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N. Korea's Kim issues threat before S. Korea-US drills

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to launch a powerful retaliatory strike against South Korea if provoked, state media said Sunday, a day before the start of annual South Korean-U.S. military drills that Pyongyang calls an invasion rehearsal.

 

SKorean president calls for cooperation with North

South Korea's president called Monday for cooperation with rival North Korea and pledged limited humanitarian support for suffering North Koreans as the two nations try to set aside animosity and pursue dialogue....

 

North, South Korea exchange fire along tense western sea border

North, South Korea exchange fire along tense western sea border

Officials say the exchange took place shortly in an area of ocean that was the scene of November's lethal exchange between the two sides -- when North Korean shelling killed four people on Yeonpyeong Island.

 

Both Koreas to work toward resuming nuclear talks

Top nuclear envoys from North and South Korea emerged smiling from a face-to-face meeting Friday, saying they were ready to work together to resume stalled disarmament talks....

 

South Korea agrees to North military talks

South Korea agrees to North military talks

South Korea agreed on Thursday to hold high-level military talks with rival North Korea, marking a major breakthrough in a crisis on the Korean peninsula and heightening the prospect of renewed aid-for-disarmament talks.

 

S. Korea Leader Says No Fear of War With North

South Korea's president vowed a relentless retaliation against North Korea if provoked again, saying Monday he is not afraid of a war with the communist North.

 

N.Korea launches 'fax attack' on South

N.Korea launches 'fax attack' on South

North Korea is retaliating for a November artillery attack -- with an onslaught of faxes to South Korea, an official said Wednesday.

 

S. Korean troops bracing for possible attack

S. Korean troops bracing for possible attack

A destroyer prowled the sea and fighter jets screamed across the skies Tuesday as South Korea braced for possible North Korean surprise attacks a day after launching provocative artillery drills on an island the North shelled last month.

 

S. Koreans flee ahead of military drill

S. Koreans flee ahead of military drill

Amid South Korean plans to hold live-fire military drills this week and North Korean threats of retaliation, many residents of Yeonpyeong Island are evacuating, afraid of being caught in the middle.

 

S. Korea vows air raid if North attacks

S. Korea vows air raid if North attacks

South Korea's new defense minister said his country would respond with airstrikes if North Korea attacks it again, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Friday.

 

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