Tag Archives: North Korea

NKorea fires artillery off west coast

North Korea fired about 110 rounds of artillery Monday near its disputed sea border with South Korea, the South's military said, amid high tension over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on North Korea.
Posted in News | Leave a comment

N.Korea threatens nuclear response to war games (AFP)

AFP - North Korea Saturday threatened to respond with nuclear weapons to a major US-South Korean naval exercise starting this weekend, saying it was ready for a "retaliatory sacred war".
Posted in world | Leave a comment

N Korea warns of nuclear response

North Korea says it will use its "nuclear deterrent" in response to joint US-South Korean military exercises this weekend.
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

NKorea vows nuclear response to US-SKorea drills (AP)

AP - North Korea warned Saturday that joint U.S. and South Korean military exercises poised to begin this weekend amount to a military provocation that will draw a "powerful" nuclear response from Pyongyang.
Posted in world | Leave a comment

N.Korea declares “sacred war” on U.S., South (Reuters)

Reuters - North Korea said on Saturday it would begin a "sacred war" against the United States and South Korea at "any time necessary" based on its nuclear deterrent, in response to "reckless" military exercises by the allies.
Posted in world | Leave a comment

NKorea threatens ‘nuclear deterrence’ over drills (AP)

AP - North Korea threatened Saturday to mount a powerful nuclear response to upcoming joint U.S.-South Korean military drills, calling the exercises an "unpardonable" provocation on top of wrongly blaming Pyongyang for the sinking of a South Korean war...
Posted in world | Leave a comment

N.Korea threatens “physical response” to U.S. moves (Reuters)

Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Asia on Friday to enforce tough sanctions against North Korea, which hit back by threatening a "physical response" to Washington's plans for joint military drills with South Korea.
Posted in world | Leave a comment

N Korea vows response to US drill

North Korea promises a "physical response" to forthcoming large-scale joint US-South Korean military exercises, amid rising regional tensions.
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

N.Korea holds talks with UN Command on sunken ship (AFP)

AFP - North Korea's military held a second round of talks Friday with the US-led United Nations Command about the sinking of a South Korean warship, a Command spokesman said.
Posted in world | Leave a comment

China Complicates North-South Korea Tensions

On Sunday, the U.S. and South Korea will launch large-scale military exercises designed to send a signal to North Korea in response to its attack on a South Korean naval vessel in March. The two countries have been slow to respond -- in part because of pressure from China.
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment