Tensions high between North and South Korea
South Korean soldiers watch North Korea from Dora Observation Post in a demilitarized zone near the border. Tensions have been increasing since a North Korean nuclear test on Monday, followed by the launch of five short-range missiles. Today, North Korea said it would attack South Korea if any of the north’s ships were intercepted as part of a U.S.-led initiative to stem the world trade in nuclear weapons. (Lee Jin-man / Associated Press)
A large North Korean flag is displayed atop a tower in that country. It can be seen from Dora Observation Post in the demilitarized-zone near the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea. (Lee Jin-man / Associated Press)
South Korean soldiers at Dora Observation Post look toward a giant North Korean flag fluttering across the border. (Lee Jin-man / Associated Press)
At a railway station in Seoul Tuesday, South Koreans watch a television broadcast that displays an undated image of a North Korean missile launch. South Korea is joining 100 other nations in a blockade of any nation suspected of trading nuclear materials. Today, the Korean Central News Agency, which North Korean leader Kim Jong Il often uses to express policy statements, is characterizing that as a “declaration of war.” (Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press)
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North Korean villages can be seen from the Dora Observation Post in the demilitarized zone near the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea. (Lee Jin-man / Associated Press)
South Korean soldiers patrol near the border village of Panmunjom. (Lee Jin-man / Associated Press)
South Korean soldiers watch the North Korea side from the observation post near the border village of Panmunjom. (Lee Jin-man / Associated Press)
On the outskirts of Dandong in northeast China’s Liaoning province, a sign on a barbed-wire fence separating China and North Korea warns that North Korea will “pay a price” if it continues to carry out nuclear weapon and missile tests. (Peter Parks / AFP / Getty Images)
