South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won visited the border island of Yeonpyeong to show support for residents and military stationed there. This visit came after North Korea's nuclear test and amid heightened tensions, with North Korea threatening military action against South Korea and conducting live ammunition drills near the border. The island of Yeonpyeong was shelled by North Korea in 2010, killing two South Korean marines and two civilians, and North Korea has identified it as a potential target. Prime Minister Chung urged soldiers to maintain high alert and be prepared to respond to any North Korean provocations.

1. South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won
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China's new leader Xi Jinping Zhu Feng, director of the International
capped his rise Thursday by Security Programme at the elite Peking
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won visited Thursday a adding the largely University. China ...putting its hopes on
front-line island near the tense western sea border with the Democratic ceremonial title of president, diplomatic coercion to get North Korea to
though he will need cautious change its behavior. "Beijing ... At the
People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) amid heightened military tensions manoeuvring to consolidate U.N. Security Council...'noticeably shifted
following DPRK's nuclear test last month, local media reported. The his power and build support to a harder policy “to get North Korea
from a public that is
prime minister paid respect to the two soldiers killed in the DPRK's increasingly clamouring for
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predecessor, Hu Jintao. The change its behavior...North Korea's third
Yonhap News Agency. move was expected after Xi nuclear test, on February 12, China negotiated
His visit came after top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un guided live was named head of the the new sanctions with Washington and said
Communist Party and it wanted them implemented fully. The
ammunition exercises that many believe were targeted at South chairman of its military, measures, announced on Thursday, tighten
Korean border islands.Cross-border tensions remain high as South positions of true power, last financial curbs on North Korea, order
Korea and the United States, which together pushed for new sanctions November in a once-a- mandatory checks of suspicious cargo and
decade handover to a new strengthen a ban on luxury goods entering the
condemning the DPRK's nuclear test, are engaged in joint drills the group of leaders that has country.An exasperated China appears to
DPRK call a pretext for invasion. The 2010 shelling also killed two been years in the making. have run out of patience after years of trying
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3. South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won visits residents of border island of Yeonpyeong countries
in response to new sanctions, [imposed on North Korea,] after its third nuclear test and as a reaction to
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4. North Korean state media have in recent days reported several visits by
leader Kim Jong-un to military units near the disputed western maritime
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South Korea's western islands are seen as China's new leader Xi Jinping, ' 习近平 ' ...his pledge to
especially vulnerable to attack from North tackle the endemic graft he has pinpointed as detrimental
to the party's survival, said Willy Lam, a China politics
[Korea and previous alliance with China and watcher at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Graft is
deeply ingrained in the party's patronage-based culture
Russia,] they lie south of the sea border. They and thosefrom their political connectionsfamilies have to
benefited
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North Korea is trading with Canada. Many of its quality textiles
North Korea at their nearest point. a South were for sale at very low prices in Vancouver, BC, Canada. These
Northquality of the textiles was above
Korea
goods were identified as products developed and produced by the
Korean warship sank in 2010 off the South DPRNK's military and I protested as I believe that NK would also
do. I believed that to trade these would be financing military
development. I also believed the
Korean border island of Baengnyeong leaving average and thatmadegoods, men's impoverished in Canada to be
and shirts, were
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to allow the
winter and autumn, jackets
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Zhu said China was now putting its hopes on diplomatic coercion to get North Korea to change its behavior.
"Beijing has ultimately woken up to reality ... At the U.N. Security Council, Beijing very noticeably shifted to a
harder policy to get North Korea very badly hurt." China has backed previous sanctions against North Korea's
BBC's Lucy Williamson in nuclear and ballistic missile programs. China also officially says it does not believe sanctions will resolve the
latest crisis over North Korea, a position repeated by Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Saturday.
Seoul says,“the sea border But after North Korea's third nuclear test, on February 12, China negotiated the new sanctions with
Washington and said it wanted them implemented fully. The measures, announced on Thursday, tighten
is disputed by Pyongyang.” financial curbs on North Korea, order mandatory checks of suspicious cargo and strengthen a ban on luxury
goods entering the country.
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