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SKorea to make islands near NKorea 'forttresses'

Last updated Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 9:57am

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's president promised Tuesday to transform five islands that lie along the tense maritime border with North Korea into "military fortresses" impervious to the kind of deadly attack the rival neighbor launched last month.

As the government in Seoul struggles to counter the widespread impression its response was too weak and too slow, the new defense minister also ordered his top commanders to retaliate with force if attacked.

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South Korea again vows retaliation against NKorea

The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, December 4, 2010 - 8:47am

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's new defense minister took office Saturday and vowed a strong military response that would force rival North Korea to surrender if it attacks the South again.

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North Korean soldier wishes for peace

Hyung-Jim Kim, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - 11:02am

SEOUL, South Korea -- As the U.S. and South Korea ended war maneuvers following North Korea's deadly bombardment of a front-line island, a North Korean soldier at the heavily armed border said Wednesday he hoped for peace.

The soldier, interviewed in the Panmunjom village inside the Demilitarized Zone, told Associated Press Television News that he hoped tensions between the sides would be eased "as soon as possible, in a peaceful way." The artillery barrage killed two South Korean marines and two civilians on Nov. 23.

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NKorea warns region is on brink of war

Foster Klug, Lee Jin-Man, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, November 26, 2010 - 11:42am

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea -- North Korea warned Friday that U.S.-South Korean plans for military maneuvers put the peninsula on the brink of war, and appeared to launch its own artillery drills within sight of an island it showered with a deadly barrage this week.

The fresh artillery blasts were especially defiant because they came as the U.S. commander in South Korea, Gen. Walter Sharp, toured the South Korean island to survey damage from Tuesday's hail of North Korean artillery fire that killed four people.

None of the latest rounds hit the South's territory, and U.S. military officials said

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Obama: Strong US economy key to global recovery

Erica Werner

Last updated Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 9:18am

SEOUL, South Korea -- President Barack Obama said a strong, job-creating economy in the United States would be the country's most important contribution to a global recovery as he pleaded with world leaders to work together despite sharp differences.

Arriving in South Korea on Wednesday for the G-20 summit, Obama is expected to find himself on the defensive because of plans by the Federal Reserve to buy $600 billion in long-term government bonds to try to drive down interest rates, spur lending and boost the U.S. economy. Some other nations complain that the move will give American goods an unfair advantage.

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Focus on global currency pact turns to enforcement

Kelly Olsen, The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 25, 2010 - 3:42pm

SEOUL, South Korea -- Facing the risk of a dangerous trade war, top finance officials from the world's leading rich and developing nations looked each other in the eye and vowed they wouldn't use their currencies as economic weapons to boost exports.

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