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North Korea fires 23 ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan and Yellow Sea, one of which crossed the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the de facto maritime boundary between North and South Korea, for the first time. Air raid sirens were activated on the South Korean island of Ulleungdo and South Korean fighter jets fired three air-to-surface missiles across the NLL in response to the missile launches.
2022-11-2

South Korea vows to send humanitarian aid to North Korea through international organizations as it suffers droughts.
2019-05-20

South Korea states that North Korea has expressed a desire to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula without attaching preconditions such as withdrawing US troops.
2018-04-19

A South Korean lawmaker claims that in 2016, North Korean hackers stole classified military documents detailing joint operations between the South Korean and United States military forces in the event of war with North Korea.
2017-10-10

A North Korean soldier defects to South Korea after swimming across the Han River, the second North Korean defection in a week.
2017-06-18

South Korea warns North Korea of "searing consequences" if it doesn't abandon plans to launch a long-range rocket that violates United Nations Security Council resolutions that prohibits the country from engaging in any ballistic activities.
2016-02-3

South Korea signs a new military plan with the United States to counter a possible incursion or a limited attack from North Korea.
2013-03-25

South Korea proceeds with live-fire drills near the disputed Korean sea border despite threats from North Korea of "merciless" strikes in retaliation.
2012-02-20

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