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Military officers from the US, the Philippines, Australia and others stand at attention during the entrance of the colors to signal the opening ceremony for the joint US–Philippines military exercise dubbed, “Balikatan 2014,” on Monday, May 5, 2014 at the Armed Forces of the Philippines headquarters at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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A US Army Patriot missile air defense artillery battery is seen at U.S. Osan air base in Osan, south of Seoul April 5, 2013. (Reuters/Lee Jae-Won)
North Korea Warns Embassies of Conflict Risk
London/Seoul, Reuters—North Korea has asked embassies in Pyongyang that might wish to get staff out if there is a war to submit plans to it by April 10, Britain said on Friday, as it upped the pressure as part of a war of words that has set the Korean peninsula on...Caption:
In this June 27, 2008 file photo from television, the 60-foot-tall cooling tower is seen before its demolition at the main Nyongbyon reactor complex in Nyongbyon, also known as Yongbyon, North Korea (AP Photo/APTN, File)
North Korea to Restart Nuclear Reactor
Seoul, Bloomberg—North Korea said it will restart all facilities at its Yongbyon nuclear site shut by a 2007 disarmament accord, in the latest sign Kim Jong Un is expanding his atomic weapons program in the face of international censure. A uranium enrichment plant and...Caption:
North Koreans at a rally at Kim Il Sung Square in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea, March 29, 2013 (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)
North Korea Says Enters “State of War” Against South
Seoul, Reuters—North Korea said on Saturday it was entering a “state of war” with South Korea in a continuing escalation of angry rhetoric directed at Seoul and Washington, but the South brushed off the statement as little more than tough talk. The two...Caption:
A US Air Force B-2 stealth bomber refuels in flight over Missouri during a training mission in 2002.Two of the nuclear-capable aircraft flew to South Korea on March 28, 2013 to take part in a joint military exercise. (AFP PHOTO / TIM SLOAN)