North Korea timeline
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North Korea Claims Creation of Energy through Nuclear Fusion Prompting Widespread Skepticism
We don't mean to be xenophobic here, nor do we wish to diminish the work of North Korea's nuclear scientists, who have no doubt been hard at work.... Read more
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South Korea Freezes Funding to North Following Warship Explosion
South Korea said Monday it had suspended funding for government-level exchanges with communist North Korea amid rising tensions over the sinking of... Read more
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Laura Ling Discusses Capture by North Korea on "Larry King Live"
One of two American journalists freed last year from a North Korean prison said Wednesday that their release was thanks to an expression of... Read more
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International Investigation Concludes North Korean Responsibility for Warship Sinking
South Korea announced Thursday it found North Korea responsible for the sinking of its warship on March 26 and vowed punishment. Pyongyang... Read more
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Secretary of State Clinton Warns of Consequences for North Korea Following Sinking of South Korean Warship
We cannot allow this attack on South Korea to go unanswered by the international community Read more
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South Korean Navy Stages Anti-Submarine Exercise in Response to Sinking of Warship
The South Korean Navy on Thursday held a large-scale anti-submarine drill in the Yellow Sea amid rising tensions between South Korea and Democratic... Read more
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Korean Conservative Ruling Party Suffers Election Defeat in Referendum on Response to Warship Sinking
Opposition candidates trounced the conservative ruling Grand National Party in local elections, throwing a spanner into the Lee Myung-bak... Read more
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Russia States Doubts About North Korean Guilt in Sinking of South Korean Warship After Conducting Probe
Russian experts who carried out a probe into the South Korean warship sinking refused to put the blame on North Korea, military sources said on... Read more
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North Korea Threatens UN With War
If rhetoric could kill, the Korean Peninsula would have been strewn with corpses Wednesday, felled by fresh verbal volleys from Pyongyang warning... Read more
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US and South Korea Begin Joint Navel Exercise
North Korea has threatened a "physical reponse" to upcoming joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea, saying they pose a... Read more
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Second Day of US-South Korean Joint Naval Exercise
The South Korean and the United States military conducted joint naval manoeuvres off the Korean Peninsula for the second day Monday, reports... Read more
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57th Anniversary of the Korean Armistice Coincides with Joint US-South Korean Naval Exercise
A joint drill with U.S. forces off the east coast of South Korea on Tuesday featured naval cannons fired from ships and the dropping of depth... Read more
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US-South Korea Conducts Anti-Submarine Tests in Third Day of Joint Naval Exercises
South Korea and the United States held anti-submarine drills on Tuesday, the third day of the four- day joint military drills. The two allies... Read more
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US and South Korea Conclude Joint Naval Exercises
The four-day joint U.S.-South Korea naval exercises wrapped up today in the waters off South Korea. The signal being sent during our U.S. TV... Read more
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US and South Korea Begin New Set of Military Drills Despite North Korean and Chinese Objections
South Korea and the United States kicked off their latest round of military exercises on Monday allegedly aimed at enhancing joint defense... Read more
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North Korea Swaps Prisoners for Aid
South Korea on Tuesday recovered a fishing boat and its seven-man crew from North Korea after agreeing to an exchange that analysts see as auguring... Read more
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First North Korean Attack on Civilians Since the Korean War Armistice
According to the South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), the North Korea military started firing a barrage of artillery shells at 2:34 p.m.... Read more
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US and Japan Commence Largest-Ever Joint Military Exercise as South Korea Threatens North with Air Strikes
Japan and the US began their biggest-ever joint military exercise today, as South Korea warned it would carry out air strikes against North Korea... Read more
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South Korea Conducts Live Fire Drill On Yeonpyeong Island
North Korea did not retaliate as threatened Monday after a South Korean military exercise that it had warned could lead to war. At the same... Read more
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North Korea Proposes Peace Talks with South
North Korea proposed on Saturday talks with the South in late January or early February and said it will reopen a liaison office in a jointly-run... Read more
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South Korean Officials Announce Recovery of Boat with 21 North Korean Defectors
A small boat carrying 21 North Koreans was found drifting off South Korea's western coast this week, officials who requested anonymity told the... Read more
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Kim Jong-il Dies
Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader who realized his family’s dream of turning his starving, isolated country into a nuclear-weapons power even as... Read more
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North Korea Holds Funeral for Kim Jong-il
A uniformed man tries to control crowds attending the funeral procession for Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang. Kim Jong Un saluting during his father Kim... Read more
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North Korea Rocket Launch Fails, Setback for New Leader Kim Jong-un
While the UN security council prepares to discuss its limited options in response to Friday's failed rocket launch, the repercussions inside North... Read more
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