Korea Tensions
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U.S. not planning nuclear exercises with South Korea, Biden says, contradicting YoonSouth Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol had said Seoul and Washington are discussing possible joint exercises using U.S. nuclear assets to counter an aggressive North Korea.WorldJan 2, 2023
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Kim Jong Un calls for boosting North Korean military after watching latest missile testAfter watching the test, Kim urged military scientists to "further accelerate the efforts to steadily build up the country's strategic military muscle," state media reported.WorldJan 12, 2022
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North Korea fires 2nd suspected ballistic missile test in less than a weekThe launches by nuclear-armed North Korea underscored leader Kim Jong Un's New Year's vow to bolster the military amid stalled talks with South Korea and the United States.WorldJan 10, 2022
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North Korea ‘very sorry’ for killing South Korean over coronavirus concernsNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a letter to South Korean President Moon Jae-in saying the incident should not have happened, an official said.WorldSep 25, 2020
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South Korea police say they’re questioning anti-North activists over campaignsThe activists have sent leaflets and plastic bottles filled with rice across the border, prompting North Korea to raise provocations with the South.WorldJun 30, 2020
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South Korea police raid office of activist whose anti-North campaign raised tensionsNorth Korea abruptly used Park Sang-hak's leaflet campaign as a justification for a series of provocative steps against South Korea.WorldJun 26, 2020
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North Korea suspends planned military action against South, but tensions remainIt was not immediately clear why North Korea had softened its position, which came after it blew up a liaison office last week and cut off communication hotlines with the South.WorldJun 24, 2020
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South Korean activists float thousands of defector leaflets to North amid tensionsThe move is certain to intensify tensions between the Koreas, after the North abruptly raised its rhetoric against South Korean civilian leafleting and pushed to resume its psychological warfare against the South.WorldJun 22, 2020
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North Korea threatens to close liaison office with South over activist leafletsSouth Korea in response said it would push new laws to ban activists from flying leaflets by balloon to the North, which triggered a debate over freedom of speech.Jun 6, 2020
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