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South Korea and the United States raise their military watch alert to "vital threat" (level 2) ahead of an expected North Korean missile launch.
2013-04-10

South Korea's Ministry of Unification says that North Korea is denying workers entry to joint-Korean Kaesong complex amid tensions on the peninsula. The Ministry of Defence will consider a military action if the workers' security is threatened. The U.S. Navy sends USS "John McCain" and USS "Decatur" into the area.
2013-04-3

North Korea threatens the "final destruction" of South Korea during a United Nations conference on disarmament.
2013-02-19

North Korea's state agency KCNA announces the country will launch a satellite sometime between December 10 and December 22. The launch will take place around the time of South Korea's presidential election on December 19 and close to the first anniversary of the death of former leader Kim Jong-il. South Korean officials, as well as the US, believe that the isolated state is testing long-range missile technology with the aim of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile.
2012-12-1

Three North Korean soldiers have defected to South Korea through the militarised border since August. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-316175-three-n-korean-soldiers-defect-since-august ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019
2012-10-9

South Korea lifts a temporary ban that it placed on travel to North Korea after the death of Kim Jong-Il.
2012-01-3

North Korea says it will accept all South Korean delegations wishing to pay respects to the late leader Kim Jong-il.
2011-12-23

The "Chosunilbo" newspaper in South Korea reports that Kim Pyong-il, the half-brother of current North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, is under house arrest in Pyongyang.
2011-07-1

South Korean media report that two North Koreans have been executed in front of 500 spectators for handling propaganda leaflets floated across the border from South Korea, apparently as part of a campaign by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il to tighten ideological control as he grooms his youngest son as eventual successor.
2011-01-24

South Korea suspends flood aid to North Korea following the attack.
2010-11-24