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North Korea-South Korea relations

South Korean army K-9 self-propelled howitzers and K-55A1 self-propelled howitzers fire during the military drills at a training field in Cheorwon, South Korea, Oct. 27, 2023. (Yang Ji-woong/Yonhap via AP)
October 27, 2023, 9:53 am
South Korean, US troops drill for ‘Hamas-style surprise attack’ from North Korea
Forces practice strikes to quickly ‘remove the origins of the enemy’s long-range artillery provocations,’ in simulation of assault similar to that carried out by Gaza terror group
By Agencies
This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows increased activity at the Tumangang Rail Facility in North Korea, on Oct. 5, 2023 (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
October 10, 2023, 3:10 pm
Hamas surprise attack sparks South Korean rethink of border agreement with North
Seoul’s defense minister says he will push to suspend deal creating buffer zone on frontier that had hampered ability to surveil movements by North Korean military
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A TV screen shows images of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, August 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
August 31, 2023, 11:44 am
North Korea says it simulated nuclear attacks on South Korea, rehearsed occupying it
As tensions escalate, Pyongyang claims practicing ‘scorched earth strikes’ on its neighbor amid anger over joint US-South Korean drills
By Hyung-Jin Kim
File: A general view shows the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea on July 19, 2022. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)
July 18, 2023, 3:11 pm
US national believed detained after crossing into North Korea during border tour
UN working with Pyongyang to free wayward tourist, about whom little is known, as concerns grow over hermit kingdom’s nuclear program
By Hyung-Jin Kim and KIM TONG-HYUNG
This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test launch of a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, February 18, 2023. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
February 19, 2023, 2:02 pm
North Korea tests ICBM, warns US and South Korea of more powerful steps
Pyongyang says launch of Hwasong-15 missile demonstrates country’s efforts to ‘turn its capacity of fatal nuclear counterattack on hostile forces’
By Hyung-Jin Kim
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a ceremony of donating 600mm super-large multiple launch rocket system at a garden of the Workers’ Party of Korea headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea, December 31, 2022. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
January 1, 2023, 5:59 am
North Korea’s Kim orders ‘exponential’ increase of nuclear arsenal, as tensions soar
In end-of-year flurry of activity, Pyongyang eyes mass producing tactical nukes, developing more ICBMs; experts say North threatening action, peninsula could become ‘2nd Ukraine’
By Sunghee Hwang
File: A suspected North Korean drone is viewed at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, on June 21, 2017 (Lee Jung-hoon/Yonhap via AP, File)
December 26, 2022, 2:52 pm
South Korea scrambles jets, fires shots after North launches drones into airspace
Seoul says military detected five UAVs crossing the border for 1st time in 5 years; one flew as far as the northern part of the capital region; unclear if they were downed
By Hyung-Jin Kim
Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, March 2, 2019. (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP)
November 24, 2022, 1:19 pm
In tirade, Kim Jong Un’s sister calls South Korean leaders ‘idiots’ and ‘a wild dog’
Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader, warns that sanctions from Seoul and Washington will only ‘add fuel’ to Pyongyang’s ‘hostility and anger’
By Hyung-Jin Kim
In this photo provided by South Korean Defense Ministry, two U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers, right center, four South Korean Air Force F-35 fighter jets and four US Air Force F-16 fighter jets flying over South Korea Peninsula during a joint air drill called "Vigilant Storm," in South Korea, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. (South Korean Defense Ministry via AP)
November 7, 2022, 4:02 am
North Korea vows ‘overwhelming’ response to joint US-South Korea drills
Pyongyang says missiles tests were ‘clear answer’ and threatens that it will ramp up ‘merciless’ military moves to counter warplane exercises
By AFP
This photo provided on October 10, 2022, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a missile test at an undisclosed location in North Korea, as taken sometime between September 25 and October 9. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
October 28, 2022, 7:52 am
North Korea fires ballistic missile toward sea, Seoul says, amid nuclear test fears
Pyongyang shoots ballistic missile into Sea of Japan as ‘countermeasure’ to military drills in South; South Korean president warns Kim Jong Un is gearing up for 7th nuclear test
By AFP
This photo provided on October 10, 2022, by the North Korean government purports to show a missile test at an undisclosed location in North Korea, as taken sometime between September 25 and October 9. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
October 26, 2022, 10:24 am
North Korea nuke test would meet ‘unprecedented’ response — US, Japan, South Korea
Following talks in Tokyo, three nations’ deputy foreign ministers say they will ramp up their deterrence in region, amid blitz of missile launches from the hermit state
By AFP
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea on October 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
October 18, 2022, 9:26 pm
North Korea fires artillery shells near sea border with south
South Korean military says northern neighbor shot off some 250 shells, in second such incident amid series of recent weapons tests held by Pyongyang
By Hyung-Jin Kim
People sit near a television showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on October 6, 2022 (Anthony WALLACE / AFP)
October 6, 2022, 5:33 am
North Korea fires two ballistic missiles, ‘counteracting’ US-South Korea drills
Pyongyang accuses Washington of ‘escalating the military tensions on the Korean peninsula’
By Sunghee Hwang
People walk past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on October 4, 2022. (Jung Yeon-je/AFP)
October 4, 2022, 9:10 am
North Korea tests ballistic missile over Japan, forcing residents to take shelter
Tokyo, Seoul and Washington blast ‘provocation,’ plan to discuss ‘appropriate and robust’ response to move; IRBM has capability to strike US military bases on Guam
By Agencies
A South Korean guard post along the barbed-wire fence of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea, on the South Korean island of Gyodong on June 18, 2020 (Ed JONES / AFP)
July 10, 2022, 5:15 pm
North Korea fires multiple suspected rocket launchers, warns Seoul
South Korea pursuing $2.6 billion artillery interception system, similar to Israel’s Iron Dome, to protect against potential Pyongyang attacks
By AFP
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