-range rocket after completing preparations to put a satellite into space, its official media said on Saturday.
North Korea has begun fuelling a long-range rocket and could launch it by the weekend, CNN said, with the US and others threatening punishment.
North Korean generals met the US-led UN military command in South Korea for the first time in about seven years on Monday.
No image available
/ 24 February 2009
North Korea said it was preparing to launch a satellite on one of its rockets, which analysts have said would be a test-launch of a missile.