(Baonghean.vn) - Reuters news agency has just published a series of photos of the simmering tension on the Korean peninsula recently.
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| North Korea conducts military exercises to mark the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army (KPA). Photo released on April 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters. |
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| US Vice President Mike Pence looks north from an observation post in the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas on April 17, 2017. Photo: Reuters. |
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| The US and South Korea conduct live-fire drills in Pocheon, South Korea, April 21, 2017. Photo: Reuters. |
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| Japanese destroyers JS Samidare and JS Ashigara, along with US destroyers USS Wayne E. Meyer, USS Michael Murphy, USS Lake Champlain and aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, transit the Philippine Sea on April 28, 2017. Photo: Reuters. |
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| US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (center) listens to a speech on the situation in North Korea during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York City, US, April 28, 2017. Photo: Reuters. |
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| North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects the Hwasong-12 strategic long-range ballistic missile. The photo was released on May 15, 2017. It can be said that the situation on the Korean peninsula is increasingly tense due to Pyongyang's continuous missile testing and its determination to abandon its nuclear weapons program. Photo: Reuters. |
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| Test launch of North Korea's Pukguksong-2 intermediate-range ballistic missile. Photo released on May 22. Photo: Reuters. |
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| North Korean soldiers react after the test of a new cruise missile. Photo: Reuters. |
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| North Korea test-fires a new cruise missile. This photo was released on May 30, 2017. Photo: Reuters. |
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| Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) conduct a drill using the PAC-3 air defense system to respond to recent missile launches by North Korea. The exercise took place at the Asaka base in Asaka, north of Tokyo, Japan, June 21, 2017. Photo: Reuters. |
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| The US and South Korea test-fired missiles into the Sea of Japan, off the coast of South Korea, July 5. Photo: Reuters. |
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| North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects the Hwasong-14 missile in this photo released on July 5. Photo: Reuters. |
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| Images of North Korea's Hwasong-14 ICBM test released on July 5. Photo: Reuters. |
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| THAAD system test in Kodiak, Alaska (USA) on July 30. Photo: Reuters. |
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| The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system intercepts an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) during a test on July 11. Photo: Reuters. |
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| A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was test-launched at 2:10 a.m. on August 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (USA). Photo: Reuters. |
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| The Central Committee and the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea hold a banquet to celebrate the successful second test launch of the Hwasong-14 ICBM. This photo was released on July 30. Photo: Reuters. |
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| North Korea's Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) during its second test launch. Photo released on July 19. Photo: Reuters. |
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| A US B-1B Lancer bomber refuels during a 10-hour mission from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam into Japanese airspace and over the Korean Peninsula on July 30. Photo: Reuters. |
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| Tensions are simmering on the Korean peninsula as Pyongyang threatens to attack Guam following US President Donald Trump's statement that Pyongyang will respond with "fire and fury". Photo: President Trump (right) speaks about the North Korean issue in Bedminster, New Jersey (USA), August 8, 2017. Photo: Reuters. |
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