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The People's Republic of China urges North Korea to abide by a United Nations Security Council resolution that bans the North from conducting ballistic missile tests, two days after Pyongyang claimed it conducted a test from a submarine.
2016-04-25

South Korean troops mistakenly fire on a Chinese passenger plane as it flies near the disputed Northern Limit Line on the border with North Korea; there are no casualties.
2011-06-18

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il reportedly visits China, the third such visit in a year.
2011-05-20

More than 50,000 people are evacuated after the Yalu River floods in China; flooding is also reported in North Korea with the city of Sinuiju particularly affected.
2010-08-21

North Korea detains a South Korean fishing boat with four South Koreans and three Chinese on board.
2010-08-8

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

North Korea threatens a military response if the United Nations Security Council questions or condemns it for the ROKS Cheonan sinking. North Korean UN Permanent Representative Sin Son Ho demands that a North Korean investigation team be allowed to travel to the site of the sinking.
2010-06-15

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il arrives in China on a rare foreign visit.
2010-05-3

A South Korean Navy ship named the Cheonan, carrying more than 100 personnel sinks near the Northern Limit Line in waters off the country's west coast near North Korea.
2010-03-26

An American man is detained after crossing into North Korea from China.
2010-01-28