Jul 26 Both Koreas mark 70th armistice anniversary in two different ways that highlight rising tensions By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press The truce that stopped the bloodshed in the Korean War turns 70 on Thursday and the two Koreas are marking the anniversary in starkly different ways, underscoring their deepening nuclear tensions. Continue reading
Jul 24 North Korea fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles into the sea in latest weapons test By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press The test is apparently in protest of the United States sending major naval assets to South Korea in a show of force. Continue reading
Jul 24 American-led UN Command says it’s communicating with North Korea about U.S. soldier By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press The American-led U.N. Command says it has started a conversation with North Korea about a U.S. soldier who ran into the North last week across one of the world's most heavily fortified borders. Continue reading
Jul 22 North Korea fires more cruise missiles, but stays silent on U.S. soldier who crossed its border By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press North Korea fired several cruise missiles toward its western sea Saturday, South Korea’s military said, marking the second launch event this week, apparently in protest of the docking of a nuclear-armed U.S. submarine in South Korea. Continue reading
Jul 20 North Korea unresponsive to requests to discuss soldier who crossed border, U.S. says By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press Pvt. Travis King, who was supposed to be on his way to Fort Bliss, Texas, after finishing a prison sentence in South Korea for assault, ran into North Korea while on a civilian tour of the border village of Panmunjom on Tuesday. Continue reading
Jul 19 North Korea stays silent on its apparent detention of a U.S. soldier who ran across the border By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Some observers said the North was unlikely to repatriate him anytime soon amid heightened tensions between the rivals. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 3:46 News Wrap: Phoenix hits 110 degrees for 19 straight days, record for major U.S. city In our news wrap Tuesday, Phoenix experienced a 19th straight day at or above 110 degrees, the longest hot streak ever for a major American city, an American soldier is being held in North Korea after escaping custody in South… Continue watching
Jul 18 U.S. soldier crosses border into North Korea after facing disciplinary action By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Tara Copp, Lolita Baldor, Associated Press U.S. officials say an American detained after crossing the border from South Korea into North Korea was a U.S. soldier. Continue reading
Jul 12 North Korea test-fires ICBM after threatening ‘shocking’ consequences over alleged U.S. spy flight By Hyung-Jin Kim, Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press South Korea and Japan assessed that the missile flew about 620 miles on a steep angle before landing between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch 5:15 News Wrap: Wildfire smoke brings more air quality alerts to U.S. In our news wrap Friday, smoke from wildfires in Canada continued to disperse, shrouding major U.S. cities in a yellowish tint, riots erupted in Paris for a third straight day over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old, at least… Continue watching