Daily Memo: Rising Tensions on the Korean Peninsula

Seoul scrambled fighter jets after spotting nearly 200 North Korean warplanes.

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Heating up. South Korea’s military said North Korea fired about 80 artillery rounds into a maritime buffer zone overnight. On Friday, South Korea scrambled 80 aircraft, including F-35A stealth fighters, after detecting 180 North Korean warplanes flying over North Korean territory over a four-hour period. Also on Friday, South Korea and the United States said […]

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