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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.

 

N. Korea: Drills push 'to brink of war'

N. Korea: Drills push 'to brink of war'

South Korea and the United States are recklessly pushing the Korean peninsula "closer to the brink of war" by scheduling a joint military drill for this weekend, North Korean state media said Friday.

 

South Korea defense minister ousted; North warns of new attacks

South Korea defense minister ousted; North warns of new attacks

North Korea warns of a 'second and third' attack after killing 4, injuring 20 on a disputed island. Meanwhile, China expresses concern about U.S.-South Korean naval exercises set to begin Sunday.

 

N. Korea Threatens Nuke Response to U.S.

N. Korea Threatens Nuke Response to U.S.

North Korea warned Saturday that joint U.S. and South Korean military exercises poised to begin this weekend amount to a military provocation that will draw a "powerful" nuclear response from Pyongyang.

 

Castro appears on Cuban TV, rips U.S.

Castro appears on Cuban TV, rips U.S.

The United States is pushing for what would become nuclear wars against Iran and North Korea, former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said in a rare televised interview Monday.

 

N. Korea rejects findings, threatens war

North Korea rejected Tuesday international findings that it sank a South Korean ship, warning at the United Nations that the dispute could lead to war.

 

North Korea: It can turn South's capital into a 'sea of flame'

North Korea vowed Saturday to launch an all-out attack against South Korean loudspeakers and other propaganda facilities along their heavily ...

 

North Korean envoy warns war could erupt soon

North Korean envoy warns war could erupt soon

A North Korean envoy warned on Thursday that war could erupt at any time on the divided Korean peninsula because of tension with Seoul over the sinking of a South Korean warship in March.

 

S. Korea Confirms Nearly 5,000 Wartime Executions

South Korean soldiers and police executed nearly 5,000 citizens during the early months of the 1950-53 Korean War, fearing they could collaborate with invading North Korean troops, a government commission said Thursday.

 

North Korea Threatens Attack

Pyongyang vows to attack the South if its ships are searched as part effort to stop weapons shipments.

 

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