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North Korea fires 200 artillery shells near South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island, prompting evacuations.
2024-01-5

South Korea claims that North Korea has fired a ballistic missile from a submarine.
2016-07-9

South Korea announces that a colonel from North Korea's military spy agency defected to the south last year. Senior-level defections are rare, most being low level operatives.
2016-04-11

South Korea captures a North Korean fishing boat that had crossed into their waters amid rising tensions between the two neighboring countries.
2014-03-28

South Korea launches its first civilian rocket called Naro-1 carrying a scientific satellite STSAT-2C amidst tension with North Korea.
2013-01-30

South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports that North Korea has installed an Unha rocket at its Dongchang-ri launch site. Japan is threatening to shoot down the rocket if it manages to stay airborne and threaten Japanese territory.
2012-12-3

South Korean warships search the Yellow Sea for rocket debris from the failed North Korean Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 launch yesterday.
2012-04-14

Authorities in South Korea arrest a North Korean citizen for an alleged assassination attempt against Park Sang-hak, a noted defector and activist.
2011-09-16

South Korea agrees to hold talks with North Korea about a potential eruption of Baekdu Mountain near the North's border with the People's Republic of China.
2011-03-22

North Korea responds to nearby joint United States-South Korean military exercises by stating that the acts resemble 19th century "gunboat diplomacy", describing them as "a threat to the Korean peninsula and the region of Asia as a whole".
2010-07-23