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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 02/24
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In Pictures: South Korea show of force
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North Korean attack on South Korea: 8 provocations of the past decade
North Korea shelled South Korea Tuesday, killing two South Korean marines and injuring at least two other marines and four civilians. History shows the North is often an instigator.
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Step toward peace? South Korea agrees to talk with North Korea.
The timing is widely interpreted in South Korea as a dividend of Chinese pressure to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula – and the meeting this week between President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao.
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Gates: nuclear talks possible if North Korea stops 'dangerous provocations'
Defense Secretary Robert Gates was in Seoul Friday for a meeting with South Korean President Lee, who stressed the need for US cooperation to solve the North Korean nuclear issue.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 01/10
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Opinion: The winter of Kim Jong-il's discontent
As Kim Jong-il's struggles to hold onto a crumbling North Korea, the US and South Korea can expect more calculated provocations – even displays of nuclear power. But rather than appease Kim with diplomatic concessions, now is the time to exploit those weaknesses with smart sanctions.
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North Korea tests limits of South Korea, Japan cooperation
US envoy Stephen Bosworth arrives in Tokyo Thursday after visiting Seoul and Beijing. Implicit in his talks is a push for Japan and South Korea to cooperate for mutual defense against North Korea.
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North Korea boosts tanks and special forces, says South Korea
South Korea says the buildup of special forces represents a shift in North Korea’s emphasis from all-out war to military provocation.
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Why South Korea has agreed to six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program
Analysts in South Korea believe President Lee’s surprise call for six-party talks will bring the parties to the table since China and North Korea have both been calling in recent weeks for resumption of talks.
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Terrorism & Security
South Korea says it will prepare for unification with NorthSouth Korea's statement that it intends this year to begin preparations to reunify the Koreas will likely irk China and the North, which could consider it a provocation.
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South Korea predicts North Korea will ramp up attacks in 2011
South Korea's Institute for National Security Strategy warned this weekend of increasing 'unexpected moves' as North Korea's military 'scrambles to display its loyalty' to heir apparent, Kim Jong-un.
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North Korea sees war games and Christmas tree as it gazes across tense border
Some visitors to South Korea's Aegibong Peak, where a Christmas tree stands 100 feet tall, are skeptical it sends a message of peace. North Korea has denounced the war games and the tree as 'provocations.'
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In Pictures: South Korea show of force
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South Korea's mixed messages to North: anger, and a Christmas tree
South Koreans erected a huge Christmas tree that can reportedly be seen from the North's side of the demilitarized zone. But a sense of brotherhood has been sharply strained by the North's recent attack.
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US, South Korea skeptical of North Korea's nuclear offer
US envoy Bill Richardson said its offer to allow nuclear inspections was a 'step in the right direction.' But the US and the South note a 'string of broken promises.'
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North Korea threats unlikely to dissuade South from planned military drill
North Korea and South Korea have both raised the stakes in a Yellow Sea confrontation, with each side wanting to save face.
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Yeonpyeong attack spoils South Korea's appetite for sending food aid to North Korea
In South Korea, public support for cutting aid to North Korea has nearly doubled in the wake of the North's Nov. 23 attack on Yeonpyeong Island, a new study shows.
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US, South Korea eye shift in rules of engagement on North Korea
Seoul's top general and US Adm. Mike Mullen did not formally announce a shift in rules of engagement. But South Korean analysts believe they are shaping the first possible strategy shift since the Korean War.
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Can Obama, Lee sell lawmakers on US-South Korea free trade deal?
Just as hopes were fading for the US-South Korea Free Trade Agreement, negotiators came to terms on prying open the South Korean motor vehicle market to placate angry US carmakers and labor unions.
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It's official: North Korea says 'modern' nuclear plant is operating
North Korea boasted Tuesday to running 'thousands' of nuclear centrifuges, a week after launching a deadly artillery attack on South Korea, as China pressed for six-nation crisis talks.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 11/29
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Disillusioned South Korea weighs response to North Korean flare-up
South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak made a tough-sounding speech today, but his critics say it comes too late. US and South Korean warships engaged in 'high-intensity' war games while NKorea makes new threats.
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South Korea cancels new artillery drill on tense island
South Korea: The new drills originally planned for Tuesday could have had even higher stakes: South Korean and American warships are currently engaged in separate military exercises in waters to the south.
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China calls for emergency talks over North-South Korea crisis
China called Sunday for emergency talks on the Korea crisis as the US and South Korea began massive military exercises in the Yellow Sea.
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With US-South Korea war games, a signal to North Korea
US naval exercises Sunday off the Korean peninsula take on added significance, after North Korean attack on a South Korean island. Pyongyang rails against the US-South Korea war games.
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After North Korean attack, South Korean island empties out
After North Korean artillery showered this island in the Yellow Sea Tuesday, locals say they're fearful of North Korea's latest threats of a peninsula 'on the brink of war.'
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Terrorism & Security
North Korea says on 'brink of war' as US, South Korea prepare for military exercisesNorth Korea kept up its harsh rhetoric Friday, indicating that it saw upcoming military exercises as fresh provocation. US Gen. Walter Sharp toured the island area attacked by the North on Tuesday.
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