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The North Korean state news agency KCNA reports that the country will suspend military action plans against the South after a meeting of the Central Military Commission presided by Kim Jong-un. North Korea had protested against defectors sending leaflets to the border, and Kim's sister Kim Yo-jong had threatened a military response.
2020-06-24

Eighty-nine South Koreans are selected via lottery to be reunited for three days with North Korean relatives they were separated from in the Korean War six decades earlier.
2018-08-20

According to South Korean and United States officials, a missile test in North Korea ends in failure, with the missile exploding seconds after launch.
2017-03-22

South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports North Korea appears to conduct a submarine-launched ballistic missile test that ended in failure with no indication that the missile successfully ejected from the vessel and took off.
2015-11-28

South Korea claims that North Korea has fired dozens of artillery shells into the sea near the disputed border.
2014-07-14

A Mongolian-flagged cargo ship sinks off the coast of South Korea, with most of the 16 North Korean crew members reported missing.
2014-04-4

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

South Korea offers food aid to North Korea after recent floods which have killed over 500 North Koreans.
2012-09-7

Leon Panetta, the United States Secretary of Defense, warns North Korea against further provocations against South Korea.
2012-04-24

A group of South Korean lawmakers make a rare visit to North Korea's Kaesong Industrial Region.
2012-02-10