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  Planned For 10 Years, Out In 2 Hours: How Family Of 9 Escaped North Korea

  A North Korean family of nine executed a decade-long escape plan in just two hours, sailing across the Yellow Sea to freedom, though tragedy struck months later when the younger brother who made it all possible died in an accident.

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  For First Time In 8 Years, Pentagon Chief Visits Korean Border

  Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth travelled to the border between North and South Korea on Monday, the first time in eight years that a US defence secretary has made such a visit.

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  South Korea Vows To End "Unnecessary Military Tensions" With North Korea

  South Korean President Lee Jae Myung vowed on Tuesday to end a "vicious cycle of unnecessary military tensions" with North Korea, with the aim of achieving peaceful coexistence and shared growth.

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  North Korea Accuses South Korean Army Of Firing Warning Shots Near Border

  North Korea on Saturday accused the South of firing warning shots at its troops near the border, saying it risked raising tensions to "uncontrollable" levels.

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  North Korea Taking Down Loudspeakers From Border, Says South Korea

  South Korea's military detected North Korea removing some of its loudspeakers from the inter-Korean border, days after the South dismantled its front-line speakers used for anti-North Korean propaganda broadcasts.

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  South Korea Offers A Rare Glimpse Into Life Of Koreans Displaced By War

  The Demilitarised Zone on the Ganghwado Island in northwest South Korea offers a rare glimpse into the lives of displaced North Koreans who have been living there for over 70 years.

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  South Korea Removes K-pop Loudspeakers From Borders In Bid to Ease Tensions With North

  South Korea's military said Monday it had begun removing loudspeakers along its border with rival North Korea in a move aimed at reducing tensions.

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  South Korea's Balloon Crackdown Hits Anti-North Korea Activists

  The equipment activist Lee Min-bok uses to send balloons laden with anti-Kim Jong Un leaflets across the border from South Korea unto the North has been gathering dust and cobwebs for months.

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  North Korea Says Armed Conflict Possible After S Korea's Accidental Bombing

  North Korea said on Wednesday a recent accidental bombing of a civilian area by South Korean fighter jets in training shows a mishap could trigger a new armed conflict on the Korean

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  The North-South Divide Explained: How Korea Became Two Nations

  After Japan's defeat in World War II, Korea, previously under Japanese control, faced an uncertain future.

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  Gunshots, Screams, Evil Laugh: North Korea's New Weapon Is Bloodcurdling Sounds

  South Korea's border island Ganghwa is being bombarded nightly with blood-curdling sounds, part of a new campaign by the nuclear-armed North that is driving residents to despair.

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  Screams, Eerie Laughter: North Korea's New Weapons Against South Korea

  Gunshots, screams, eerie laughter: South Korea's border island Ganghwa is being bombarded nightly with blood-curdling sounds, part of a new campaign by the nuclear-armed North that is driving residents to despair.

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  "Noise Bombing": North Korea's New Weapon Drives South Koreans "Crazy"

  North Korea has begun blasting eerie, unsettling sounds across the border into South Korea, tormenting villagers and disrupting daily life.

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  North Korea Army 'Ready To Shoot' Amid Friction With South Korea Over Drones

  North Korea's artillery units near the border with South Korea have been ordered to be ready to fire amid frictions over drones that Pyongyang says are being flown over the frontier, state media cited the government as saying on Sunday.

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  North Korea To Permanently Shut Border With South Korea

  North Korea's army said Wednesday it was moving to "permanently shut off and block the southern border" with Seoul and had informed the US military to prevent an accidental clash.