All posts tagged "Yeonpyeong"

  • (Courtesy of Republic of Korea Marine Corps Yeonpyeong Unit via Flcikr/Creative Commons)
    N. Korea building military facility on border island

    SEOUL  (Yonhap) — North Korea appears to be building a military facility on a tensely guarded Yellow Sea border island, Seoul’s defense ministry said Thursday. “We’ve spotted that construction is under way on the small island of...

    • Posted April 23, 2015
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  • South Korean marine LVT-7 landing craft sail to shores through smoke screens during the U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises called Ssangyong, part of the Foal Eagle military exercises, in Pohang, South Korea, Monday, March 31, 2014. South Korea said North Korea has announced plans to conduct live-fire drills near the rivals' disputed western sea boundary. The planned drills Monday come after an increase in threatening rhetoric from Pyongyang and a series of rocket and ballistic missile launches in an apparent protest against the annual military exercises by Seoul and Washington.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Koreas exchange live fire near western sea border

    (Yonhap) — The two Koreas exchanged artillery fire across the western maritime border on Monday after the North staged a live-fire drill that sent artillery shells into southern waters and prompted the evacuation of South Korean islanders....

    • Posted April 1, 2014
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