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The South Korea Joint Chiefs of Staff say that North Korea has launched an unidentified projectile ballistic missile. No confirmation has been given.
2022-01-4

United States Defense Secretary James Mattis and South Korea Defense Minister Song Young-moo say they are committed to "a diplomatic resolution that achieves complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization" of North Korea, according to a Pentagon spokesperson. Mattis repeats the United States' "ironclad" commitment to defend its ally South Korea "using the full spectrum of U.S. capabilities."
2018-04-28

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's deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom, Thae Yong-ho, defects with his family to South Korea.
2016-08-17

South Korean soldiers fire warning shots at a suspected North Korean drone near the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The "unidentified flying object" was spotted around 29 miles north of Seoul, near South Korea's Dora Observation Post.
2016-01-13

North Korea warns against an underway joint military drill by South Korea and the United States, stating that the exercise could jeopardize a recent easing of tension on the Korean Peninsula.
2013-08-29

2013 Korean crisis: North and South Korea agree to reopen the jointly-operated Kaesong Industrial Region.
2013-08-14

North Korean authorities advise foreigners to leave South Korea soon, forecasting a possible conflict.
2013-04-9

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

Authorities in South Korea arrest a North Korean citizen for an alleged assassination attempt against Park Sang-hak, a noted defector and activist.
2011-09-16