Tensions On Korean Peninsula Continue To Escalate

Last month's North Korean attack on the island of Yeonpyeong. © REUTERS/ Yonhap

Residents Of South Korean Island Fleeing Ahead Of Military Drills -- CNN

Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea (CNN) -- Amid South Korean plans to hold live-fire military drills this week and North Korean threats of retaliation, many residents of Yeonpyeong Island are evacuating, afraid of being caught in the middle.

Villagers streamed onto what they believed was the last ferry to Incheon, South Korea, on Sunday, carrying what belongings they could. Some were holding their children as others helped the elderly.

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More News On Tensions On The Korean Peninsula

Yeonpyeong Islanders flee in advance of South Korea's expected live-fire drills -- Christian Science Monitor

UN Security Council meets on Korea tensions -- Yahoo News/AP
U.N. council split on North Korea statement: diplomats -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Security Council holds Korea crisis talks -- Yahoo News/AFP
U.N. Meets as Korean Relations Remain Taut -- New York Times

South Korea edges closer to live-fire drills as U.N. council holds emergency meeting -- Washington Post
UN Security Council in Emergency Talks on Korean Tensions -- Voice of America
UN Security Council urged to ease Korean tension -- The Telegraph
Korea tension: UN security council holds crisis talks -- BBC
UN in meeting over Korean tensions -- Press Association

Seoul unfazed by North Korea's threats over military drills -- L.A. Times
South Korea to Go Ahead with Live-Fire Drills -- Voice of America
South Korea To Go Ahead With Live-fire Drills -- RTT News
S. Korea vows to proceed with firing drill off border island -- Xinhuanet

South Korea edges closer to live-fire drills as U.N. council holds emergency meeting -- Washington Post
UN Security Council in Emergency Talks on Korean Tensions -- Voice of America
UN Security Council urged to ease Korean tension -- The Telegraph
Korea tension: UN security council holds crisis talks -- BBC
UN in meeting over Korean tensions -- Press Association

Seoul unfazed by North Korea's threats over military drills -- L.A. Times
South Korea to Go Ahead with Live-Fire Drills -- Voice of America
South Korea To Go Ahead With Live-fire Drills -- RTT News
S. Korea vows to proceed with firing drill off border island -- Xinhuanet

N.Korea raises military alert ahead of South drill-Yonhap -- Reuters
North Korea threatens strike over South's drill -- ABC News Online

Russia Intervenes on North Korea -- Moscow Times
Russia's draft UN statement proposes sending envoy to Koreas -- RIA Novosti

North Korea: Unofficial US envoy urges Pyongyang to keep calm -- The Guardian
US envoy Bill Richardson warns of Korea tinderbox -- BBC

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