The Korean War,
and a Panorama of 70 Years

At 4 a.m. on Sunday, June 25, 1950, North Korea launched a surprise attack against South Korea to ignite the Korean War, a tragic fratricidal conflict.
70 years have passed since then.
The sound of gunfire and cries of victims stopped long ago, but the pain of national division still remains.
While South and North Korea have feuded and clashed with each other occasionally, they have never given up hope for a peaceful, unified Korea.
Let’s look back on the paths the two Koreas have walked over the past seven decades.

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KCNA: Sunday's Missile Launch Part of Nuclear Counterattack Drill Main News KCNA: Sunday's Missile Launch Part of Nuclear Counterattack Drill North Korea said on Monday that the launch of a ballistic missile the previous day was part of a tactical drill focused on a nuclear counterattack. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) said a comprehensive exercise on a counterattack by tactical nuclear operations units were carried out on Saturday and Sunday with the attendance of regime leader Kim Jong-un and his daughter, Ju-ae. The KCNA said that the first day of the drill comprised various reinspections of the command, management, control and operations of the tactical nuclear force, while the second day involved a simulated nuclear attack on a major enemy target with a launch drill. Calling the projectile a "tactical ballistic missile," the outlet claimed it flew 800 kilometers and exploded in the air 800 meters above the target in the East Sea precisely as planned. According to the KCNA, Kim said that “the fact” that the North owns nuclear weapons does not guarantee war deterrence and stressed the need to be fully ready to swiftly and accurately launch a nuclear attack. The outlet stressed that the drill was performed amid the expansion of joint exercises between the U.S. and South Korea. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Sunday that it detected the launch of a short-range ballistic missile toward the East Sea from the Tongchang-ri area in North Pyongan Province on the North's west coast at 11:05 a.m. North Korea earlier test-fired what it claimed were two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine last Sunday, a day before the ongoing South Korea-U.S. combined Freedom Shield military exercises kicked off, followed by the launch of two short-range missiles on Tuesday. 2023-03-20
JCS: N. Korea Fired Short-Range Ballistic Missile toward East Sea Main News JCS: N. Korea Fired Short-Range Ballistic Missile toward East Sea The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Sunday that North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the East Sea. The JCS said that it detected the launch from the Tongchang-ri area in North Pyongan Province on the North's west coast at 11:05 a.m. Sunday and added that the missile flew about 800 kilometers before falling into the waters of the East Sea. Intelligence authorities of South Korea and the United States are working on analyzing the details of the launch, including the range, speed and altitude. The JCS said that the military has strengthened surveillance and vigilance in preparation for additional launches, maintaining a full readiness posture in close cooperation with the United States. The latest missile provocation, the seventh ballistic missile launch this year, comes three days after the North fired an intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, when the leaders of South Korea and Japan held summit talks in Tokyo. Sunday's missile launch comes amid the ongoing Freedom Shield military exercises between South Korea and the United States. North Korea test-fired what it claimed were two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine last Sunday, a day before the combined exercises kicked off, and also launched two short-range missiles on Tuesday. 2023-03-19
KCNA: N. Korea Test-Fired Hwasong-17 ICBM on Thursday Main News KCNA: N. Korea Test-Fired Hwasong-17 ICBM on Thursday North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reportedly supervised the launch of what the regime claimed was a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile(ICBM) on Thursday with his daughter, Ju-ae. The North's official Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) said on Friday that the ICBM was test-fired the previous day in response to the instability of the security environment on the Korean Peninsula resulting from the "provocative and aggressive large-scale war drills" conducted by the United States and South Korea. The North claimed that the launch had no negative impact on the neighboring countries, adding that it confirmed the war readiness of the ICBM unit.  Kim reportedly expressed "great satisfaction" with the test-firing and stressed the need to strengthen the country’s nuclear war deterrence to a degree that it cannot be dismantled. He also hinted that Pyongyang will continue its military actions in response to the South Korea-U.S. combined military exercises, saying that the North will make its enemies realize that they will face an irreversible threat at a serious level. 2023-03-17
JCS: N. Korea Fired Long-Range Ballistic Missile toward East Sea Main News JCS: N. Korea Fired Long-Range Ballistic Missile toward East Sea The Joint Chiefs of Staff(JCS) said that North Korea fired a long-range ballistic missile, presumed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile(ICBM), toward the East Sea on Thursday, hours before President Yoon Suk Yeol is to embark on a two-day visit to Japan. The JCS said that it detected the missile launched from the Sunan area in Pyongyang at around 7:10 a.m. toward the East Sea, adding that it was fired at a lofted angle and flew about one-thousand kilometers. The South Korean military assessed the missile is similar to the North's newest ICBM, the Hwasong-17. Further analysis is underway.  North Korea previously fired what it claimed was a Hwasong-15 ICBM on February 18 at a lofted angle.  The latest missile provocation, the sixth ballistic missile launch this year, comes two days after the North fired two short-range ballistic missiles from the Jangyon area in South Hwanghae Province. President Yoon is set to hold a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on Thursday, during which the North's nuclear and missile threats are expected to be discussed. Thursday's missile firing also comes amid Seoul and Washington's Freedom Shield joint military exercises. 2023-03-16
Making Peace Together Making Peace Together 2018 Inter-Korean Summit Pyongyang Date: Sept. 18-20, 2018 (Tues.-Thurs) Venue: Pyongyang(North Korea) Results: Pyongyang Declaration VIEW MORE
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