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North Korea threatens attack due to war drills

Tags: North Korea + South Korea + US + drills

V
Posted by V 2 years 6 days ago; via news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060...

North Korea said it had the right to launch a pre-emptive attack to counter a U.S.-South Korean joint military training drill, its official media reported on Tuesday.

U.S. and South Korean troops began military exercises on Monday dubbed Ulchi Focus Lens that are aimed at testing command structures and communications.

The annual exercises have been held without incident since they began in 1975 and the North usually brands them as a prelude to invasion and nuclear war.

But the drills this year are being held with tensions high on the...

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North Korean 'Spy' Arrested

Tags: Korea + North Korea + South Korea + Spy + National Intelligence Service + Roh Moo-hyun

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Posted by LuBo 2 years 7 days ago; via cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapc...

South Korea has arrested a suspected North Korean spy trying to enter the country at a time when tensions are running high on the peninsula, Yonhap news agency has reported.

The arrest report comes after North Korea defied international warnings and test fired seven missiles on July 5. News reports from the United States last week said North Korea may be preparing to conduct its first nuclear weapons test.

South Korean intelligence agencies were not immediately available to comment on the arrest report.

The source said the National...

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