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South Korea announces that it will lift a decades-long ban on public access to North Korean television, newspapers and other media.
2022-07-22

In escalating tensions over the past week, North Korea accuses the United States of double standards when it comes to condemning missile tests, saying that the U.S. only condemned North Korea the same day that South Korea also tested missiles. North Korean state media cited its chief as saying that the American response was a "vivid revelation of the American-style double-dealing attitude" and also says that unless "the U.S. drops its hostile policies towards North Korea, denuclearization can never be put on the table" of negotiations.
2021-09-17

North Korea announces it is severing hotlines with South Korea in retaliation for actions taken by defectors who sent anti-Pyongyang leaflets to the border. In addition, South Korea says the North refused to respond to calls to its liaison office.
2020-06-9

The United States deploys parts of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense in South Korea amidst high tension caused by North Korea's escalation of its missile and nuclear weapons programs.
2017-04-26

South Korea and the United States start annual military drills despite North Korea's threats of nuclear attacks.
2016-08-22

North Korea threatens a pre-emptive nuclear strike against South Korea and the United States in response to the two nations' annual joint military exercise which Pyongyang considers is a pretext for an invasion.
2016-03-6

North Korea launches a long range rocket that critics claim is a test of banned technology for a long range missile that could hit the United States. South Korea's military says the rocket released an object into orbit.
2016-02-7

South Korea establishes a surveillance center on its northernmost island of Baengnyeongdo to better deter North Korean threats.
2015-08-16

A United States military Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter crashes near South Korea's border with North Korea, with no reported casualties.
2013-04-16

South Korea´s Ministry of Unification allows humanitarian aid shipments to North Korea despite recent military tensions.
2013-03-22