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Seoul responds to Pyongyang’s trash balloons with loudspeakers at border, propaganda broadcasts

South Korea announced Sunday that it would install loudspeakers near the inter-Korean border and resume propaganda broadcasts for the first time in six years in...

North Korea sends 310 more trash-filled balloons to South as tensions further inflate

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Monday that North Korea has sent more than 310 filth-filled balloons over the inter-Korean border...

ACT-GEO founder projects 20% success rate for Korean oil and gas exploration

Vitor Abreu, founder of ACT-GEO, which is behind the claim of Korea’s potential discovery of large gas and oil reserves, projects a 20 percent...

South Korea’s president lambasts North’s ‘despicable provocations’ in Memorial Day speech

President Yoon Suk Yeol said South Korea will “never overlook” the North’s “despicable provocations” and vowed to maintain “ironclad readiness” alongside the United States...

Activists launch balloons carrying leaflets into North despite threats

A human rights group said Thursday it launched 10 balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the inter-Korean border in a move that could cause the...

U.S. B-1B bomber holds bombing drill in South Korea for first time in 7 years

A U.S. B-1B bomber took part in an aerial bombing exercise in South Korea for the first time in seven years on Wednesday, a...

Seoul suspends 2018 military pact of no hositilities with Pyongyang

South Korea’s Defense Ministry announced Tuesday it will “no longer be bound” by a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement after the Cabinet approved a motion...

Seoul mulls complete suspension of inter-Korean military accord over trash balloons

The South Korean government said Monday it would raise a motion to suspend the entire 2018 inter-Korean military agreement "until trust between the two...

South to launch ‘unendurable’ response to North’s trash balloons

South Korea’s National Security Council (NSC) agreed at an emergency meeting on Sunday to take measures the North would find “unendurable” for launching hundreds...

North’s Kim Jong-un guides firing drill with rocket launchers targeting South

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has supervised an artillery firing drill involving 600-millimeter (23.6-inch) super-large multiple rocket launchers, state media reported Friday, a day...