All posts tagged "North Korea"

  • Kim Jong-un poses with North Korean military. (KCNA/Yonhap)
    N. Korea says it is ready to go to ‘all-out war’

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea warned Saturday that it is prepared to go to an “all-out war” to defend itself, further heightening tensions with South Korea in the wake of an exchange of artillery fire across their...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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  • U.S Army soldiers prepare to attend a military exercise in Pocheon, south of the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday declared his frontline troops in a "quasi-state of war" and ordered them to prepare for battle a day after the most serious confrontation between the rivals in years. ( Yonhap)
    US, S. Korea halt joint military exercises as tensions rise with N. Korea

    U.S. defense officials say America’s annual military exercise with South Korea has been halted as tensions with North Korea spike and Pyongyang issues threats of war. The officials say the U.S. is monitoring the situation, but hasn’t...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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  • South Korean army soldiers aim their weapons during an anti-terror drill as part of Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise, at Sadang Subway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015. U.S. and South Korean forces launched Monday an annual joint military exercises, Ulchi Freedom Guardian, for a 12-day run to prepare for a possible North Korea's attack. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    North Korea warns of war with South after artillery fire

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday declared his frontline troops in a “quasi-state of war” and ordered them to prepare for battle a day after the most serious confrontation between...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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  • North Korean leader Kim Jong-un receiving applause. (KCNA/Yonhap)
    Kim Jong-un declares ‘quasi-state of war,’ orders full combat readiness

    Kim Jong-un urged his troops to be prepared for combat as he declared a “quasi-state of war” according to the North Korea Central Television (NKCT), a media mouthpiece for the communist nation. The leader called for an...

    • Posted August 20, 2015
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  • A K10 Ammunition Re-supply Vehicle rolls along a road in the South Korean border city of Paju on Aug. 17, 2015, as South Korea and the United States launched a joint military exercise amid North Korea's threat to retaliate with "the strongest military counteraction" against the drill. The Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise, the world's largest computerized military drill aimed at defending the South from a North Korean attack, kicked off earlier in the day in South Korea for a 12-day run. (Yonhap)
    US says closely monitoring tensions on Korean Peninsula

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — The United States said Thursday it is closely monitoring tensions on the Korean Peninsula, and reaffirmed its commitment to South Korea’s defense after the two Koreas exchanged artillery fire across their heavily armed border....

    • Posted August 20, 2015
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  • A photo of North Korean artillery exercises released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Feb. 21, 2015. (KCNA/Yonhap)
    Two Koreas trade artillery, rocket fire at border

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea fired dozens of shells Thursday at rival North Korea after the North lobbed a single rocket at a South Korean town near the world’s most heavily armed border, the South’s...

    • Posted August 20, 2015
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  • Soldiers prepare along the Korean DMZ. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea flexing muscles at border: source

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea’s military is ratcheting up its combat readiness posture along the border with front-line fortifications such as opening up its weapons portholes and intensifying artillery firing drills, a military source said Wednesday. “The...

    • Posted August 19, 2015
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