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The UN Security Council holds a closed-door session to discuss new sanctions against North Korea following reports of an agreement on a draft resolution between the United States and China. North Korea announces plans to nullify the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-asia-21673332 (BBC)] [http:--english.yonhapnews.co.kr-national-2013-03-05-28-0301000000AEN20130305005600315F.HTML (Yonhap News)] [http:--www3.nhk.or.jp-daily-english-20130305_43.html (NHK World)]date=August 2019
2013-03-5

North Korea is to establish a special economic zone on two islands close to the Chinese border.
2011-06-6

North Korea announces it will release seven detained Chinese and South Korean fishermen.
2010-09-6

5,000 people are evacuated in North Korea after the Yalu River on the border with China floods; 94,000 in China are also evacuated.
2010-08-22

North Korea confirms the seizure of a South Korean fishing boat two weeks ago, with four South Korean and three Chinese sailors on board.
2010-08-19

A North Korean fighter plane crashes in China near the border, killing the pilot and possibly a second pilot bailing out. Pictures posted by local residents show a Soviet plane design which were used in the Korean War. It is suggested to have been a defection attempt.
2010-08-18

A U.S. report claims that the Chinese military has been secretly expanding; the U.S. asks for dialogue with China to avert a "miscalculated" response.
2010-08-17

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

The Chinese military and several schools deny involvement in cyber attacks on Google, following a "New York Times" report cited investigators linking Lanxiang Vocational School and Shanghai Jiaotong University to the attacks.
2010-02-20

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