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North Korea demonstrates two short-range ballistic missiles that land just outside Japan's territorial waters and then only hours later South Korea demonstrates a submarine-launched ballistic missile. Comments made during the South Korean launch immediately draw condemning remarks from North Korea's Kim Yo-jong.
2021-09-14

South Korea's finance minister Hong Nam-ki presses Japan to take steps to lift its export restrictions.
2019-11-20

A Korean People's Army soldier defects to South Korea after crossing the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). South Korean border guards fired warning shots at North Korean troops who approached the Military Demarcation Line, in search of the missing soldier. He is the fourth North Korean soldier to defect this year.
2017-12-21

United States Vice President Mike Pence visits Alaska, where he meets with Governor Bill Walker and discusses stationing F-35 squadrons in the state. Pence is beginning a 10-day trip to South Korea, Australia, Indonesia and Japan.
2017-04-15

North Korea fires a medium-range ballistic missile about 60 kilometers (37 miles) into its eastern waters, in the direction of Japan according to United States and South Korean officials.
2017-04-5

South Korea announces it will be raising its US$217,000 cash reward for classified information from North Korea by defectors to $860,000.
2017-03-5

North Korea accuses South Korea of kidnapping its citizens and demands their immediate return after Seoul's Ministry of Unification said 13 of them had defected to South Korea from China, where they worked in a Pyongyang-operated restaurant. China says that the 13 people, a male manager and 12 young female employees, had legitimate passports and had freely exited China.
2016-04-12

The leaders of the People's Republic of China, South Korea and Japan hold their first summit in three years.
2015-11-1

South Korean author Shin Kyung-sook admits to plagiarising a short story from Japanese author Yukio Mishima.
2015-06-23

South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports that North Korea has installed an Unha rocket at its Dongchang-ri launch site. Japan is threatening to shoot down the rocket if it manages to stay airborne and threaten Japanese territory.
2012-12-3