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During the launching of the "Choe Hyon 2", the second ship of the North Korean Choe Hyon-class destroyer, a "serious accident" occurs and damages the hull in the process.
2025-05-21

During an emergency address to the nation, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law in order to clear out alleged "threats posed by North Korean communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements." Yoon says that the decision to declare martial law was made in order to "remove North Korean forces" and to protect South Korea's "liberal constitutional order".
2024-12-3

Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping arrives in North Korea for a two-day state visit with Korean Workers' Party chairman Kim Jong-un.
2019-06-20

South Korean officials say that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stated during his summit meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in that he would close the country's Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site in May.
2018-04-29

China limits petroleum exports and bans imports of textiles from North Korea as part of new sanctions following the latest nuclear test.
2017-09-23

American and South Korean military officials agree to deploy a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system in the country to counter North Korea's growing threats and use of ballistic missile and nuclear tests.
2016-07-8

North Korea suggests that it is open to peaceful negotiations, on the condition that its status as a nuclear power is not challenged.
2013-04-15

2013 Korean crisis: The annual session of North Korea's Parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly, takes place in Pyongyang, following repeated threats of violence by the leader Kim Jong-Un against South Korea and the United States. Choi Bu-Il is appointed Minister of Internal Security.
2013-04-1

The Yonhap news agency reports that nine North Koreans have defected to South Korea across the Yellow Sea.
2011-06-15

South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae-Young says the country may consider redeploying U.S. tactical nuclear weapons after the announcement of a new nuclear uranium enrichment plant by North Korea.
2010-11-22