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...Tuesday's meetings between Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye followed months of increased tensions on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea conducted an underground atomic test in February and had appeared ready for another. New U.S. intelligence...
...He spoke of the peace needed in the Middle East, Iraq, Syria, Africa and in Asia, mentioning specifically the Korean peninsula. At the same time, here at home in the United States we have the fierce debate within our society and in the Congress...
...and said one part of the rocket landed west of the Korean Peninsula, and the Philippines said another part landed 300...Tensions are high between the rival Koreas. The Korean Peninsula remains technically at war, as the 1950-53 conflict...
...Ministry. North Korea calls its model the Paektusan-1, a carrier rocket named after the highest mountain on the Korean Peninsula, Mount Paektu.North Korea launched the Paektusan in 1998 and claimed to have successfully placed a satellite into...
...record leads one (and the DPRK) to conclude, "no."From 1999-2000, I served as the chief negotiator for the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, or KEDO, the international (U.S., South Korea, Japan, European Union...
...Asian stock markets moved lower amid the news, which raises the possibility of increased instability on the divided Korean peninsula.South Korea's Kospi index was down 3.9 percent at 1,767.89 and Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.8 percent...
...Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, has said the A-10s are in Alaska as backup for U.S. ground forces on the Korean Peninsula, for example. The A-10s are designed specifically to support ground troops. In Alaska, the aircraft are closer...
...regime is unpredictable at best. This fact becomes very important in view of U.S. military reductions on the Korean Peninsula. Above all, we must not give potential adversaries the impression that the U.S. has militarily discounted any...
...avoiding a catastrophic war on the Korean Peninsula. Both subjects matter. Both...Heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula will undoubtedly feature prominently...lasting peace to a denuclearized Korean Peninsula. Another area where both countries...
...Alaska's military bases, another economic bulwark, seem secure, and with tensions heating up again on the Korean Peninsula and with China, the strategic importance of the Army and Air Force installations in Anchorage and Fairbanks is underscored...