Hundreds of South Koreans are evacuated into bunkers as troops fire hundreds of live artillery shells in an exercise to assert military strength over the North... more
North Korea is the neighbour from hell. Stuck in a 1950s Cold War time warp, it was the difficult teenager of communism during the latter part of the 20th century. ... more
Given North Korea's shelling of a South Korean island close to its territory today, it is sobering to reflect that technically the two Koreas are still at war... more
South Korean and US marines troops re-enact the Incheon landings 60 years after General Douglas MacArthur led his troops ashore, three months after North Korea invaded the South... more
Decision by North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-il to allow his citizens to enjoy their first live World Cup match in 44 years backfires spectacularly... more
North Korea is scrapping a deal with the South to prevent naval clashes and has warned of “immediate physical strikes” if its neighbour’s ships sail in its waters... more
South Korea accuses the North of firing the torpedo that sank a warship in March, killing 46 sailors in the country’s worst military disaster since the Korean War... more
South Korean and US troops raised their alert to the highest level since 2006 after North Korea renounced its peace treatyof 1953 that ended the country's war and threatened to attack ships that intercept its vessels... more
North Korea raised the stakes in its stand-off with the South by declaring it was no longer bound by the armistice which ended the Korean War in 1953... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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