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Korean Tensions Grow as South Curbs Trade to North

Date: May 23, 2010

Author: Choe Sang-hun

QUOTE: Tensions escalated sharply Monday on the Korean peninsula, as South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said that his nation would cut nearly all trade with North Korea, deny North Korean merchant ships use of South Korean sea lanes and ask the United Nations Security Council to punish the North for what he called the deliberate sinking of a South Korean warship two months ago.

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Key People:

• Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton
• President Lee Myung-bak
• Kim Jong-il

Key Organizations:

• New York Times Company
• United Nations, The (UN)

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Responsibility
  • Tactics

• Government & Politics / History
  • Government (General)
    • International Relations/Diplomacy
      • Peace Making International
      • United Nations
      • War/Military

• Asia
  • East Asia
    • China (People's Republic / Mainland)
    • North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)
    • South Korea (Republic of Korea)

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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