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(ATTN: REWRITES throughout; CHANGES slug, headline; ADDS details, background) SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Friday denied provoking an exchange of artillery fire with South Korea, accusing Seoul of using what it calls a "nonexistent pretex

SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea convened an emergency meeting of its Central Military Commission on Thursday night, state media reported, after the two Koreas exchanged artillery fire across their heavily armed border. The North's Korean Cen

SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea convened an emergency meeting of its Central Military Commission on Thursday night, state media reported, after the two Koreas exchanged artillery fire across their heavily armed border. The North's Korean Cen

SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea convened an emergency meeting of its Central Military Commission on Thursday night, state media reported, after the two Koreas exchanged artillery fire across their heavily armed border. The North's Korean Cen

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(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with State Department reaction; CHANGES headline) WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- The United States expressed concern over North Korea's artillery fire toward South Korea and urged the communist nation to refrain from threate

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with State Department reaction; CHANGES headline) WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- The United States expressed concern over North Korea's artillery fire toward South Korea and urged the communist nation to refrain from threate

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- The United States said Thursday it is closely monitoring tensions on the Korean Peninsula, and reaffirmed its commitment to South Korea's defense after the two Koreas exchanged artillery fire across their heavily armed b

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- The United States said Thursday it is closely monitoring tensions on the Korean Peninsula, and reaffirmed its commitment to South Korea's defense after the two Koreas exchanged artillery fire across their heavily armed b

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(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 10-11) BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye is likely to duck out of attending a huge military parade in Beijing during her upcoming visit to China next month, an event widely seen as a show of force at a t

(ATTN: ADDS more info in last 4 paras) SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean businessmen running factories at an inter-Korean industrial park returned home without a hiccup on Thursday despite tension sparked by North Korea's shell firing near the b

(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 10-11) BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye is likely to duck out of attending a huge military parade in Beijing during her upcoming visit to China next month, an event widely seen as a show of force at a t

(ATTN: ADDS more info in last 4 paras) SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean businessmen running factories at an inter-Korean industrial park returned home without a hiccup on Thursday despite tension sparked by North Korea's shell firing near the b

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in paras 10-12, 18-19) SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- The two Koreas engaged in a brief exchange of artillery shells over the western part of their heavily-fortified border Thursday, escalating tensions on the peninsula follo

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in paras 10-12, 18-19) SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- The two Koreas engaged in a brief exchange of artillery shells over the western part of their heavily-fortified border Thursday, escalating tensions on the peninsula follo

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's rival parties denounced North Korea Thursday for firing artillery shells across the inter-Korean border, voicing the need to beef up security posture to deter further provocations from the North. Kim Moo-sun

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea called on South Korea Thursday to take "practical" measures to end its loudspeaker propaganda campaign against the North following its firing of artillery shells across the inter-Korean border. Earlier in the

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's rival parties denounced North Korea Thursday for firing artillery shells across the inter-Korean border, voicing the need to beef up security posture to deter further provocations from the North. Kim Moo-sun

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea called on South Korea Thursday to take "practical" measures to end its loudspeaker propaganda campaign against the North following its firing of artillery shells across the inter-Korean border. Earlier in the

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's rival parties denounced North Korea Thursday for firing artillery shells across the inter-Korean border, voicing the need to beef up security posture to deter further provocations from the North. Kim Moo-sun

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea called on South Korea Thursday to take "practical" measures to end its loudspeaker propaganda campaign against the North following its firing of artillery shells across the inter-Korean border. Earlier in the

By Kim Soo-yeon SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's firing of shells across the heavily fortified inter-Korean border is a show of its will not to tolerate any flak towards the North's leader Kim Jong-un, experts said Thursday. South Korea fi