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Residents of a South Korean island attacked by North Korea in 2010 fear it could become a flashpoint again. They hid in air raid shelters in early January after North Korea conducted artillery drills.

The move shows Pyongyang’s dissatisfaction with South Korea’s hardline stance against North Korea, says expert.

Tensions have escalated amid tit-for-tat military moves between the two Koreas along the border, but life goes on as usual for the students of Daeseongdong Elementary School, the only school inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).

North Korea's army has fired around 90 more artillery shells into the sea to the north of the disputed sea border with South Korea, according to information from the South Korean General Staff on Sunday. South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported that the inhabitants of South Korean islands off the west coast had been urged not to leave their homes during the artillery exercises. The South Korean military said that no damage had been caused. According to the South Korean authorities, No...

North Korea fires 200 rounds into waters near disputed sea border, prompting South Korea to tell residents on nearby island to take shelter

Gen. Jim Slife received his fourth star and was promoted to Air Force vice chief of staff during a ceremony Dec. 29 at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington.

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The Korean War took a terrible human toll, claiming the lives of 5 million military personnel and civilians. It also caused 1.5 million North Korean citizens to flee their homeland.

A U.S. Merchant Marine ship, the SS Meredith Victory, managed to bring 14,000 North Korean refugees to safety on Christmas 1950, with no deaths — and five births.

International troops guarding the south side of the border between North and South Korea are again permitted to carry firearms, a spokesman for United Nations Command said Wednesday.