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North Korean FM visits Myanmar amid nuke concerns
YANGON, Myanmar – North Korea’s foreign minister visited Myanmar on Thursday for high-level talks that come on the heels of a U.S. warning against any cooperation between the two nations on nuclear technology.
Officials and diplomats confirmed the arrival of Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun, who is on a four-nation tour and making [...]
US: Drills sent ‘clear message’ to NKorea
SEOUL, South Korea – For four days, U.S. and South Korean troops fired artillery into the skies and dropped anti-submarine bombs on underwater targets — dramatic exercises meant to warn North Korea not to strike again.
The South Korean military said the show of force, which ended Wednesday, succeeded in sending a [...]
Koreas mark truce, but drills underscore tensions
ABOARD THE USS CURTIS WILBUR – On the 57th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War, U.S. and South Korean ships intensified high-profile military exercises Tuesday that underscore rising tensions in a region yet to truly find peace.
The massive maneuvers, called “Invincible Spirit,” are being conducted by an armada [...]
US, South Korea start war games at sea
SEOUL (AFP) – The United States and South Korea on Sunday launched a major naval exercise involving a nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier in the Sea of Japan despite North Korea’s threats of nuclear retaliation.
The war games are the first in a series intended “to send a clear message to North Korea [...]
US holds drills off Korea as Pyongyang talks war
ABOARD USS GEORGE WASHINGTON – Fighter jets buzzed the skies and submarines cruised underwater Sunday as a flotilla of U.S. and South Korean warships led by a nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier began exercises that have enraged North Korea.
U.S. officials denied North Korea’s claims the maneuvers off Korea’s east coast were a provocation, [...]
N.Korea threatens ‘physical response’ to naval drills
HANOI (AFP) – North Korea threatened Friday a “physical response” to US-South Korean naval exercises this weekend after the United States accused Pyongyang of waging a campaign of provocation.
Diplomatic sparks flew as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-Chun attended an Asia-Pacific security forum [...]
Japan defends costly visit by ex-N.Korean spy
TOKYO (AFP) – Japan’s government on Friday defended a costly four-day visit by a former North Korean spy who produced little news about Japanese nationals kidnapped decades ago by the communist regime.
Kim Hyon-Hui, 48 — who blew up a South Korean jet in 1987, killing 115 people — ended her visit [...]
UN Command confronts NKorea over ship sinking
SEOUL, South Korea – The U.S.-led military command monitoring the cease-fire on the Korean peninsula confronted North Korea on Friday about the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship, calling it a violation of the 1953 armistice.
Colonels from the U.N. Command, who met at the border with counterparts from Pyongyang’s Korean [...]
NKorea tensions spike at Asian security forum
HANOI, Vietnam – North Korea inflamed tensions over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship by threatening the United States and South Korea on Friday with a “physical response” if they carry out naval maneuvers this weekend. The U.S. refused to back down.
The latest threat came four months after the sinking [...]
NKorea, US-led UN Command discuss ship sinking
SEOUL, South Korea – Military officers from North Korean and the American-led U.N. Command met Friday to discuss the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang — a rare and likely tense encounter.
A team of international investigators concluded in May that a North Korean submarine fired a torpedo [...]
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