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North Korean army soldiers march through Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to mark the country's 55th birthday on Tuesday September 9, 2003.  North Korea celebrated its 55 years of communism on Tuesday with patriotic songs, nationalist rhetoric and a troop-and-civilian parade that was bereft of military hardware - a symbolic concession that could ease tensions over its threats to conduct a nuclear test. (AP Photo/Korea News Service)

Japan: NKorea seeks new missile, China navy active

By Tue, Aug 02, 2011 2:30AM UTC View Comments North Korean army soldiers march through Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to mark the country's 55th birthday on Tuesday September 9, 2003.  North Korea celebrated its 55 years of communism on Tuesday with patriotic songs, nationalist rhetoric and a troop-and-civilian parade that was bereft of military hardware - a symbolic concession that could ease tensions over its threats to conduct a nuclear test. (AP Photo/Korea News Service)

TOKYO (AP) — North Korea is developing a new mid-range ballistic missile that could reach as far as the U.S. territory of Guam, Japan’s Defense Ministry said in an annual report released Tuesday. Japan is also concerned with China’s increasing naval activity in the waters surrounding its shores and is taking measures to bolster its...

Poll: North Korea, China among top US enemies

By Tue, Feb 22, 2011 6:58PM UTC View Comments Poll: North Korea, China among top US enemies

A third of Americans rate either North Korea or China as America’s greatest enemy, according to a poll taken by the Gallup organization this week.  Both nations experienced a small increase in the rating compared to a similar poll taken in 2008. Those results hardly come as a surprise. North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests...

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