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What's at Stake in US-China Summit? Pretty Much Everything
By Joseph Schuman - AOL NewsPresidents Barack Obama and Hu Jintao have a lot to talk about. The Chinese leader arrives in the United States for a state visit at a time when Washington and Beijing are partners, adversaries or both on nearly every substantial international issue -- from Iranian and North Korean nuclear ambitions to disputes over subsidized steel and software piracy, from human rights and climate change to control of sea lanes and currency exchange rates. And the scope of U.S.-Chinese interaction itself has been evolving so rapidly that the White House has described the building of a better working ...
Opinion: Should the US Take Military Action Against NKorea?
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 7) -- In the wake of North Korea's shelling of Yeonpyeong Island on Nov. 23, there was plenty of talk about what can be done to prevent future provocations from the North. The new South Korean defense minister on Friday warned that his country would launch air strikes against the North in response to another attack. On Sunday, President Barack Obama urged China to send "a clear message" to North Korea. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that the U.S. is "committed to the preservation of peace and stability" in the region. And in a show of show of support for South ...
North Korea Warns Region on 'Brink of War'
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News
(Nov. 26) -- Thunderous booms from North Korean artillery have rattled the remote fishing island at the center of the Koreas' latest standoff for a second time this week, as Pyongyang warned "trigger-happy" U.S. forces that their upcoming military drills with the South inch the peninsula "closer to the brink of war." China weighed in too, with its Foreign Ministry voicing its first official protest against U.S.-South Korean military exercises, set to begin Sunday. But the ministry statement was more muted than past ones, revealing that Beijing may be seeking to tamp down tensions on all ...
South Korea Boosts Troops as Defense Minister Resigns
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News
(Nov. 25) -- South Korea's defense minister has resigned over his handling of the North's bombardment this week of a tiny fishing island near the two Koreas' disputed sea border. Lawmakers from South Korea's ruling and opposition parties had demanded that Defense Minister Kim Tae-young step down, amid growing public criticism that the military mishandled Tuesday's clashes on Yeonpyeong Island. Two South Korean marines died as well as two civilians, in a surprise bombardment by the communist North. Kim toured the island's devastation today and then afterward handed in his resignation. A ...
Sarah Palin: 'We Gotta Stand With Our North Korean Allies'
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News
(Nov. 24) -- Who can keep track? On Wednesday, Sarah Palin weighed in on the recent military attacks by North Korea against South Korea. Appearing on fellow Fox News contributor Glenn Beck's radio show, for just a moment, her position didn't exactly fall in line with accepted U.S. foreign policy. "This speaks to a bigger picture here that certainly scares me in terms of our national security policy," Palin said. "But obviously we've gotta stand with our North Korean allies." To which the host replied: "South Korea." In all fairness, as a frequent public speaker, Palin is entitled to the ...
USS George Washington Departs for South Korea: Facts and Figures
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Nov. 24) -- The aircraft carrier USS George Washington is headed to the Yellow Sea for a series of military exercises with South Korean forces. The four-day drill series, planned "well before" the recent North Korean attacks that killed two South Korean civilians, is being interpreted as a first response to deterring escalation of power tensions in the region. The military exercise is "defensive in nature," according to a statement released by the United States Forces Korea, which also emphasized the U.S. and South Korea's mutual "commitment to regional stability through deterrence." The ...
US Aims to Close North Korea's Shady 'Office 39'
By Joseph Schuman - AOL News(Aug. 31) -- The Obama administration is tightening the financial squeeze on North Korea, intensifying sanctions against money laundering, drug trafficking and weapons proliferation and aiming to drain the slush fund used to procure luxury items for the impoverished country's leaders. President Barack Obama issued an executive order freezing the assets and banning economic ties with five North Korean agencies or state companies and three individuals he accused of trying to "destabilize the Korean peninsula and imperil U.S. Armed Forces, allies, and trading partners in the region, and [who] ...
North Korean Plane Crashes in China
By Terence Neilan - AOL News(Aug. 18) – A North Korean fighter jet crashed in China amid speculation that the pilot was trying to defect to Russia, according to South Korean intelligence officials cited today. The pilot "died on the spot" after crashing into a makeshift house, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported, adding that Beijing was investigating the incident and was in communication with North Korea. No one else was reported killed or wounded. Yonhap / AFP / Getty Images This image released by South Korea's Yonhap news agency on Aug. 18 and reportedly taken from a Chinese website shows people ...
Clinton, Gates Set New Sanctions on North Korea
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(July 21) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walked along South Korea's fortified border today, peering through binoculars into the communist North, and then announced more punitive U.S. sanctions against Pyongyang because of the sinking of a South Korean warship. The new sanctions include measures against members of Kim Jong Il's secretive regime and banks accused of helping North Korea trade illegally in arms and luxury goods banned under previous United Nations sanctions, Bloomberg News reported. The U.N. has already imposed several rounds of sanctions on North Korea over ...
Abnormal Radiation Detected Near Korean Border
By not in system - AOL NewsSEOUL, South Korea (June 21) -- Abnormally high radiation levels were detected near the border between the two Koreas days after North Korea claimed to have mastered a complex technology key to manufacturing a hydrogen bomb, Seoul said Monday. The Science Ministry said its investigation ruled out a nuclear test by North Korea, but failed to determine the source of the radiation. It said there was no evidence of a strong earthquake, which follows an atomic explosion. On May 12, North Korea claimed its scientists succeeded in creating a nuclear fusion reaction - a technology necessary to ...
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