Tue Nov 23, 2010 14:14 GMT |
North Korea’s artillery attack on the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong in the hotly disputed maritime border region is a provocative move to say the least. Although North and South have clashed at sea before, most notably resulting in the sinking of the Southern warship Cheonan in March, and have exchanged gunfire at the Demilitarised… [Read more]
Tags: artillery, attack, clash, Kim Jong Un, Kospi, Markets, military, North Korea, nuclear programme, South Korea, succession, won, Yeonpyeong
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Tue May 25, 2010 16:40 GMT |
One of the most oft-repeated axioms of Asian geopolitics is that there won’t be a new war on the Korean Peninsula because neither North and South Korea nor their principal backers (China and the US) want it to happen. The South and the US will not attack the North because that would lead to a… [Read more]
Tags: clash, Kim Jong Il, limited war, military, navy, North Korea, retaliation, scenarios, skirmish, South Korea, West Sea
Posted in: Asia, General, Geopolitics, Political Risk