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| Jan.10 |
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US envoy warns N Korea on rights |
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| Jan.23 |
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North Korea issues warning to South |
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| Jan.26 |
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North and South Korea exchange fire |
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| Jan.30 |
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UN chief Ban urges Sudan unity |
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| Feb.20 |
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Korean skater doubles up |
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| Feb.23 |
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Kim grabs huge lead with short program |
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| Feb.25 |
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Korea's Kim skates to gold
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| Mar.5 |
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U.N. chief visits as aftershocks shake |
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| Mar.13 |
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Kissinger admitted to S. Korean hospital |
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| Mar.26 |
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South Korean navy ship sinking near North 
Map of Baengnyeong Island South Korea 104 crew members are on board the 1,500-ton ship in the Yellow Sea off the Seoul-controlled island of Baengnyeong, near North Korea
| About 40 sailors are missing. The patrol vessel, with 104 people aboard, sank after an explosion tore through its hull
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S. Korea searches for sailors after sinking The search is continuing for 46 South Korean sailors missing after their ship sank near the disputed maritime border with North Korea
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| Mar.28 |
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Ship's section believed found South Korean officials have found the rear section of a sunken navy patrol ship Cheonan where up to 46 sailors could be trapped
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| Mar.29 |
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No signs of life in search of sunken ship |
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N. Korean mine 'may have sunk warship' |
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| Mar.30 |
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Navy diver dies in rescue effort
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| Mar.31 |
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Bad weather halts search for sailors |
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| Apr.1 |
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Trial of couple accused of starving baby |
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| Apr.5 |
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Pirates seize South Korean tanker |
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Korea ship reaches Somali pirates
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| Apr.22 |
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N. Korea still suspect in warship sinking |
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| Apr.24 |
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Body found in sunken vessel |
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| Apr.25 |
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Report: Close-range blast sank ship |
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| Apr.28 |
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South Korea holds funeral for 46 sailors
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| May.14 |
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UN head urges end to Bangkok clashes
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| May.19 |
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N. Korea responsible for sinking warship Map of Seoul South Korea A North Korean submarine fired a torpedo that sunk the Cheonan, a South Korea warship in March, investigators announced in Seoul
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| May.23 |
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S. Korea suspends trade with N. Korea 
South Korea is suspending trade with North Korea, closing its waters to the North's ships and adopting a newly aggressive military posture
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| May.24 |
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U.S., S. Korea to conduct joint exercises |
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| May.25 |
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Clinton visit Seoul as Korean crisis mounts |
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| May.26 |
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S Korea holds anti-submarine drill |
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| May.27 |
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N. Korea warns of 'all-out war'
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China joins talks on Korea crisis |
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| May.29 |
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N. Korea slams South over warship |
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Ship sinking 'threat to security' |
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| May.30 |
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China non-committal on N Korea |
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| Jun.10 |
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Rocket apparently blew up |
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| Jun.12 |
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South Korea sink Greece |
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| Jun.13 |
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UN chief alarmed by Kyrgyzstan clashes |
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| Jun.14 |
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Koreas meet over ship's sinking |
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| Jun.15 |
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N. Korea rejects findings, threatens war
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| Jun.17 |
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Argentina crush South Korea |
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| Jun.22 |
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South Korea join World Cup last 16 |
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| Jun.26 |
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Uruguay 2-1 South Korea
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Uruguay advances over South Korea
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| Jul.8 |
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U.N. to condemn sinking of S. Korean ship |
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| Jul.20 |
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Senior official chastises UN chief |
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Clinton and Gates visit Korea DMZ The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and Defence Secretary Robert Gates have visited the Demilitarized Zone separating North and Sout...
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| Jul.22 |
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N. Korea agrees to talks on sinking |
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| Jul.23 |
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N. Korea vows 'physical response' to drills |
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N Korea warns of nuclear response
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| Jul.24 |
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U.S., South Korea begin military exercises
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| Aug.4 |
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S Korea in massive military drill South Korea has launched its biggest-ever anti-submarine exercises, despite warnings of retaliation from the North
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| Aug.8 |
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President shakes up cabinet |
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North Korea 'holds Southern boat'| Daeseung , a South Korean fishing boat missing in the Sea of Japan has been detained by the North | |
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| Aug.15 |
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S. Korea: Reunification plan with North |
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| Aug.18 |
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U.S., S. Korea: anti-sub exercises |
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| Aug.29 |
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PM-to-be resigns amid pressure |
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| Sep.3 |
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S. Korea, U.S. to hold joint naval exercise |
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| Sep.5 |
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N. Korea to release S. Korean boat crew |
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| Sep.27 |
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U.N. to Myanmar: Free political prisoners |
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| Sep.29 |
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Koreas talks end without progress |
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| Oct.4 |
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Koreas to discuss reuniting families |
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| Oct.9 |
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Leading N Korea defector 'dies' |
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| Oct.17 |
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Somali pirates hijack South Korean vessel |
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| Oct.23 |
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G20 summit agrees to reform IMF |
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| Oct.24 |
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Alonso takes F1 title lead |
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| Oct.29 |
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North Korea, South Korea exchange shots Map of Chorwon South Korea North Korean forces fired two rounds from a 14.5 millimeter machine gun at a South Korean military guard post near the border town of Chorwon
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Korean family reunions go ahead North and South Korea are holding another round of reunions split by the war in the 1950s, despite an exchange of fire between border troops
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| Nov.3 |
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S. Korea fires warning shots in Yellow Sea |
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| Nov.10 |
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Obama seeks co-operation at G20
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Obama honors U.S. veterans in S. Korea |
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| Nov.11 |
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G20 leaders face fractious talks |
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| Nov.22 |
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Artillery fire on Korea border Map of island of Yeonpyeong South Korea North Korea has fired artillery shells across its western maritime border, prompting return fire from South Korea
| Artillery shells at one of border islands are killing two marines and two civilians.
The South's military placed on its highest non-wartime alert.
North accused the South of firing first. The Southern military had conducted exercises; shelling was directed away from the North
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| Nov.23 |
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S. Korea leader calls for 'retaliation' Hours after N. Korea's deadly artillery attacks, President Lee Myung-bak said 'enormous retaliation' is needed to stop Pyongyang's incitemen...
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Shocked survivors flee N. Korean attack |
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| Nov.24 |
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N. Korea warns of new attacks North Korea will launch additional attacks on South Korea if it continues 'reckless military provocation,' the North's state media said
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S Korea to bolster island force
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| Nov.25 |
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South Korean defense minister resigns Kim Tae-young resigned Thursday, according to the South Korean presidency, two days after North Korea shelling left four South Koreans dead
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S Korea names new defence chief
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N Korea warns South on war games |
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| Nov.26 |
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China works to ease Korea tension
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S Korea holds marines' funerals |
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China criticizes U.S.-S. Korean exercise |
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| Nov.27 |
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Diplomats try to ease tensions in Koreas
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US and S Korea begin exercises South Korea and the United States are due to begin four days of joint military exercises in the waters off the Korean west coast
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| Nov.28 |
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South Korea warns of 'firm' response
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| Nov.29 |
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China 'would allow unified Korea'
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| Nov.30 |
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S Korea and US 'plan more drills |
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| Dec.1 |
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S. Korea spy chief warns of more attacks
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| Dec.3 |
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S. Korea threatens airstrikes on North |
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U.N. makes urgent appeal to fight cholera |
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| Dec.5 |
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South Korea begins military drill
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| Dec.12 |
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S. Korean ship sinks, 4 dead, 17 missing A fishing vessel sank in frigid ocean waters about 1,000 nautical miles north of McMurdo Station. Aat least 20 were rescued
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| Dec.13 |
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Search ends for S Korea fishermen
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South Korea's army chief resigns
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| Dec.14 |
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Firm cleared in 'stem cell' deaths
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| Dec.18 |
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UN chief rejects Ivorian pullout Ban Ki-moon has rejected a call for UN troops to leave Ivory Coast as tensions escalate after last month's presidential election
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Russia warns over Korea tensions
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| Dec.19 |
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South Korea starts live-fire drill| North Korea has said the drill could ignite a war and has promised to respond militarily, but has also agreed to a series of actions | |
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| Dec.21 |
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UN chief warns of Ivory Coast war The secretary-general has warned there is a "real risk" of a return to civil war in Ivory Coast after the disputed presidential election
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S. Korea to hold large live-fire drills South Korea will hold its largest winter live-fire drills Thursday in an area adjacent to North Korea
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| Dec.22 |
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South Korea begins major military drills The long-planned drills are being held just 15 miles from South Korea's longtime adversary North Korea
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| Dec.23 |
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N Koreans 'ready for sacred war' Kim Yong-chun, armed forces minister, accused South Korea of making preparations for war by holding live-fire exercises near the border
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| Dec.24 |
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China seamen in fatal clash freed
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| Dec.25 |
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S Korea, China plan defence talks
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| Dec.27 |
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S. Korea leader: We must be unified
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| Dec.28 |
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South Korea calls for new talks
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| 2010 |
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| Jan.26 |
North and South Korea exchange fire |
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| Mar.26 |
South Korean navy ship sinking near North Map of Baengnyeong Island South Korea 104 crew members are on board the 1,500-ton ship in the Yellow Sea off the Seoul-controlled island of Baengnyeong, near North Korea
| About 40 sailors are missing. The patrol vessel, with 104 people aboard, sank after an explosion tore through its hull
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| Mar.26 |
S. Korea searches for sailors after sinking The search is continuing for 46 South Korean sailors missing after their ship sank near the disputed maritime border with North Korea
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| Mar.28 |
Ship's section believed found South Korean officials have found the rear section of a sunken navy patrol ship Cheonan where up to 46 sailors could be trapped
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| Mar.29 |
No signs of life in search of sunken ship |
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| Mar.29 |
N. Korean mine 'may have sunk warship' |
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| Mar.30 |
Navy diver dies in rescue effort
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| Apr.5 |
Korea ship reaches Somali pirates
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| Apr.22 |
N. Korea still suspect in warship sinking |
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| Apr.24 |
Body found in sunken vessel |
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| Apr.25 |
Report: Close-range blast sank ship |
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| Apr.28 |
South Korea holds funeral for 46 sailors
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| May.19 |
N. Korea responsible for sinking warship Map of Seoul South Korea A North Korean submarine fired a torpedo that sunk the Cheonan, a South Korea warship in March, investigators announced in Seoul
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| May.24 |
U.S., S. Korea to conduct joint exercises |
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| May.26 |
S Korea holds anti-submarine drill |
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| May.27 |
N. Korea warns of 'all-out war'
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| May.29 |
N. Korea slams South over warship |
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| May.29 |
Ship sinking 'threat to security' |
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| Jun.15 |
N. Korea rejects findings, threatens war
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| Jul.8 |
U.N. to condemn sinking of S. Korean ship |
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| Jul.20 |
Clinton and Gates visit Korea DMZ The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and Defence Secretary Robert Gates have visited the Demilitarized Zone separating North and Sout...
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| Jul.22 |
N. Korea agrees to talks on sinking |
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| Jul.23 |
N. Korea vows 'physical response' to drills |
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| Jul.23 |
N Korea warns of nuclear response
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| Jul.24 |
U.S., South Korea begin military exercises
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| Aug.4 |
S Korea in massive military drill South Korea has launched its biggest-ever anti-submarine exercises, despite warnings of retaliation from the North
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| Aug.8 |
North Korea 'holds Southern boat'| Daeseung , a South Korean fishing boat missing in the Sea of Japan has been detained by the North | |
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| Aug.15 |
S. Korea: Reunification plan with North |
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| Aug.18 |
U.S., S. Korea: anti-sub exercises |
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| Sep.3 |
S. Korea, U.S. to hold joint naval exercise |
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| Sep.5 |
N. Korea to release S. Korean boat crew |
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| Sep.29 |
Koreas talks end without progress |
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| Oct.29 |
North Korea, South Korea exchange shots Map of Chorwon South Korea North Korean forces fired two rounds from a 14.5 millimeter machine gun at a South Korean military guard post near the border town of Chorwon
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| Nov.3 |
S. Korea fires warning shots in Yellow Sea |
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| Nov.10 |
Obama honors U.S. veterans in S. Korea |
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| Nov.22 |
Artillery fire on Korea border Map of island of Yeonpyeong South Korea North Korea has fired artillery shells across its western maritime border, prompting return fire from South Korea
| Artillery shells at one of border islands are killing two marines and two civilians.
The South's military placed on its highest non-wartime alert.
North accused the South of firing first. The Southern military had conducted exercises; shelling was directed away from the North
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| Nov.23 |
S. Korea leader calls for 'retaliation' Hours after N. Korea's deadly artillery attacks, President Lee Myung-bak said 'enormous retaliation' is needed to stop Pyongyang's incitemen...
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| Nov.23 |
Shocked survivors flee N. Korean attack |
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| Nov.24 |
N. Korea warns of new attacks North Korea will launch additional attacks on South Korea if it continues 'reckless military provocation,' the North's state media said
|
| Nov.24 |
S Korea to bolster island force
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| Nov.25 |
South Korean defense minister resigns Kim Tae-young resigned Thursday, according to the South Korean presidency, two days after North Korea shelling left four South Koreans dead
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| Nov.25 |
S Korea names new defence chief
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| Nov.25 |
N Korea warns South on war games |
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| Nov.26 |
China works to ease Korea tension
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| Nov.26 |
S Korea holds marines' funerals |
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| Nov.26 |
China criticizes U.S.-S. Korean exercise |
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| Nov.27 |
Diplomats try to ease tensions in Koreas
|
| Nov.27 |
US and S Korea begin exercises South Korea and the United States are due to begin four days of joint military exercises in the waters off the Korean west coast
|
| Nov.28 |
South Korea warns of 'firm' response
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| Nov.30 |
S Korea and US 'plan more drills |
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| Dec.1 |
S. Korea spy chief warns of more attacks
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| Dec.3 |
S. Korea threatens airstrikes on North |
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| Dec.5 |
South Korea begins military drill
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| Dec.13 |
South Korea's army chief resigns
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| Dec.18 |
UN chief rejects Ivorian pullout Ban Ki-moon has rejected a call for UN troops to leave Ivory Coast as tensions escalate after last month's presidential election
|
| Dec.19 |
South Korea starts live-fire drill| North Korea has said the drill could ignite a war and has promised to respond militarily, but has also agreed to a series of actions | |
|
| Dec.21 |
S. Korea to hold large live-fire drills South Korea will hold its largest winter live-fire drills Thursday in an area adjacent to North Korea
|
| Dec.22 |
South Korea begins major military drills The long-planned drills are being held just 15 miles from South Korea's longtime adversary North Korea
|
| Dec.23 |
N Koreans 'ready for sacred war' Kim Yong-chun, armed forces minister, accused South Korea of making preparations for war by holding live-fire exercises near the border
|
| Dec.24 |
China seamen in fatal clash freed
|
| Dec.25 |
S Korea, China plan defence talks
|
| Dec.28 |
South Korea calls for new talks
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Mar.5 |
U.N. chief visits as aftershocks shake |
|
| Mar.26 |
South Korean navy ship sinking near North Map of Baengnyeong Island South Korea 104 crew members are on board the 1,500-ton ship in the Yellow Sea off the Seoul-controlled island of Baengnyeong, near North Korea
| About 40 sailors are missing. The patrol vessel, with 104 people aboard, sank after an explosion tore through its hull
|
| |
|
| Mar.26 |
S. Korea searches for sailors after sinking The search is continuing for 46 South Korean sailors missing after their ship sank near the disputed maritime border with North Korea
|
| Mar.28 |
Ship's section believed found South Korean officials have found the rear section of a sunken navy patrol ship Cheonan where up to 46 sailors could be trapped
|
| Mar.29 |
No signs of life in search of sunken ship |
|
| Mar.29 |
N. Korean mine 'may have sunk warship' |
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| Mar.30 |
Navy diver dies in rescue effort
|
| Mar.31 |
Bad weather halts search for sailors |
|
| Apr.24 |
Body found in sunken vessel |
|
| Jun.10 |
Rocket apparently blew up |
|
| Dec.3 |
U.N. makes urgent appeal to fight cholera |
|
| Dec.12 |
S. Korean ship sinks, 4 dead, 17 missing A fishing vessel sank in frigid ocean waters about 1,000 nautical miles north of McMurdo Station. Aat least 20 were rescued
|
| Dec.13 |
Search ends for S Korea fishermen
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Apr.5 |
Pirates seize South Korean tanker |
|
| May.23 |
S. Korea suspends trade with N. Korea South Korea is suspending trade with North Korea, closing its waters to the North's ships and adopting a newly aggressive military posture
|
| Oct.23 |
G20 summit agrees to reform IMF |
|
| Dec.14 |
Firm cleared in 'stem cell' deaths
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Feb.20 |
Korean skater doubles up |
|
| Feb.23 |
Kim grabs huge lead with short program |
|
| Feb.25 |
Korea's Kim skates to gold
|
| Jun.12 |
South Korea sink Greece |
|
| Jun.17 |
Argentina crush South Korea |
|
| Jun.22 |
South Korea join World Cup last 16 |
|
| Jun.26 |
Uruguay 2-1 South Korea
|
| Jun.26 |
Uruguay advances over South Korea
|
| Oct.24 |
Alonso takes F1 title lead |
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Apr.1 |
Trial of couple accused of starving baby |
|
| Apr.5 |
Pirates seize South Korean tanker |
|
| Apr.5 |
Korea ship reaches Somali pirates
|
| Oct.17 |
Somali pirates hijack South Korean vessel |
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Jan.10 |
US envoy warns N Korea on rights |
|
| Jan.23 |
North Korea issues warning to South |
|
| Jan.30 |
UN chief Ban urges Sudan unity |
|
| Mar.5 |
U.N. chief visits as aftershocks shake |
|
| Mar.13 |
Kissinger admitted to S. Korean hospital |
|
| Apr.28 |
South Korea holds funeral for 46 sailors
|
| May.14 |
UN head urges end to Bangkok clashes
|
| May.19 |
N. Korea responsible for sinking warship Map of Seoul South Korea A North Korean submarine fired a torpedo that sunk the Cheonan, a South Korea warship in March, investigators announced in Seoul
|
| May.23 |
S. Korea suspends trade with N. Korea South Korea is suspending trade with North Korea, closing its waters to the North's ships and adopting a newly aggressive military posture
|
| May.25 |
Clinton visit Seoul as Korean crisis mounts |
|
| May.27 |
N. Korea warns of 'all-out war'
|
| May.27 |
China joins talks on Korea crisis |
|
| May.29 |
N. Korea slams South over warship |
|
| May.29 |
Ship sinking 'threat to security' |
|
| May.30 |
China non-committal on N Korea |
|
| Jun.13 |
UN chief alarmed by Kyrgyzstan clashes |
|
| Jun.14 |
Koreas meet over ship's sinking |
|
| Jun.15 |
N. Korea rejects findings, threatens war
|
| Jul.8 |
U.N. to condemn sinking of S. Korean ship |
|
| Jul.20 |
Senior official chastises UN chief |
|
| Jul.20 |
Clinton and Gates visit Korea DMZ The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and Defence Secretary Robert Gates have visited the Demilitarized Zone separating North and Sout...
|
| Jul.22 |
N. Korea agrees to talks on sinking |
|
| Jul.23 |
N. Korea vows 'physical response' to drills |
|
| Jul.23 |
N Korea warns of nuclear response
|
| Aug.8 |
President shakes up cabinet |
|
| Aug.15 |
S. Korea: Reunification plan with North |
|
| Aug.29 |
PM-to-be resigns amid pressure |
|
| Sep.27 |
U.N. to Myanmar: Free political prisoners |
|
| Sep.29 |
Koreas talks end without progress |
|
| Oct.4 |
Koreas to discuss reuniting families |
|
| Oct.9 |
Leading N Korea defector 'dies' |
|
| Oct.23 |
G20 summit agrees to reform IMF |
|
| Oct.29 |
Korean family reunions go ahead North and South Korea are holding another round of reunions split by the war in the 1950s, despite an exchange of fire between border troops
|
| Nov.10 |
Obama seeks co-operation at G20
|
| Nov.10 |
Obama honors U.S. veterans in S. Korea |
|
| Nov.11 |
G20 leaders face fractious talks |
|
| Nov.23 |
S. Korea leader calls for 'retaliation' Hours after N. Korea's deadly artillery attacks, President Lee Myung-bak said 'enormous retaliation' is needed to stop Pyongyang's incitemen...
|
| Nov.24 |
N. Korea warns of new attacks North Korea will launch additional attacks on South Korea if it continues 'reckless military provocation,' the North's state media said
|
| Nov.25 |
South Korean defense minister resigns Kim Tae-young resigned Thursday, according to the South Korean presidency, two days after North Korea shelling left four South Koreans dead
|
| Nov.25 |
S Korea names new defence chief
|
| Nov.25 |
N Korea warns South on war games |
|
| Nov.26 |
China works to ease Korea tension
|
| Nov.26 |
S Korea holds marines' funerals |
|
| Nov.26 |
China criticizes U.S.-S. Korean exercise |
|
| Nov.27 |
Diplomats try to ease tensions in Koreas
|
| Nov.28 |
South Korea warns of 'firm' response
|
| Nov.29 |
China 'would allow unified Korea'
|
| Dec.1 |
S. Korea spy chief warns of more attacks
|
| Dec.3 |
S. Korea threatens airstrikes on North |
|
| Dec.18 |
UN chief rejects Ivorian pullout Ban Ki-moon has rejected a call for UN troops to leave Ivory Coast as tensions escalate after last month's presidential election
|
| Dec.18 |
Russia warns over Korea tensions
|
| Dec.21 |
UN chief warns of Ivory Coast war The secretary-general has warned there is a "real risk" of a return to civil war in Ivory Coast after the disputed presidential election
|
| Dec.23 |
N Koreans 'ready for sacred war' Kim Yong-chun, armed forces minister, accused South Korea of making preparations for war by holding live-fire exercises near the border
|
| Dec.25 |
S Korea, China plan defence talks
|
| Dec.27 |
S. Korea leader: We must be unified
|
| Dec.28 |
South Korea calls for new talks
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