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South Korea Buries Dead, Vows Revenge on North

(Nov. 27) -- A South Korean military chief turned his eulogy at a funeral today for two slain marines into a tirade against the North, threatening to retaliate "thousand-fold" for the men's deaths by bombardment earlier this week. Seoul is also readying 4-day military exercises with American forces beginning Sunday, aimed...

The Korean Conflict: A Recent Timeline

(Nov. 23) -- Long-established tensions on the Korean peninsula escalated today when North Korea fired dozens of shells at a South Korean island near the countries' disputed maritime border, killing at least two South Korean soldiers and injuring dozens more. South Korean artillery units returned the fire as the country's...

UN: NKorea Shipping Banned Nuke Technology

UNITED NATIONS (Nov. 12) -- North Korea is supplying banned nuclear and ballistic missile technology to Iran, Syria and Myanmar, according to a U.N. report, which documents how the isolated nation is circumventing the sanctions imposed against it. The 75-page report, written by seven experts, was sent to the Security...

North Korea Issues Detailed Denial of Ship Sinking

SEOUL, South Korea (Nov. 2) -- North Korea has issued a lengthy point-by-point denial that it torpedoed a South Korean warship in March. The denial published Tuesday came days after the North's talks with the American-led U.N. Command over the sinking ended with no major breakthrough. The statement by Pyongyang's...

NKorea's Heir Apparent Makes Media Debut

(Sept. 30) -- Chubby-cheeked with a tense expression, North Korea's heir apparent made his media debut today, with his secretive state publishing the first known photo of Kim Jong Un since childhood. The 20-something leader-in-waiting is pictured wearing a black communist-style suit and sitting in the front row at an...

Background on Cheonan

Cheonan (Cheonan-si, sometimes spelled Chonan or Ch'onan) () is a city located in the northeast corner of South Chungcheong, a province of South Korea, and is 83.6 km south of the capital, Seoul.

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