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NKorea fury at joint war games goes back decades
The names of U.S.-South Korean war games staged over the years don't sound all that threatening: Team Spirit, Ulchi Focus Lens, Key Resolve ...
Air Force general: Actions aim to deter NKorea
The United States sent its most powerful airplanes to the Korean peninsula in recent weeks in part because it wants North Korea to know what the ...
Swiss say no takers yet on offer to defuse Koreas
Switzerland says it is standing by as a potential negotiator to defuse the tensions between the United States and North Korea but so far no one has ...
SKorea says NKorea behind computer crash in March
North Korea was responsible for a cyberattack that shut down tens of thousands of computers and servers at South Korean broadcasters and banks last ...
Factories that ran on Korean cooperation go silent
A few hundred South Korean managers, some wandering among quiet assembly lines, were all that remained Tuesday at the massive industrial park run by ...
North Korea urges foreigners to vacate South Korea
Scores of North Koreans of all ages planted trees as part of a forestation campaign — armed with shovels, not guns. In the evening, women in ...
Admiral says US ready if North Korea strikes
U.S. defenses could intercept a ballistic missile launched by North Korea if it decides to strike, the top American military commander in the Pacific ...
White House: Pyongyang using 'unhelpful rhetoric'
The White House says North Korea's threat of nuclear war and warnings to foreigners to evacuate the South Korean capital of Seoul is "more unhelpful ...
Japan increasingly nervous about North Korea nukes
It's easy to write off North Korea's threats to strike the United States with a nuclear-tipped missile as bluster: It has never demonstrated the ...
SKorea: 'Indication' NKorea prepping for nuke test
South Korea's point man on North Korea said Monday there is an "indication" that Pyongyang is preparing for a fourth nuclear test, a day after another ...
China's Xi offers to reduce friction over hotspots
With pressure growing on Beijing to get North Korea to step back from its war-like footing, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that no one country ...
US preparing for possible further NKorea actions
The top U.S. military officer said Sunday the Pentagon had bolstered its missile defenses and taken other steps because he "can't take the chance" ...
Despite threats, risks temper Korea war tensions
As tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula, one thing remains certain: All sides have good reason to avoid an all-out war. The last one, six decades ...
SKorea's top military officer puts off US trip
South Korea's top military officer has put off a visit to Washington because of escalating tensions with North Korea that have also compelled more ...
AP source: US delays missile test as tensions rise
Amid mounting tensions with North Korea, the Pentagon has delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test that had been planned for next week at ...
Made in Korea: Rare look at jointly run factories
There is a North Korean factory with no portraits of the country's late leaders on the walls, no North Korean flags, no hand-painted posters screaming ...
More SKoreans leave NKorean factory park under ban
The North Korean factory park that is the last vestige of cooperation with the South moved closer to paralysis Saturday as nearly 100 South Korean ...
North Korea threats spark buzz on Guam, not panic
C.J. Urquico has lived on Guam for 19 years so he's used to a military backdrop to everyday life. Navy ships visit, Air Force jets fly overhead and ...
NKorea warns embassies it can't guarantee safety
North Korea has warned diplomats in Pyongyang that it can't guarantee the safety of embassies in the event of a conflict and suggested they may want ...
Pyongyang rumblings have little effect on SKoreans
Outsiders might hear the opening notes of a war in the deluge of threats and provocations from North Korea, but to South Koreans it is a familiar ...
Dempsey says NKorean provocations fit long pattern
North Korea's bellicose rhetoric and threats, while worrisome, appear to fit a decadeslong pattern of provocation followed by uneasy peace, the top U.
NKorea aggression could strengthen US-China bond
North Korea's latest outburst of nuclear and military threats has given the U.S. a rare opportunity to build bridges with China — a potential silver ...
NKorea's Twitter account hacked amid tension
Hackers apparently broke into at least two of North Korea's government-run online sites Thursday, as tensions rose on the Korean Peninsula.
SKorea: North Korea moved missile to east coast
After a series of escalating threats, North Korea has moved a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korea's defense minister said ...