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U.S. scrambles to limit Korea hostilities
As Seoul threatened retaliation for North Korea's deadly shelling of a South Korean island, U.S. officials scrambled Tuesday to avert any catastrophic escalation of hostilities after one of the most serious confrontations on the Korean peninsula in...Tags: International Military Interventions, Heads of State, Kim Jong Il, Lee Myung-bak, Wars and Interventions
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Bodies of 2 civilians found on shelled South Korean island
South Korea on Wednesday found the burned bodies of two islanders killed in a North Korean artillery attack, marking the first civilian deaths in the incident and escalating the tensions in the region's latest crisis. The South Korean Coast Guard...Tags: Family, Kim Jong Il, Wars and Interventions, Nuclear Weapons, Incheon (South Korea)
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Obama says US will defend SKorea, seeks diplomatic response to attack from the North
AP National Security WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged the United States would stand "shoulder to shoulder" with South Korea after what the White House branded a provocative, outrageous attack by North Korea on its neighbor. Its options...Tags: Kim Jong Il, Heads of State, Lee Myung-bak, Wars and Interventions, Petroleum Industry
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SKorea finds 2 bodies in rubble, marking first civilian deaths in NKorean artillery attack
Associated PressINCHEON, South Korea (AP) — Rescuers found the burned bodies Wednesday of two islanders killed in a North Korean artillery attack — the first civilian deaths from a skirmish that marked a dramatic escalation of tensions between the rival...Tags: Kim Jong Il, Armed Conflicts, Nuclear Weapons, Wars and Interventions, Incheon (South Korea)
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North Korea fires on South Korean island
Los Angeles TimesNorth Korea on Tuesday fired dozens of artillery rounds onto a populated South Korean island, killing two and injuring 19 others after Pyongyang claimed that Seoul was readying for "an invasion," officials said. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak...Tags: Heads of State, Lee Myung-bak, Wars and Interventions, Petroleum Industry, Society
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Analysis: North Korea's deadly volleys are defiant regime's latest bid to win world attention
Associated PressA frustrated North Korea is lashing out again, this time with a deadly volley of artillery aimed at reminding rival South Korea — and the world — that it will not be ignored. The barrage of shots fired Tuesday at a South Korean island lying...Tags: Family, Kim Jong Il, International Military Interventions, Lee Myung-bak, Wars and Interventions
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Nuclear blinders
"Stunning" was how Siegfried Hecker, former head of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, described North Korea's new uranium-enrichment facility. While more sophisticated and extensive than previously believed, this plant is entirely consistent with 15...Tags: Kim Jong Il, Nuclear Weapons, Defense Equipment, United Nations, George Bush
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North Korea shells South Korean island
The Associated PressNorth Korea shot dozens of rounds of artillery onto a populated South Korean island near their disputed western border Tuesday, military officials said, setting buildings on fire and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. The...Tags: Kim Jong Il, South Korea, Wars and Interventions, Armed Forces, North Korea
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North Korea's mind games at the negotiating table
During a 1999 visit to Pyongyang to discuss North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, chief U.S. negotiator William Perry got under the skin of a senior North Korean military official. In another capital, Perry might have expected a dismissive...Tags: Kim Jong Il, Diplomacy, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Policy, George Bush
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South Koreans puzzle over motives behind North Korea's attack
Los Angeles TimesSeoul residents expressed growing alarm late Tuesday after a deadly North Korean artillery attack on a South Korean island, leading many to try to make sense of Pyongyang's latest provocation. "It has finally come to this, the very day we all feared,"...Tags: Kim Jong Il, Heads of State, Education, Lee Myung-bak, Justice System
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Latest North Korea nuclear revelations could spur US to confront whether its policy works
Associated PressSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States and its partners have pushed North Korea for years to abandon its atomic ambitions, but the North has conducted two nuclear tests and now claims it has 2,000 centrifuges producing uranium for a new...Tags: Kim Jong Il, Heads of State, Wars and Interventions, Missile Systems, Nuclear Policy
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SKorea says it returns fire and scrambles jets after NKorea fires artillery onto island
Associated PressSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea shot dozens of rounds of artillery onto a populated South Korean island near their disputed western border Tuesday, military officials said, setting buildings on fire and prompting South Korea to return fire and...Tags: Kim Jong Il, Lee Myung-bak, Wars and Interventions, Korean War, United Nations
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