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North Korea abandons armistice: 4 key questions answered
Tensions on the Korean peninsula are ratcheting up. The US has started its annual war games with South Korean forces, and North Korea has used that fact to declare that it is invalidating the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War in 1953. What really has North Korea upset, though, is the tough, new sanctions passed by the United Nations in response to the North's nuclear test last month.Here are the top four questions analysts are wrestling with on the heels of these developments.
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5 countries where the death penalty is legal but rare
India’s Supreme Court sentenced the last surviving gunman of the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, to death. Here is a list of 5 countries where the death penalty is a legal possibility, though rare.
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Blast-off: 6 recent missile advances
Missiles have been prominent in the news with India’s successful test, North Korea’s failed one, and much talk of missile defense systems in Europe and the Persian Gulf. Here are six recent noteworthy missile-technology advances.
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Just how isolated is North Korea? 6 facts to consider
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Kim Jong-il's death: 4 questions about 'dear successor' Kim Jong-un
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North Korean, South Korean navies trade fire on disputed border
A South Korean ship fired on a North Korean vessel after it says the North's ship crossed into the South's waters. The exchange ratchets up tensions before US President Obama's Asia visit, scheduled for mid-November.
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North Korea warns US: negotiate or else
North Korea is ratcheting up pressure for its longtime goal of bilateral talks with the US.
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South Korea invests big in green industry – or does it?
Some 80 percent of its $38 billion economic stimulus package is for clean technology. But environmentalists say half the money is 'greenwash.'
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Did President Clinton meet N. Korea's Kim Jong-il or his look-alike?
The North Korean leader may be using look-alikes to hide his poor health. One analyst says that when President Clinton visited in August, he met with an actor, not Kim Jong-il.
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In South Korea, Gates underscores threat from North
Secretary of Defense Gates reassured jittery South Korea of firm US commitment to deterring North's conventional forces and confronting its nuclear threat.
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Half a century apart, Koreans meet briefly at border reunions
North Korea, in a sign of a thaw, allowed famliies split by the border to visit each other at a North Korean site in September.
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Clinton says North Korea missile tests won't affect talks
Kim Jong-il's regime also delineated 'no-sail zones' off both its east and west coasts in a bid to show toughness ahead of talks on its nuclear program.
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North Korea ready for six-party talks – with caveat
North Korea told China's visiting Prime Minister Wen Jiabao it will return to six-party talks it abandoned in April. But first, it wants bilateral talks with the US.
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South offers grand bargain to North Korea to give up nuclear weapons
The South says it is tired of an approach that lets North get perks for small concessions.
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Should US hold bilateral talks with N. Korea?
A Chinese delegation visited Kim Jong-il this week to press for reengagement on the North's nuclear program. The US, which has said it's open to talks, must deal with a deeply suspicious S. Korean leadership.
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Will Japan's new leaders continue to support US in Afghanistan?
Japanese Foreign Minister Okada said that Japan should focus on assistance to both Afghanistan and Pakistan. The government has not been clear on whether it will continue its refueling mission.
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Is South Korea backsliding on its democracy movement?
Teachers, citizens barred from political organizing.
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Japan's neighbors welcome new leadership
Chinese state media and South Korea’s president expressed hope at closer regional ties under Yukio Hatoyama’s DPJ party, which won elections by a landslide Sunday.
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S. Korea's failed satellite launch sets back space effort
After its launch on a Russian-made rocket, the satellite missed its required trajectory. S. Korea has taken an aggressive stand in staying technologically in step with its neighbors.
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Korea: Kim Dae-jung's funeral may spark North-South reconciliation
As tens of thousands gather in Seoul to mourn the death of the former president, his 'Sunshine policy' is breathing life into fresh North-South talks.
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North Korea to send envoys to Kim funeral
The isolationist state plans to send a delegation to pay its respects to Kim Dae-jung, the former South Korean president who launched a policy of rapprochement with the North.
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Kim Dae-jung: controversial bid for 'sunshine'
The one-time democracy advocate and then president of South Korea, he focused on trying to improve relations with the North.
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How Y.E. Yang stood up to Tiger Woods – and shocked the world
The South Korean pulled off one of the greatest upsets in sports on Sunday by beating golf legend Tiger Woods in the 91st PGA Championship with calm insouciance.
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N. Korea frees South Korean worker: sign of warming relations?
The Hyundai engineer, who has been held since March, was released after the company's chairwoman traveled to Pyongyang Monday.
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South Korea says attackers used IP address in 5 nations
South Korea said Friday it had identified and blocked five IP addresses used to distribute computer viruses that caused a wave of Web site outages in the U.S. and South Korea.
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What's behind cyber attacks on South Korea, US?
North Korea is blamed, but what's Kim Jong-il's strategy?
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North Korean hackers blamed for sweeping cyber attack on US networks
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North Korea's July 4th fireworks show
Seven missiles were fired Saturday into the Sea of Japan. None were the long-range missiles that could reach Hawaii.
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US general: Prepare for terrorist tactics from North Korea
The commander of US forces in South Korea says the North would likely use roadside bombs and other insurgent strategies in a ground war.
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