North Korea South Korea Conflict

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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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  North Korea Is Launching More Trash-Filled Balloons Southward: South Korea

  North Korea is launching more balloons believed to be carrying trash southward, South Korea's military said Saturday, the latest in a series of border barrages that have ignited a tit-for-tat propaganda war.

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  North Korean Trash Balloons Fly Into South Korea President's Office

  Trash-carrying balloons sent by North Korea hit the South Korean presidential compound Wednesday, security officials told AFP, prompting Seoul to mobilise chemical response teams in the escalating tit-for-tat propaganda war.

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  N Korea Tests Multiple-Warhead Missile Amid Growing Tensions With S Korea

  North Korea successfully tested its multiple-warhead missile capability, state media said Thursday, as dozens more trash-laden balloons from Pyongyang landed in the South.

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  Dozens Of N Korea Soldiers Cross Border, Get Injured After Landmines Explode

  Dozens of North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified border with the South on Tuesday and retreated after warning shots were fired, Seoul's military said, adding landmine explosions had injured Pyongyang's troops in the area.

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  North Korea vs South Korea: Trash-Filled Balloons, K-Pop On Loudspeakers

  In a move signalling heightened tensions with its neighbour, South Korea has announced its decision to resume loudspeaker broadcasts directed at North Korea for the first time in six years.

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  Japan And South Korea Sanction Entities Over North Korea-Russia Arms Trade

  Japan and South Korea on Friday announced separate sanctions packages targeting companies, vessels, or individuals allegedly involved in supplying North Korean weapons to Russia for use in Ukraine, in violation of UN resolutions.

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  North Korea's New Posters Show Heavy Tanks Crushing South Koreans

  This comes after the speech made by North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un about preparing for war and declaring South Korea as his country's "principal enemy".

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  North Korea Claims It Successfully Launched First Spy Satellite, Promises More

  North Korea said it successfully placed its first spy satellite in orbit on Tuesday and vowed to launch more in the near future, defying international condemnation from the United States and its allies.

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  Korean Space Race? North And South Chase Spy Satellites

  North Korea claimed Wednesday to have successfully put its first military surveillance satellite into orbit, with the South also preparing to send up its first spy satellite later this month.

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  Explained: What North Korea's Satellite Launch Means For The Space Race

  North Korea appears to be preparing for its third attempt this year at launching a reconnaissance satellite, a move that may prove as controversial as the nuclear-armed country's weapons tests.

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  North Korean Spy Satellite Has "No Military Use", Says South Korea

  South Korea's military said on Wednesday it had retrieved the wreckage of a North Korean spy satellite that plunged into the sea in May after a botched launch and found it had no meaningful military use as a reconnaissance satellite.

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  US Causing International Arms Control Collapse: North Korea

  North Korea on Saturday blamed the United States for what it said was the collapse of international arms control systems and said Pyongyang's nuclear weapons were a just response to ensure the balance of power in the region.

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  North Korea Test Fires 4 Strategic Cruise Missiles: Report

  North Korea has test-fired four strategic cruise missiles during a drill designed to demonstrate its ability to conduct a nuclear counterattack against hostile forces, its state media said on Friday.

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  North Korea Fires Unspecified Ballistic Missile, Says South Korea

  North Korea fired at least one unspecified ballistic missile Saturday, South Korea's military said, Pyongyang's first test since the start of the year that comes days before Seoul and Washington are due to start joint tabletop exercises.