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After speaking by phone with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Japanese Foreign Minister Tarō Kōno says "he hopes the meeting adds momentum to efforts toward the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula". Kōno also says that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe "wants to meet Kim Jong-un to solve the issue of North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens".
2019-07-1

South Korea says that it will halt military drills with the United States to help with Korean denuclearization talks.
2018-06-13

North Korea issues an "ultimatum" to South Korea, demanding blanket apologies and an immediate cessation of anti-DPRK activities. Some protesters in Seoul were noted burning portraits of North Korean leaders on Monday, while North Korea celebrated the birthday of the late Kim Il-sung. The new threat comes amid what is otherwise perceived as an easing of tensions on the Korean Peninsula. North Korean authorities say that an attack may occur without warning at any moment.
2013-04-16

Super Typhoon Sanba reaches the Ryukyu Islands on its way to Korea.
2012-09-16

North and South Korea agree to hold working-level military talks on 8 February, their first since the attack on Yeonpyeong Island in November last year.
2011-02-1

North Korea claims it has "thousands" of nuclear centrifuges operating at a previously undetected nuclear plant.
2010-11-30

Artillery fire is heard on Yeonpyeong Island after residents are ordered to take shelter.
2010-11-28

North Korea holds an artillery drill near Yeonpyeong Island, which it shelled earlier this week.
2010-11-26

The Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan apologises to South Korea for colonising the Korean peninsula for three decades in the early 1900s and promises to return cultural relics in the near future.
2010-08-10

North Korea calls for the end of hostilities with the United States and a nuclear free Korean Peninsula, to restart talks; in its annual New Year editorial.
2010-01-1