Tensions Flare Between North Korea And South Korea Amid Threats Of War

Tensions flare amid threats of war

South Korean army armored vehicles are mobilized in Pocheon, south of the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas, South Korea on Aug. 21, 2015.
South Korean army armored vehi­cles are mobi­lized in Pocheon, south of the demil­i­ta­rized zone that divides the two Koreas, South Korea on Aug. 21, 2015.

STRINGER/EPA Paju, South Korea U.S. troops in a truck in the South Korean town of Paj bordering North Korea on Aug. 21, 2015, amid heightened tensions raised by the two Koreas' shelling across the inter-Korean border the previous day.
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Paju, South Korea
U.S. troops in a truck in the South Korean town of Paj bor­der­ing North Korea on Aug. 21, 2015, amid height­ened ten­sions raised by the two Koreas’ shelling across the inter-Korean bor­der the pre­vi­ous day.