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Sep- 2018 -14 SeptemberBusiness
US approves $2.6 billion sale to South Korea of P-8A patrol planes and Patriot missiles
The US State Department has approved the sale to South Korea of six P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft and 64 Patriot missiles at an estimated cost of $2.6 billion
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14 SeptemberAsia Pacific
South Korea launches its first missile-capable attack submarine
South Korea launched its first ever missile-capable attack submarine, despite a recent diplomatic thaw with the nuclear-armed North
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Aug- 2018 -2 AugustMiddle East
South Korea deploys warship to Libya after kidnapping of foreign engineers
Seoul deployed a warship to Libya in an apparent show of force to secure the release of a South Korean man kidnapped with three Filipinos
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Jul- 2018 -17 JulyAsia Pacific
Five killed in South Korea military helicopter crash
Five people were killed and one injured when a South Korean military helicopter crashed at a marine base in the country's southeast
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May- 2018 -24 MayAsia Pacific
North Korea demolishes Punggye-ri nuclear test site tunnels
North Korea demolished its only known nuclear weapons test-site at Punggye-ri, according to the government and journalists who reported explosions used to collapse and seal the site’s underground tunnels.
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23 MayCommentary
Korean Spring: The ‘battle of wits’
Although he is no Sicilian, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is playing a similar “Battle of Wits” with the West over his country's nuclear program, Col. David Murphy says.
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12 MayCommentary
Will the Korean Spring bring a just peace?
The stunning pace of diplomatic events on the Korean Peninsula are hopeful but beg many questions. Colonel David Murphy asks: Why the sudden change in strategic direction by the Kim regime?
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Apr- 2018 -27 AprilAsia Pacific
North and South Korea agree to ‘complete denuclearization’ in historic leaders’ meeting
North and South Korea issued a joint declaration on Friday, April 27 affirming their commitment to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and an end to a decades-long war between the two countries.
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Mar- 2018 -13 MarchBusiness
South Korea signs contract for 90 more Taurus bunker buster cruise missiles
South Korea has signed a contract to purchase 90 more Taurus long-range bunker-buster air-to-ground cruise missiles, a defense official said.
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6 MarchAsia Pacific
North Korea agrees to moratorium on nuclear and ballistics tests during US talks
North Korea has agreed to halt nuclear and ballistic missile tests if it holds talks with the United States, the South Korean presidency said after a delegation returned from Pyongyang
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