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February 16, 2013
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North Korean army officers and soldiers attend a rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, in February. (photo credit: AP/Jon Chol Jin)

Washington seeks tougher sanctions on N. Korea

Following Tuesday’s nuclear test, Pyongyang threatens further, unspecified measures of ‘greater intensity’

By Matthew Pennington

February 14, 2013
7:54 am

South Korean army soldiers patrol by the national flags and ribbons, wishing for the reunification of the two Koreas, attached on the barbed-wire fence at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Lee Jin-man)

Kerry: Response to N. Korea will send Iran message

Nations must settle on ‘swift, clear, strong and credible response’ to Pyongyang’s third nuclear test, secretary of state says

By Matthew Pennington