Tuesday, May 25, 2010

North-South Korean Crisis Continues -- News Updates May 25, 2010



N Korea 'Severs All Ties' With Seoul -- BBC

North Korea is to cut all relations with South Korea, Pyongyang's official news agency reports.

KCNA said the North was also expelling all South Korean workers from a jointly-run factory north of the border.

The move comes after an international report blamed North Korea for sinking a South Korean warship.

Pyongyang denies it torpedoed the Cheonan near the inter-Korean maritime border on 26 March, killing 46 sailors.

Seoul announced on Sunday it was ending trade relations with the North in response to the sinking.

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More News On The Escalating Crisis On The Korean Peninsula

North Korea severs all ties with South Korea -- Yahoo News/AP
DPRK decides to sever all inter-Korean relations -- Xinhuanet
North Korea to cut all ties with South Korea -- Yahoo News/Reuters
North Korea to Sever Ties With the South -- Wall Street Journal
N.Korea accuses South, threatens action -- Yahoo News/AFP
North Korea Ready to Fight if Attacked: Report -- New York Times/Reuters

ROK president gives nod to calling DPRK "main enemy" -- Xinhuanet
Pentagon dials up pressure on North Korea for Cheonan sinking -- Christian Science Monitor
Pentagon and U.N. Chief Put New Pressure on N. Korea -- New York Times
South Korea, World Look to China to Warn North Over Ship Sinking -- Voice of America
Clinton Urges China to Cooperate on North Korea, Iran at Talks -- Voice of America
Clinton Says US Support for South Korea 'Unequivocal' -- Voice of America

Amid tensions on Korean peninsula, patterns revealed in Kim's behavior -- Washington Post
South Koreans divided over Cheonan response -- BBC
South Korea markets plunge on news North Korea is preparing for war -- Christian Science Monitor
Why sanctions on North Korea don't work -- Michael Schuman, Time Magazine

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