North Korea Fires Shells at South Korean Military Base

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North Korea has fired shells at a South Korean military base across the demilitarized zone, local media reported Thursday.

North Korea has threatened to start military action if South continues "propaganda warfare", the Yonhap news agency reported Thursday.

North Korea's military forces on high alert - media

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North Korean armed forces are ready for action, an article published inRodong Sinmun newspaper says. Moreover, the article says that the US "brought enormous pain and disaster to the Korean nation, by provoking the Korean War" that is usually called the Patriotic Liberation War in the country.

"There is no justification of American imperialists' actions conducted during this war," Rodong Sinmun says. However, "the US hasn’t learned a lesson from its defeat and continues to hold a hostile policy towards North Korea, the country’s remaining enemy," the newspaper said.

U.S. war veteran released by North Korea returns home.

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(Reuters) – An 85-year-old Korean War veteran held for more than a month by North Korea as a war criminal arrived in San Francisco on Saturday to be reunited with his family

North Korea detained Merrill E. Newman for crimes it accused him of committing during the conflict six decades ago as a member of the U.S. special forces. He was released for humanitarian reasons after he apologized, the country’s state news agency said.

China warns North Korea, blames Japan for tension between Asia’s two largest economies

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China warned North Korea on Friday it would not tolerate chaos on its doorstep, while blaming Japan for the tension between Asia’s two largest economies.
 China warns North Korea, blames Japan for tension