Topic: Yellow Sea

South Korea's Cheonan ship sinking mystery: A North Korea mine?

North Korea may have planted an underwater mine to make South Korea's Cheonan ship sink last Friday, the defense minister said. Or an old mine may have been left from the Korean war.

South Korean ship sinking: Was North Korea involved?

The cause of the South Korean ship sinking is unclear. But North Korea has taunted the South in the past, and the two navies exchanged gunfire last year.

In North Korea, angry crowds and rising prices spur power plays

North Korea fired its chief financial planner in wake of a currency revaluation that sparked public anger, according to reports in South Korean media. One outlet reported that crowds were besieging marketplaces as prices rise.

Tensions flare in crossfire between South Korea and North

North Korea ratcheted up tensions with the South after firing an estimated 30 shells into the two countries' no-sail zone, which may be a precursor to the testing of short-range missiles.

Was clash of North, South Korean navies timed to Obama visit?

South Korea accused North Korea of entering its waters and ignoring warning shots, charges the North denies.

What's behind cyber attacks on South Korea, US?

North Korea is blamed, but what's Kim Jong-il's strategy?

N. Korea threatens strike after US-S. Korea summit

In South, decisive tone of 'joint vision' is seen as sending a strong message to the North.

With second test, North Korea asserts nuclear-power ambitions

Monday's explosion dashed hopes that the secretive nation is simply building its weapons program as a bargaining chip.

Why North Korea is ratcheting up its sharp rhetoric

Pyongyang may fulfill a vow to conduct another nuclear test, analysts say. It may also be testing US response.

North Korea scraps agreements with South

Pyongyang called its political and military deals with Seoul 'dead;' experts see the move as a cry for attention.

N. Korea strident as Obama takes reins

The North claimed to have weaponized plutonium and said its nuclear status would not change. But analysts see bid for attention.

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China says it has cleared algae from Olympic sailing venue

The Chinese government says that it has cleared away the algae that had been blocking the Olympic sailing course in the eastern city of Qingdao.

North Korea test-fires missiles after South Korea adopts tougher line

Missile launches and the expulsion of South Korean personnel from a joint industrial zone show Pyongyang's irritation with Seoul.