A large 4-day exercise involving U.S and South Korea forces is under way in the Sea of Japan.
It comes in response to the sinking of a South Korean warship, the Cheonan, four months ago.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton look out over North Korea from Observation Point Ouellette during a tour from the demilitarized zone in South Korea, July 21, 2010. Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Abc News, Cnn, Fox News, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Korean Peninsula, Military Exercises, Navy Vessel, North Korea, North Korea Nuke, North Korea Threatens Nuclear War, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Deterrent, Observation Point, S South, Sacred War, Sea Of Japan, Secretary Robert, South Korean Navy, Washington Post, Yahoo News Comments Off
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton look out over North Korea from Observation Point Ouellette during a tour from the demilitarized zone in South Korea, July 21, 2010. Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Air Drills, Christian Science Monitor, Cnn, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Korea North, Korea War, Korean Economy, Korean Peninsula, Military Exercise, Military Exercises, Nkorea, North Korea, Observation Point, Physical Response, Regional Security Forum, Sanctions Against North Korea, Sea Of Japan, Times Of India, Un Sanctions Against North Korea, War Games Comments Off
South Korean activists demanded the North return a South Korean fishing boat.From The Wall Street Journal:
SEOUL — North Korea seized a South Korean fishing vessel and its four-person crew after they strayed across the inter-Korean maritime border in the East Sea, or Sea of Japan, early Thursday, South Korean officials said.
The incident will be a new test of how North Korea will deal with the outside world.
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Kim Jong-Il. Photo: Getty Images From Foreign Policy Blog:
Reports surfaced yesterday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is under hospital care (again), after Kim’s health took a turn for the worse last month.
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