South Korea timeline
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South Korea's Foreign Minister Calls for Pre-emptive Strike Against North if Threatened
South Korea's defense chief called Wednesday for a pre-emptive strike on North Korea if there is a clear indication the country is preparing a... Read more
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North Korea Fires on South Korean Waters
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired artillery Wednesday again toward waters north of the disputed maritime border in the Yellow... Read more
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North Korea Claims to have Detained American at Chinese Border
North Korea said Thursday it detained an American man who it said crossed its border with China earlier this week, becoming the second American in... Read more
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North Korea Claims to Hold Second American Citizen
North Korea has detained a U.S. citizen this week, the second American known to be held by the isolated Communist country, the U.S. State... Read more
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South Korean Warship Sinks Near Border with North
About 40 sailors are believed missing after a South Korean warship sank near the border with North Korea, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said... Read more
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North Denies Involvement in Sinking as South Korean Warship Excavated from Seabed Near Disputed Yellow Sea Border
As tearful families looked on, the South Korean military recovered the bodies of 32 crewmen from the stern of a sunken warship that salvagers... Read more
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak Vows Investigation into Sinking of Warship
An emotional President Lee Myung-bak vowed Monday to find out why a South Korean naval ship sank and to "deal resolutely" with whatever or whomever... Read more
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Korean Newspaper Chosun Ilbo Reports Korean Navy Alerted of Possible North Korean Attack Weeks Before Mysterious Sinking of Warship
Military intelligence officers warned earlier this year that North Korea was preparing a suicide submarine attack on a South Korean vessel in... Read more
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South Korean President Honors Victims of Sunken Warship
As the wreck of the Cheonan continues to be examined, and as forensic evidence continues to point to a North Korean torpedo as the cause of the... Read more
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North Korea's DailyNK Newspaper Reports that Party Official Bragging about North's Responsibility for Sinking South Korean Warship
Changchun, China -- A North Korean Party cadre has announced that his country was responsible for the sinking of an unnamed South Korean vessel... Read more
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Kim Jong-il Makes Rare Visit Abroad in Appeal to China Amidst Rising Tensions At Home and Abroad
Kim Jong-il, North Korea's leader, has arrived in China on a rare foreign trip that is being seen as an attempt to win financial and political... Read more
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Kim Jong-il Arrives in Beijing During Clandestine Visit to China
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, on his China trip that wrapped up Thursday, placed emphasis on economic cooperation, in addition to efforts to... Read more
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South Korean Defense Minister Gives Torpedo as Likeliest Cause of Ship Sinking
The Cheonan sinking's lead investigator said his team had concluded that ship was torn apart by a "non-contact" explosion from a device that didn't... Read more
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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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