korean peninsula

US aircraft carrier leads drills with South Korea (AP)

July 25th, 2010

A U.S. Navy helicopter flies over the Nimitz-class USS George Washington for joint military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea, at the Busan port in Busan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, July 25, 2010. The massive nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier began maneuvers Sunday with ally South Korea in a potent show of force that North Korea has threatened could lead to 'sacred war.' (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - A nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier led an armada of warships in exercises off the Korean peninsula on Sunday that North Korea has vowed to physically block and says could…

Seoul resumes psychological warfare with Pyongyang (AP)

May 25th, 2010

Chinese nuclear envoy Wu Dawei leaves after meeting with South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 25, 2010. South Korea has won U.S. support for slashing trade to North Korea and vowed to haul its communist neighbor before the U.N. Security Council for a torpedo attack that sank a South Korean warship and killed 46 sailors. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged China on Monday to work with the United States to coordinate a response to the sinking of the warship. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - Tensions on the Korean peninsula soared Tuesday as South Korea resumed propaganda broadcasts into North Korea in retaliation for the deadly sinking of a warship, while the North’s…

Clinton: Koreas security situation ‘precarious’ (AP)

May 24th, 2010

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives for a press conference in Beijing, China, Monday, May 24, 2010. Clinton said that North Korea's sinking of South Korean naval ship Cheonan has created a 'highly precarious' security situation in the region and that President Barack Obama's administration is working to prevent an escalation of tension that could lead to conflict. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that the Obama administration is striving to avoid a conflict on the Korean peninsula following an investigation that blamed…