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South Korean naval ship sinks

South Korea begins reprisals

South Korea began Wednesday installing loudspeakers along the border with North Korea to prepare for propaganda broadcasts as part of reprisal measures against Pyongyang. Full story

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2010-06-04 14:06:39 GMT Xinhua English SEOUL, June 4 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Friday that his country has formally referred the case of a warship sinking to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), according to Seoul's Yonhap News Agency.

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DPRK 'to block border traffic'

2010-05-27 02:16:21 GMT Xinhua English SEOUL / BEIJING - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) threatened on Wednesday to block cross-border traffic and blow up any Republic of Korea (ROK) loudspeakers blasting propaganda northward after a six-year hiatus, as tensions soared over the sinking of an ROK warship.

South Korea begins reprisals

2010-05-26 03:19:05 GMT Global Times South Korea began Wednesday installing loudspeakers along the border with North Korea to prepare for propaganda broadcasts as part of reprisal measures against Pyongyang, suspected of torpedoing a South Korean warship in March.

China calls for restraint over ROK's warship sinking

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US official doubts N.Korea role in warship sinking

2010-03-30 02:20:20 GMT SINA.com A senior US official on Monday doubted that North Korea was involved in the recent sinking of a South Korean warship, in which dozens of crewmen are missing.

Ban extends condolences over S Korean tragedy

2010-03-29 07:19:18 GMT SINA.com United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has sent his condolences to South Korean President Lee Myung-bak expressing his "shock and sadness" over the sinking of a warship near the disputed maritime border with North Korea.

US Navy joins search for missing SKorean sailors

2010-03-29 07:11:38 GMT SINA.com Four U.S. Navy ships are joining a search and rescue operation for dozens of South Korean sailors who are missing and possibly trapped aboard a vessel that exploded and sank near the disputed sea border with North Korea.