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  North Korea simulates 'scorched earth' nuclear strikes on South Korea, rehearses occupation of rival

  World | August 31, 2023 17:40 IST

  In the latest confrontation, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday after the US reportedly flew a B-1B bomber to the Korean Peninsula during joint exercises with South Korea.

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  North Korea dismisses Trump's 'fire and fury' warning, threatens to launch missiles toward Guam

  World | August 10, 2017 10:25 IST

  North Korea today officially dismissed President Donald Trump's threats of "fire and fury," declaring the American leader "bereft of reason" and warning ominously, "only absolute force can work on him."

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  Fake news prompts Pak Defence Minister to threaten Israel with nuclear strike: report

  World | December 25, 2016 16:29 IST

  Instigated by a fake news report that his Israeli counterpart had threatened "nuclear retaliation" for Islamabad's role in Syria, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif threatened Israel that his country could use nuclear weapons too.

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  North Korea says it can now 'reduce US to ashes'

  World | April 09, 2016 16:52 IST

  North Korea said on Saturday it has successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic rocket engine that will give it the ability to stage nuclear strikes on the United States.

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  After UN sanctions, North Korea threatens to launch pre-emptive nuclear strike against US

  World | March 08, 2013 12:18 IST

  Seoul, Mar 8: North Korea vowed on Thursday to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, amplifying its threatening rhetoric hours ahead of a vote by U.N. diplomats on whether to level new

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  Can nuke India in 8 seconds, Pak general had told British official

  World | June 16, 2012 16:26 IST

  London, Jun 16: Pakistan could launch a nuclear strike on India within eight seconds, claimed an Army General in Islamabad in 2001, a warning that is described in the latest volume of diaries by a

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  Era Of Nuclear Strike On North Korea Forever Over, Says Kim Jong Un

  World | April 15, 2012 14:43 IST

  Pyongyang, April 15: North Korean leader Kin Jong Un, in his first ever public address today said that the era of nuclear strike on his country was "forever over".He said his country had built a