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Palin: Back Our 'North Korean Allies'

Glenn Beck corrects her on-air flub

(Newser) - Sarah Palin is taking a razzing today for a verbal gaffe about North Korea. She told Glenn Beck on his radio show that we must “stand with our North Korean allies” before he corrected her. “This speaks to a bigger picture here that certainly scares me in terms...

North Korean Attack Killed 2 Civilians

Two marines also killed, 18 others wounded

(Newser) - Rescuers sifting through the wreckage left by North Korea’s artillery assault on Yeonpyeong Island found the burned bodies of two civilians today—the first civilian deaths reported from the skirmish, the AP reports. Two South Korean marines were also killed, and another 18 people wounded in the attack; 30...

US Carrier Heads to Korean Waters

Military exercises to 'demonstrate strength of alliance'

(Newser) - The USS George Washington left a naval base in Japan today, bound for Korean waters to carry out joint exercises with the South Korean military. US officials say that while the 4 days of military exercises set to begin on Sunday were "planned well before yesterday's unprovoked artillery attack,...

South Korea Threatens 'Enormous Retaliation'

Lee: Deadly attack 'completely unforgivable'

(Newser) - Talk of all-out war is coming from both Koreas after yesterday's attack on a South Korean island by the north . South Korean President Lee Myung-bakhas put the country's military on its highest alert level and warned that the shelling is a "completely unforgivable" attack on civilians that cannot go...

Kim Jong-il Tours Soy Sauce Factory
 Kim Jong Il Tours 
 Soy Sauce Factory 
What Crisis?
Nov 23, 2010 2:20 PM CST

Kim Jong Il Tours Soy Sauce Factory

US, meanwhile, says it isn't planning any military response

(Newser) - With North Korea and South Korea teetering on the edge of war , what did Kim Jong Il and his heir apparent, Kim Jong Un, spend the day doing? They visited a soy sauce factory, reports Aol News , via a dispatch from the state news agency. The father-son duo also visited...

Why North Korea Attacked the South: Was it to Force Negotiations?

 Why North Korea 
 Attacked the South 

early reactions
Nov 23, 2010 8:26 AM CST

Why North Korea Attacked the South

Many believe it is an attempt to force negotiations

(Newser) - Following North Korea's artillery attack on South Korea, the Los Angeles Times , reporting from Seoul, and Reuters gather early theories for what is behind the attack:
  • Forcing negotiations: A former negotiator and South Korean lawmaker calls it a "berserk" and "last-ditch" attempt "to engage Washington and Seoul"
...

North Korea Fires on South

 North Korea Fires on South 
UPDATEd
Nov 23, 2010 7:49 AM CST

North Korea Fires on South

Koreas exchange artillery fire; dozens of houses aflame, 2 killed

(Newser) - South Korea has returned fire after North Korea blasted scores of artillery rounds at a South Korean island, setting houses on fire and forcing evacuations, according to South Korean officials. Some 70 houses were ablaze on the island of Yeonpyeong, close to the two nations' disputed maritime border, witnesses told...

Satellite Reveals N. Korea Nuke Building

Reactor would give country cause to enrich uranium

(Newser) - Satellite photos reveal construction at North Korea’s main atomic complex, suggesting the country is fulfilling its plans to build a light-water nuclear reactor, the AP reports. The images, from a private Washington institute, show at least two cranes and an under-construction rectangular structure, and come amid reports that work...

Number of North Korean Defectors Surges Past 20K

As economic conditions worsen, more flee to South Korea

(Newser) - The number of North Koreans defecting to South Korea has surged in recent years because of economic suffering in the North, with more than 10,000 defections over the past three years, South Korea's Unification Ministry said today. About as many North Koreans have defected to the South since the...

'Guidelines,' No Specifics, at G20

Obama slams China over currency manipulation

(Newser) - G20 leaders have agreed to curb “persistently large imbalances” in saving and spending and set “indicative guidelines” against trade imbalances, but more specific decisions on how to identify and fix said imbalances were left until next year, reports the New York Times . The finance minsters are to agree...

N. Korea Attack on G20 Feared
 N. Korea Attack on G20 Feared 
Nov 12, 2010 6:39 AM CST

N. Korea Attack on G20 Feared

Diplomats fear bizarre balloon assault from Pyongyang

(Newser) - As the G20 summit in South Korea enters its second day, British diplomats fear that North Korea is planning to grab the spotlight with military action or even an attack on the summit. The summit is taking place just 50 miles from the border, and diplomats worry that the North...

US-South Korea Trade Deal Hits the Rocks

But broader G20 pact near

(Newser) - After days of furious negotiating, the US has failed to strike a free trade deal with South Korea. President Obama still hopes that the deal can be reached within a few weeks, but probably not before Obama leaves Seoul, the LA Times reports—a Korean official said that Lee Myung-bak...

Obama Blasts North Korea in G20 Speech

Warns that the US 'will never waver' in defense of South

(Newser) - Barack Obama sent some pointed remarks North Korea’s way in his speech in Seoul today, saying that the difference between it and its less-oppressed Southern counterpart is “a contrast so stark you can see it from space, as the brilliant lights of Seoul give way to the utter...

North, South Korea Exchange Fire

No South Korean injuries reported

(Newser) - North Korea fired two rounds toward South Korea at their tense border and South Korean troops immediately fired back, an official said today. There were no South Korean injuries and it was unclear whether it was an accident or an intentional provocation, said an official at the Joint Chiefs of...

South Korea Sends Food to North

Government offers humanitarian aid for first time in years

(Newser) - For the first time since early 2008, the South Korean government today sent food aid to North Korea in what some see as a big step toward easing tensions between the two countries. Freighters carrying 5,000 tons of rice and 3 million cups of instant noodles are expected to...

What If North Korea Collapses?
 What If North Korea Collapses? 
in case you missed it
Oct 23, 2010 12:03 PM CDT

What If North Korea Collapses?

That's a 'black swan' we should be prepared for, writes Fareed Zakaria

(Newser) - It’s entirely possible—if not likely—that the North Korean regime could collapse in the near future, “and at that point, unless there is careful planning among South Korea, China and the United States, all hell will break loose,” writes Fareed Zakaria in the Washington Post . Kim...

G20 Nations Brush Off Goals by Geithner

He's proposing better guidelines on currency rates, deficits

(Newser) - G20 officials aren’t likely to accept US proposals to better monitor exchange rates along with trade deficits and surpluses, an insider tells Reuters . Timothy Geithner had hoped to set numerical targets for surpluses and deficits as well as "norms" on currency rate policy. "Right now, there is...

Kim Jong Un May Have Had Surgery to Look Like Gramps

In older images, he looked skinny, had different chin

(Newser) - Did Kim Jong Un, the son and anointed successor of Kim Jong Il, have plastic surgery to look like his grandfather? That’s what South Korean newspapers are speculating after North Korea released the first official shots of Kim Jong Un last week. In them, he looked like the spitting...

Thawing Relations: South Korea Sending Aid to North

5,000 tons of rice, cement to be shipped

(Newser) - South Korea will send $8.5 million in aid to flood-ravaged North Korea in a sign of warming relations, NPR reports. The 5,000-ton shipment of rice and cement represents the South’s first major aid shipment to its neighbor after an alleged torpedo attack from the North in March...

Twitter Fight! S. Korea Blocks North's Tweets

Seoul apparently worried about the propaganda

(Newser) - Don't they have this backward? After North Korea took a shine to Twitter , South Korea is censoring its tweets. The North began tweeting a week ago—propaganda, along the lines of 'we didn't sink that boat'—and the South has just blocked its residents from accessing the feed, the Guardian...

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