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South Korea bans the launching of propaganda leaflets into North Korea. The balloon propaganda campaigns have been used by North Korean defectors and Korean reunification activists for decades to spread anti-government propaganda, news from the outside world that is restricted in the North, money, food, and USBs containing South Korean media. The ban also outlaws the use of loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts. Violators of the ban will face up to three years in prison or 30 million won ($27,400) in fines.
2020-12-14

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

A single United States Air Force B-52 long-range strategic bomber makes a low-level flight over South Korea, close to the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), in a show of force following North Korea's fourth nuclear test on January 6, before returning to its base in Guam.
2016-01-10

South Korea claims that North Korea has fired dozens of artillery shells into the sea near the disputed border.
2014-07-14

North Korea warns that it will launch further attacks on South Korea if it continues "reckless military provocation".
2010-11-25

The first inter-Korean military talks between North and South Korea in two years end without progress.
2010-09-30

The President of the United States Barack Obama freezes the assets of three North Korean organisations and one individual in response to the sinking of a South Korean warship in March. North Korea has denied it is responsible.
2010-08-30

China and South Korea discuss the potential security threat presented by North Korean aggression.
2010-04-30

North Korea denies it sank a South Korean naval patrol boat in disputed waters between the two Koreas.
2010-04-19

North Korea fires artillery towards South Korean territory at the Northern Limit Line for a third consecutive day.
2010-01-29