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North Korea threatens to take "strong physical countermeasures" if South Korea co-operates with new United Nations Security Council resolutions against it.
2013-01-25

Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, Rwanda, and South Korea are elected to the United Nations Security Council for two-year terms starting in 2013.
2012-10-18

South Korea issues a report into the sinking of the ROKS "Cheonan" criticising the readiness of the Navy.
2011-03-24

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 asks the United Nations Security Council to investigate the sinking of the "Cheonan". Diplomats say South Korea wants the council to condemn North Korea.
2010-07-1

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

South Korea announces it will take the case of the sinking of the "Cheonan" to the United Nations Security Council.
2010-05-23

The South Korean Defence Minister Kim Tae-Young announces that investigators have found traces of explosives in the wreck of the ROKS "Cheonan" that sank in March. [http:--news.bbc.co.uk-1-hi-world-asia-pacific-8672489.stm (BBC)] [http:--news.xinhuanet.com-english2010-world-2010-05-10-c_13285608.htm (Xinhua)] [http:--home.kyodo.co.jp-modules-fstStory-index.php?storyid=499884 (Kyodo)]date=August 2019
2010-05-10

South Koreans pay tribute to the victims of the sinking of the ROKS "Cheonan" in March.
2010-04-26

Eight people are missing and one dies as a fishing boat sinks while searching for the South Korean "Cheonan" warship that sank last week near the Northern Limit Line border with North Korea.
2010-04-3