Visits by North Korean groups to South Korea gained frequency after the first inter-Korean summit in 2000, but they tailed off after North Korea tested a nuclear weapon for the first time in late 2006.
Sadly for South Korea, while China can be depended upon to block the passage of effective sanctions against North Korea in the UN Security Council and to take any other necessary action to protect the North Korean regime, South Korea cannot expect the US to take action to rein in North Korean aggression.
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This month Anonymous has turned its attention to the political tensions on the Korean peninsula, with Operation Free Korea targeting North Korean websites and social networks.
The Pentagon views the land mines deployed in Korea as the major deterrent to a North Korean attack on South Korea, where some 37, 000 American soldiers are stationed.
In 2007 he unveiled a public exhibition of his collection--the biggest ever of North Korean art outside Korea.
South Korea's success comes amid increased tension on the Korean Peninsula over North Korea's threat to explode its third nuclear device.
"A patrol ship of the Navy of the Korean People's Amy captured one ship of South Korea on July 30 when it illegally intruded deep into the DPRK territorial waters, " North Korea's Korean Central News Agency reported.
Taekkyeon, a traditional Korean martial art (Republic of Korea): Taekkyeon is a traditional Korean martial art that makes use of fluid, rhythmic dance-like movements to strike an opponent, while teaching consideration and moderation.
Other indoctrination and control groups include the General Federation of Trade Unions of North Korea, Union of Agricultural Working People, Union of Democratic Woman, Korean Journalists Union, Korean Democratic Lawyers Association, Korean Bar Association, and Korea Students Committee.
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Tension is high on the Korean peninsula following North Korea's third nuclear test on 12 February.
During previous periods of inter-Korean tension, North Korea has threatened to close the project.
Six decades have passed since the Korean War and South Korea is well able to defend itself.
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Since the 1950-53 Korean War, North Korea has feared that Washington is intent on destroying the regime.
There are currently more than 20, 000 North Korean defectors in South Korea, according to the South's Unification Ministry.
In the other incident, five North Korean gunboats entered South Korea's coastal waters.
Lee wants global investors to join Korean housewives in nurturing Korea's economy through the planned Buy Korea Fund International, which may soon list in New York.
The 29-ton vessel was returning from its fishing operations and mistakenly crossed seven miles (11 km) into North Korean waters, South Korea's Defense and Unification Ministry said.
On the Korean peninsula, North Korea just upended eight years of State Department obfuscation by showing a team of US nuclear scientists its collection of thousands of state-of-the-art centrifuges installed in its Yongbyon nuclear reactor.
The country's food crisis has its roots in atrocious farm productivity, the high international price of grain, and an embargo on much food aid because of North Korean belligerence towards South Korea in recent years.
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The existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula, and the actions and policies of the Government of North Korea that destabilize the Korean Peninsula and imperil U.S. Armed Forces, allies, and trading partners in the region continue to constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.
He also told his South Korean counterpart that the US-South Korea alliance was "instrumental in maintaining stability on the Korean peninsula", Pentagon spokesman George Little said in a statement.
Operated by South Korean company Hyundai Asan, the resort in North Korea's southeast was closed after a South Korean tourist who wandered off the grounds was shot by a North Korean soldier 2008.
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However, the number of North Korean refugees arriving in South Korea dropped by 40% last year.
South Korean intelligence estimates that North Korea has about 700 such missiles in its arsenal.
South Korean officials believe that North Korea has large teams of hackers, some based in China.
Currently there are 11 players from South Korea or of Korean descent on the U.S. PGA Tour.
The chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, is planning a visit to North Korea, South Korean officials say.
The U.S.-South Korean drills, which North Korea calls war preparations, ended Tuesday, the United States Forces Korea said.
North Korea allows South Korean staff to travel back to the South, though they aren't allowed to return north.
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Prosecutors in South Korea say North Korean hackers were behind an attack that paralysed a leading bank last month.
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