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The United States and Japan approve a plan for a joint military operation in response to a possible "Taiwan emergency". The operation would consist of deploying U.S. Marines on the Ryukyu Islands near Taiwan, while the Japan Self-Defense Forces would provide logistical support such as ammunition and fuel supplies.
2021-12-23

The fire aboard Korean ship FV "Dong Won 701" in the Port of Timaru, New Zealand, enters its fifth day. Fire and Emergency New Zealand rejects a proposal to tow the vessel out to sea as too dangerous. Firefighters commence efforts to seal the ship to suffocate ongoing fires.
2018-04-13

U.S. Air Force bombers, escorted by fighter jets, fly in international airspace over waters east of North Korea. A Pentagon spokesperson says this flight's route was the farthest north of the peninsula's Demilitarized Zone of any U.S. aircraft in the 21st century.
2017-09-23

North Korea announces its readiness to declare war on the United States after the country previously stated that they felt threatened as U.S. military forces approach the Korean Peninsula.
2017-04-11

South Korean police stop a planned launch of anti-North Korean leaflets across the border, as the government of South Korea seeks to open dialogue with the North and defuse soaring tensions in the Korean Peninsula.
2013-04-13

Typhoon Bolaven moves past the Japanese island of Okinawa en route to the Korean Peninsula.
2012-08-27

China calls for emergency “six-party talks” on resolving the crisis.
2010-11-28

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

South Korea increases its military strength on the islands near the border since the shelling of Yeonpyeong on Tuesday.
2010-11-25

The South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae-Young resigns over the handling of the incident.
2010-11-25