South Korea said on Monday it was on guard for the possibility North Korea may try to snatch its citizens abroad or conduct \”terrorist acts\” after the North accused it of abducting North Korean workers from a restaurant in China.
North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Friday off its east coast and it flew about 500 miles into the sea, South Korea\’s Yonhap news agency reported.
South Korean and U.S. troops began large-scale military exercises on Monday in an annual test of their defences against North Korea, which called the drills \”nuclear war moves\” and threatened to respond with an all-out offensive.
North Korea put its troops on a war footing on Friday as South Korea rejected an ultimatum to stop propaganda broadcasts or face military action, prompting China to voice concern and urge both sides to step back.
North Korea fired three short-range rockets off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea\’s Ministry of Defense said, shortly before Pope Francis arrived in Seoul on his first visit to Asia.
South Korea is interested in buying Iron Dome missile defense batteries from the Israeli weapons manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.
I learned of the history of the Jewish people for the first time in South Korea, after my escape from political prison Camp 14 in North Korea. I also learned about the horrific Holocaust, the genocide suffered by the Jewish people at the hands of the Nazis some 70 years ago.
As Shin Dong-hyuk crawled over his friend’s lifeless body, the 23-year-old North Korean could feel the electric current shooting through him.
If you have nuclear weapons, all sorts of bad behavior will be tolerated.
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