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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

North and South Korea prepare to receive Typhoon Bavi which is already lashing the South Korean island of Jeju flooding roads, toppling trees, ripping off signboards and knocking down lampposts as it passed over waters off the island’s western shores. No casualties are reported.
2020-08-26

North Korea accepts South Korea's proposal for official talks, and will meet on January 9 to discuss North Korea's possible involvement with the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. These are the first high-level talks between the Koreas in more than two years.
2018-01-4

A North Korean soldier crosses the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and defects to South Korea, the first since September 2016.
2017-06-13

South Korea starts withdrawing its nationals from the Kaesong Industrial Region in protest to recent actions by North Korea.
2016-02-11

The governments of North Korea and South Korea meet but fail to reach an agreement on the resumption of Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
2011-09-21

The Yonhap News Agency reports that North Korea is tightening border controls with South Korea to stop defections.
2011-07-1

South Korea sentences a pastor to five years imprisonment for an unauthorised trip to North Korea and praising its regime.
2011-01-21

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

North Korea says any attempt by South Korea to launch pre-emptive strikes against its nuclear facilities will be considered a declaration of war.
2010-01-24