SKorea

SKorea to send 1st food aid to NKorea in 3 years (AP)

October 25th, 2010

North Korean soldiers march during a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. This year's celebration comes less than two weeks after Kim Jong Il's re-election to the party's top post and the news that his 20-something son would succeed his father and grandfather as leader. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - South Korea prepared Monday to send 5,000 tons of rice to flood victims in North Korea in its first humanitarian rice shipment to its communist neighbor since a…

SKorea kicks off naval maneuvers with US, Japan (AP)

October 14th, 2010

Destroyers from the U.S., left, South Korea and Japan, right,  are at anchor at a naval base in Busan, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. South Korea will stage a naval exercise with the United States, Japan and Australia off the southern city of Busan as part of the U.S.-led Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to intercept shipments of weapons of mass destruction including nuclear arsenals amid mounting tension with the North over the sinking of a Seoul warship.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Jo Jung-ho)   KOREA OUTAP - South Korea kicked off naval drills Thursday with the U.S., Australia and Japan aimed at intercepting illicit weapon shipments in a U.S.-led program targeting nations such as North…

NKorea proposes family reunion talks with SKorea (AP)

September 11th, 2010

AP - North Korea has offered South Korea a new round of reunions for families separated by the Korean War, state media said Saturday.

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SKorea, US launch war games despite NKorea threat (AP)

August 16th, 2010

South Korean Vietnam War veterans with the national flags shout slogans during a rally against North Korea on Korea's Liberation Day in front of Tongil bridge near the border village of the Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Aug. 15, 2010. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak urged North Korea to abandon military provocations and make a 'courageous change' toward peace, using a speech Sunday marking the Korean peninsula's liberation from Japanese rule to outline a path for its eventual reunification. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - Tens of thousands of South Korean and U.S. troops launched a fresh round of military drills Monday despite North Korea’s warning that it would retaliate with a “merciless…

SKorea warns NKorea after artillery barrage (AP)

August 10th, 2010

South Korean Marines run during a photo opportunity during a military exercise on Baengyeongdo, an island near the disputed maritime border with North Korea, northwest of Seoul, August 8, 2010. South Korea staged military drills from Thursday at the island where one of the South's warships sank in March. Pyongyang threatened AP - South Korea denounced a barrage of artillery fired by North Korea into the sea as a grave provocation Tuesday and warned that it would deal sternly with any…

SKorea begins naval drills despite NKorean warning (AP)

August 4th, 2010

South Korean Navy speedboats are seen at Daechung Island near the disputed sea border with North Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010.  North Korea's military threatened 'strong physical retaliation' against planned South Korean naval drills near their disputed sea border and warned civilian ships should stay away from the area. (AP Photo/ Yonhap, Seo Myung-gon) **KOREA OUT**AP - South Korea began naval drills off its west coast Thursday to strengthen its ability to counter any North Korean provocations despite Pyongyang’s latest threat to retaliate against Seoul…

NKorea threatens to retaliate against SKorea (AP)

August 3rd, 2010

AP - North Korea’s military threatened Tuesday to retaliate against South Korea over its planned naval drills this week near their disputed sea border.

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US, SKorea enter showdown with North (AP)

July 23rd, 2010

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem, front left, stands next to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, front right,as she greets other delegates during a group photo at the 17th Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) Regional forum in Hanoi, Vietnam Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)AP - Reclusive North Korea’s top diplomat is set for a rare face-to-face showdown with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at an Asian security meeting.


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US, SKorea to conduct military drills next week (AP)

July 20th, 2010

AP - The U.S. and South Korean defense chiefs say they will hold military exercises starting Sunday as part of efforts to sharpen their readiness against North Korean aggression.

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Repeat of SKorea, US cyberattacks does no damage (AP)

July 8th, 2010

People attend a conference on cyber security. The United States is launching a program to detect cyberattacks on private US companies and government agencies running critical infrastructure such as the electricity grid and nuclear power plants, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)AP - Hundreds of computers that caused a wave of outages on U.S. and South Korean government websites last July launched new attacks on the same sites, but no major…