Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Tensions Continue On The Korean Peninsula



N.Korea Makes New Threats As Tensions Rise -- Yahoo News/AFP

SEOUL (AFP) – North Korea threatened Wednesday to shut a border crossing and open fire on loudspeakers if South Korea makes good on its vow to blare out propaganda across the frontier in revenge for the sinking of a warship.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flew to Seoul to show Washington's "rock-solid" support for its ally amid the rising tensions, and said the world had a duty to respond to the North's torpedo attack.

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More News On North - South Korean Tensions

North Korea Cuts Some Links with the South -- Voice of America
North Korea Threatens to Cut Last Link With South -- New York Times/Reuters
North Korea Cuts All Ties With South -- New York Times
North Korea severs all ties with South Korea -- Washington Post
S.Korea to punish N.Korea despite threats -- Voice of America
S.Korea to punish N.Korea despite threats -- Yahoo News/AFP
U.S. Pledges to Help South Korea in Bid for U.N. Action -- New York Times
Clinton calls for 'strong but measured' response to Korea crisis -- BBC
Clinton Says World Must Respond to Sinking of S. Korean Warship -- Voice of America
Clinton: World Must Act on SKorean Ship Sinking -- New York Times/AP
Hillary Clinton calls for reprisals against North Korea -- Times Online
Hillary Clinton in China: a juggling act over North Korea, Iran -- Christian Science Monitor

North Korea hostility toward the South puts China in a spot -- Christian Science Monitor
Clinton urges China co-operation over North Korea -- BBC
Regional summit to test China's Wen over North Korea -- Reuters
Fault lines emerge in China's support for its old ally -- Sydney Morning Herald
China May Shield North Korea as Lee, U.S. Seek Action on Ship -- Bloomberg Businessweek

War in the Korean Peninsula: Thinking the Unthinkable -- Bill Powell, Time Magazine

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