Friday, November 26, 2010

Crisis On The Korean Peninsula -- News Roundup November 26, 2010



N Korea Warns War Drills Take Region To 'Brink Of War' -- BBC

North Korea has warned that impending joint military exercises by the South and the US are pushing the region to "the brink of war".

A group of naval ships, led by a nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier, is heading to the Yellow Sea to take part in the drills, due to begin on Sunday.

At least four South Koreans died on Tuesday when the North shelled the Southern island of Yeonpyeong.

The incident has led to the South replacing its defence minister.

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More News On The Crisis On The Korean Peninsula

U.S. aircraft carrier races towards Korea as North fires fresh shells and warns South: 'We are on the brink of war' -- The Daily Mail
NKorea warns region is on brink of war -- Yahoo News/AP
S.Korea boosts defences as North warns of more strikes -- Yahoo News/AFP
S. Korea Beefs Up Defense, the North Warns of 'Waves of Retaliation' -- ABC News
US 'bringing Korean peninsula to brink of war' -- The Telegraph

N. Korea Tests Artillery on "Brink of War" -- CBS News
N.Korea stages artillery drill, warns of war -- Yahoo News/AFP
North Korea Issues Warning as Artillery Fire Rattles Island -- New York Times
North Korean shelling heard near Yeonpyeong -- The Guardian
South Korea says artillery fire heard in North -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Blasts but no attack near Korean island -- UPI

China Protests U.S.-South Korea Exercises
-- Wall Street Journal
China issues warning ahead of U.S.-South Korea drills -- Yahoo News/Reuters
China's support of North Korea grounded in centuries of conflict -- CNN

Anger grows in South Korea over handling of North attack -- Yahoo News/Reuters
South Korea names security adviser as defense minister -- Yahoo News/Reuters
S. Korea names new defense minister amid war rhetoric from the North -- CNN
South Korea Names New Defense Minister after North Korean Artillery Attack -- Voice of America
South Korean president appoints new defense minister following North's attack -- Washington Post
South Korea Reassesses Its Defenses After Attack -- New York Times
South Korea defense minister ousted; North warns of new attacks -- L.A. Times

Yeonpyeong Island a Korean peninsula hot spot -- L.A. Times
Yeongpyong Islanders: 'Once our home town was paradise. Now it's hell' -- The Independent
After Attack, South Korean Island Is a Ghost Town -- Wall Street Journal

North Korea's military aging but sizable
-- CNN
Pentagon: No Plan for Military Response to North Korean Attack -- Voice of America
Cut in Humanitarian Aid Latest Fallout from North Korean Shelling of South Korea -- Voice of America

Korea war games: Barack Obama to the White House Situation Room, please… -- Peter Foster, The Telegraph
Want to Know What North Koreans Think About Kim Jong Un? Just ask. -- Angela Hawken and Matt Leighty, Foreign Policy
Only China can tame North Korea -- Derek Burney, Globe And Mail
Korean tension: A look at the conflict -- CNN

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