Kim Min-seok

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  Images Suggest North Korea May Be Preparing Missile Launch: Report

  Satellite imagery analysis suggests North Korea may be preparing a long-range ballistic missile launch, Japan's Kyodo News reported today, citing a Japanese government source.

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  South Korea Military to Proceed With Drills Despite North Threat

  South Korea said planned military firing drills would go ahead on Monday near a disputed maritime border with North Korea, which has threatened "merciless retaliation" if Seoul fires into its waters on the anniversary of a 2010 bombing that killed four people.

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  Seoul Talks Tough as North, South Korea Hold Marathon Crisis Talks

  South Korean President Park Geun-hye demanded today that North Korea apologise over recent landmine blasts, even as the bitter rivals held marathon talks to defuse tensions that have brought the peninsula back to the brink of armed conflict.

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  North Korea's Kim Jong-Un Hails Rocket Test as 'Fresh Milestone'

  North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has hailed the firing of a new anti-ship rocket as "another fresh milestone" in bolstering the country's naval power following the testing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM).

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  North Korea Fires Missiles Into Sea as US Defense Chief Visits Region

  North Korea has fired two surface-to-air missiles off its west coast, South Korea said today, with the latest in a string of short-range firings by the North coming during a visit to the region by the U.S. defense secretary.

• South Korea Warns North of 'Strong' Response After Exchange of Fire

  South Korea said on Monday it had warned North Korea of a "strong" response if it provoked an incident similar to one last week that sparked an exchange of machinegun fire across their border.

• North Korea Hails Test of 'Breakthrough' Guided Missile

  North Korea announced Friday the successful test of a new high-precision, tactical guided missile, as its army threatened a "devastating" retaliation against South Korea for carrying out live fire drills near their maritime border.

• South Korea Says Crashed Drones Proved to Come From North

  South Korea's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that a joint analysis with US experts of three crashed drones recovered in recent months proved they had all been flown from North Korea.

• South Korea military to fight to keep ban on sex by academy cadets

  South Korea's military said it would fight a court ruling quashing its move to kick an officer candidate out of the elite Army Academy for having sex with his girlfriend while on leave.

• North Korea warns of 'merciless' strike against South

  North Korea has threatened a "merciless" strike against the South after activists burned effigies of the ruling Kim dynasty on the second anniversary of the death of former leader Kim Jong-Il.

• South Korea declares expanded air defence zone in disputed area

  South Korea declared on Sunday an expanded air defence zone that overlaps with one recently announced by China.

• Japan, China in war of words over airspace

  Japan and China are exchanging angry words over a territorial dispute, with each country summoning the other's ambassador and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calling a newly declared Chinese maritime air defense zone dangerous and unenforceable.

• South Korea asserts control inside China's new 'air zone'

  South Korea stressed Monday its "unchanging" control over an area that overlaps with China's newly-declared air defence zone and said it would raise the issue at high-level talks with Beijing.

• South Korea enforces smartphone app to curb military leaks

  South Korea's defence ministry said it had ordered its staff to install a smartphone application that restricts key functions like the camera in a bid to prevent military leaks.

• North Korea's ultimatum 'regrettable': South Korea

  South Korea brushed off a North Korean ultimatum of military action Tuesday, saying it was "regrettable" and vowing a tough response to any provocation.