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  • North Korean army officers rally at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang. Tens of thousands turned out last week in support of the call to arms by their young and inexperienced leader, Kim Jong-un. Their military doctrine is "launch on tactical warning." (Associated Press)

    Rising tensions on Korean Peninsula risk accidental war

    ANALYSIS: The Pentagon said Monday that it was moving a guided-missile destroyer and a sea-based radar platform near North Korea's coastline to respond to any aggressive acts by the communist state, even as the White House said no changes have been detected in the regime's military posture despite its warlike threats.

  • Experts suspect North behind SKorea computer crash

    A cyberattack caused computer networks at major South Korean banks and top TV broadcasters to crash simultaneously Wednesday, paralyzing bank machines across the country and prompting speculation of North Korean involvement.

  • Korean War just rhetoric, for now

    Rising tensions between North and South Korea ahead of U.S. military exercises on the Korean Peninsula next week have provoked a war — although one of words for the time being.

  • Pop star Rain to be punished for meeting actress

    The South Korean military will punish pop star Rain for meeting with a top actress while on duty during his mandatory military service, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.

  • Pop star Rain to be punished over meeting actress

    The South Korean military will punish pop star Rain for meeting with a top actress while on duty during his mandatory military service, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.

  • FILE - In this April 13, 2012 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, applauds with military officers as he attends the unveiling ceremony of statues of late leaders, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansudae in Pyongyang, North Korea.  (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

    Inside the Ring: North Korean EMP

    Recent satellite navigation jamming by North Korea’s military near the demilitarized zone and a report in a Chinese journal are raising new fears that Pyongyang is developing electromagnetic pulse weapons.

  • U.S. troops tread carefully amid Korea tensions

    Lt. Col. Edward Taylor stands behind a wall of sandbags overlooking the North Korean landscape and a bank of trees along the most fortified border in the world. The trees obstruct the view, he explains. They need to come down. But this is the DMZ.

  • South Korean pop star Rain says he's joining army

    South Korean pop star Rain is joining the army.

  • South Koreans at Seoul's main railroad station watch a TV news program on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, showing file video footage of South Korean army K-9 self-propelled howitzers during a previous military exercise. The South's marines returned fire Wednesday after North Korea launched artillery shells into waters near the disputed maritime line that separates the two rivals, South Korean defense officials said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

    Officials: N. Korean shell lands in S. Korean waters

    South Korean marines returned fire Wednesday after North Korea launched artillery shells into waters near the disputed maritime line that separates the two rivals, South Korean defense officials said.

  • Security Council meets to urge calm in Koreas

    World powers trying to defuse tensions between North and South Korea met in an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council on Sunday, but disagreed over whether the North should be singled out for criticism over two deadly attacks this year that have helped send relations to their lowest point in decades.

  • ** FILE ** Then-New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (left) is greeted by Li Gun of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's American Affairs Department upon arriving at the Pyongyang airport on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/APTN)

    N. Korea warns South to stop live-fire drills

    North Korea warned South Korea on Friday not to stage artillery drills on a front-line island the North bombed last month, saying it would hit back even harder than in the previous attack that killed four South Koreans.

  • South Korean soldiers take part in a military drill on scenic Mallipo Beach in western South Korea on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

    U.S., South Korea launch war games

    A U.S. supercarrier and a South Korean destroyer took up position in the tense Yellow Sea on Sunday for joint military exercises that were a united show of force just days after a deadly North Korean artillery attack.

  • BRINK OF WAR: South Koreans watch smoke rising from South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island near the border with North Korea on Tuesday. The North fired artillery barrages onto the island. South Korea returned fire and launched fighter jets. (Associated Press)

    North Korea fires on South Korea

    President Obama and his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak have pledged to hold joint military exercises and enhanced training after North Korea's military forces fired artillery against a South Korean island, prompting the South's forces to return fire.

  • S. Korea negotiates hostages' fate

    GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) Taliban leaders and South Korean officials negotiated by phone over the fate of 19 remaining hostages, but no new face-to-face talks had been planned, the International Committee of the Red Cross said today.

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