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South: N.Korea May Have Third Nuclear Test In 2011


South Korea completed its military drills on December 23, angering the North.
South Korea completed its military drills on December 23, angering the North.
North Korea will probably carry out a third nuclear test in 2011 prospects for bilateral talks with the South are slim.

That's the prediction found in a fresh research report from a South Korean foreign ministry institute.

The regular report was published a day after Pyongyang vowed a nuclear "sacred war" and the South held a major military drill near the border.

The North carried out nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009.

compiled from agency reports

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