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North Korea’s Latest Missile Test Suggests Arms Race With South
The North said it tested a missile with a “super-large warhead” on Monday. The South has similar missiles, meant to target underground bunkers.
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North Korea Has Lost ‘Many’ Troops to Mines in DMZ, South Says
North Korean soldiers have been sent into the mine-strewn buffer zone to do construction work since November, the South Korean military said on Tuesday.
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Eight Legs and the Size of a Hand: All About the Joro Spider
Scientists expect the large, brightly colored spider to arrive in the Northeast sometime this year.
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North Korea Fires Artillery Near Border With South Korea
The South asked nearby islanders to seek shelter before it launched a military exercise in the disputed waters and chided the North for “threatening peace.”
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The Korean War in Photos, 70 Years After the Truce
The Korean War broke out when a Soviet-backed, Communist North invaded the pro-American southern territory of the Korean Peninsula in 1950, leading to one of the most harrowing conflicts of the 20th century and setting the tone of the Cold War in ...
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North Korea Launches Two Ballistic Missiles: What to Know
The test came two days before North Korea was set to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War.
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North Korea Launches ICBM
It was the North’s first test of a long-range missile in three months, and came as the country warned of strong countermeasures against joint military drills by the United States and South Korea.