# Korean Peninsula

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Korean Peninsula

Explainer: What's going on between North and South Korea and why are tensions rising again now?

Analysts say recent tensions come from North Korea’s desire to have sanctions eased.

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Jun 19th 2020, 12:42 PM

Korean Peninsula

North Korea severs communication with the South over defectors sending anti-Kim leaflets over the border

Defectors have sent leaflets to the North by balloon and bottle criticising Kim Jong Un over his weapons programmes and human rights abuses.

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Jun 9th 2020, 7:00 AM

War games

Major US military exercises with South Korea 'suspended indefinitely'

Trump on Tuesday had said the US would halt “war games” with its South Korean security ally.

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Jun 14th 2018, 10:45 PM

north south relations

South Korea says US troops are staying - regardless of any peace deal

Seoul and Pyongyang have remained technically at war since the 1950s.

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May 2nd 2018, 6:56 AM

thawing out

North Korea will send 22 athletes to the South for Winter Olympics

They’ll compete in hockey, figure skating, short-track speed skating, cross-country skiing and Alpine skiing.

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Jan 20th 2018, 2:18 PM

South Korea

Now you'll see them, now you won't: North Korea scraps talks with South

Northern officials complained that Southern delegates ranked too low within the Southern government, and have abandoned talks.

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Jun 11th 2013, 2:15 PM

North Korea

Kerry in Japan to discuss North Korea

Meanwhile, North Korea has dismissed the South’s offer for dialogue on the future of the Kaesong joint industrial zone.

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Apr 14th 2013, 12:39 PM

North Korea

North Korea preparing for third nuclear test: reports

South Korean newspaper claims the North is digging tunnels at the site of two previous nuclear tests in preparation for a third, as relations between the two remain strained.

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Feb 21st 2011, 4:06 PM