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The United States imposes sanctions on two Russian shipping companies and six vessels for involvement in oil transfer to North Korea.
2018-08-21

North Korea threatens a pre-emptive nuclear strike against South Korea and the United States in response to the two nations' annual joint military exercise which Pyongyang considers is a pretext for an invasion.
2016-03-6

The South Korean Navy fires warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat after it crossed the Northern Limit Line in the Yellow Sea and entered South Korean-controlled waters. As of 2016, North Korea refuses to recognize the so-called Northern Limit Line, that was drawn up at the end of the Korean War.
2016-02-8

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un dispatches a special envoy to the People's Republic of China amid signs of strained relations.
2013-05-22

North Korea agrees to suspend uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests in return for food aid.
2012-02-29

Admiral Kim Sung-chan, the head of the Republic of Korea Navy, vows a stronger response to aggression from North Korea.
2011-06-15

The United States Navy and South Korean Navy hold exercises in the waters west of the Korean Peninsula despite warnings from North Korea.
2010-11-28

Family reunions take place in North Korea between North and South Korean families separated during the Korean War sixty years ago.
2010-10-30

Fidel Castro delivers a short speech to the Cuban Parliament to warn about the risk of a nuclear war between the United States and Iran, accusing Barack Obama of provoking conflict with Iran and North Korea and urging him to prevent such a conflict.
2010-08-7

Hillary Clinton, the United States Secretary of State, announces that the United States will impose further sanctions against North Korea as a result of the sinking of the South Korean warship ROKS "Cheonan".
2010-07-21