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U.S. Tells North Korea rights abusers 'you cannot hide any more':

The top U.S. Human rights official took to a stage with two young North Korean defectors on Wednesday and warned North Korea the United States would step up pressure on the country to end human rights abuses and that perpetrators "Cannot hide anymore." Ref. Source 9

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President Barack Obama told CNN's Candy Crowley in an exclusive interview that Americans will not give in to threats or cyberattacks like the one made by North Korea on Sony Pictures.

"This is a matter of setting a tone and being very clear that we're not going to be intimidated by some ... Cyber hackers," Obama said. "I expect all of us to remember that and operate on that basis going forward."

Obama said the cyberattack by North Korea was a serious offense. "No, I don't think it was an act of war. I think it was an act of cyber vandalism that was very costly, very expensive. We take it very seriously. We will respond proportionately." Ref. CNN

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The United States is hitting North Korea with a new set of economic sanctions after determining the country was behind last month's computer hack at Sony.

The White House said new rules would prevent leaders in North Korea's government from accessing property and entering the United States. North Korea, which has denied involvement in the Sony hack, was already subject to a strict set of U.S. Economic restrictions.

The FBI has maintained that North Korea was behind the broad computer breach at Sony, despite evidence from some technology experts that points, instead, to former employees of the studio. Ref. CNN

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NSA hacked N. Korea since 2010, 'knew' of Sony link - secret document:

New information appeared that the NSA was hacking into North Korea back in 2010. As it turns out, the White House could not have accused Pyongyang of the Sony hacks, had it not been for the spy tools already embedded in the North's networks. Ref. Source 1

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North Korea needs to be taught a lesson that they're not so powerful as the think they are. Just because they have a massive grounded army doesn't mean they can stand up to areal pounding. If things weren't so volatile in the middle east I bet we would be doing that already.

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North Korea could hit US homeland with nuclear weapon, says top admiral:

Admiral Bill Gortney, commander of US Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, said he agreed with US intelligence assessments that North Korea had nuclear weapons, as well as the ability to miniaturise them and put them on a rocket that could reach the United States. Ref. Source 7v

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White House skeptical of North Korea bomb claims, says analysis 'not consistent' with nuclear test

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said intelligence agencies were continuing to examine new evidence that North Korea detonated a hydrogen bomb, but he noted that independent analysts around the world had expressed "Significant and understandable skepticism of the claims of the north Korean regime." Ref. USAToday

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North Korea has moved up the launch window for a test rocket by one day, the South Korean Defense Ministry said. The new window, which was also narrowed, is February 7 - 14; the old window was February 8 - 25. The areas where debris would fall remain unchanged. Ref. CNN.