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North Korea Warns of War if Punished for Ship Sinking

SEOUL, South Korea (May 20) -- North Korea said Thursday that South Korea fabricated evidence implicating the North in a torpedo attack in order to pick on the North and any attempt at retaliating for the warship's sinking would be answered with "all-out war." South Korean President Lee Myung-bak vowed "stern action" for...

South Korea: North's Role in Sinking Warship 'Obvious'

(May 19) -- South Korea's foreign minister today declared it was "obvious" that North Korea fired a torpedo that sank one of its warships in March, killing 46 sailors. Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan has told reporters that there was now "enough evidence" proving the involvement of his country's northern neighbor in the...

Koreas Exchange Fire Over Disputed Sea Border

(Jan. 27) -- North Korea fired artillery shells into a disputed border area today off the divided peninsula's west coast, and South Korea returned fire with smaller weapons, news agencies on both sides reported. The North claims the attack was part of an annual military drill, and says the firing will continue, according...

Obama Has Little to Show From His Trip to Asia

(Nov. 19) -- President Obama returns from his four-nation tour of Asia with few concrete accomplishments in hand. Even so, the White House defended the trip as an important step toward changing America's image overseas. The president got more attention back home for his deep bow to Japan's emperor than for anything else...

Koreas Clash at Crucial Time

With fingers pointing in both directions, confusion is the overarching theme as North and South Korea try to sort out why their navies engaged in a brief fight in the waters west of the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday. "If it was intentional, it doesn't look like it was that well planned," said Scott Snyder, director of the...