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Update: Is North Korea Moving Another 'Red Line'?North Korea and South Korea exchanged artillery fire near the Northern Limit Line (NLL), their disputed western border in the Yellow Sea/West Sea on Nov. 23. The incident damaged as many as 100 homes and thus far has killed two South Korean soldiers with several others, including some civilians, wounded. The South Korean government convened an emergency Cabinet meeting soon after the incident and called for the prevention of escalation. It later warned of “stern retaliation” if North Korea launches additional attacks. Pyongyang responded by threatening to launch additional strikes, and accused South Korea and the United States of planning to invade North Korea, in reference to the joint Hoguk military exercises currently under way in different locations across South Korea. Read more » |
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Dispatch: North Korea Shells a South Korean IslandAnalyst Rodger Baker examines North Korea’s military action against South Korea on Nov. 23, and looks at the potential reasons for such a strike now. Watch the Video » |
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