Tensions on the Korean peninsula

Admiral: US can intercept N. Korea missile →
Japan deploys missiles to protect against North Korea →

Two Patriot Advanced Capability-3 surface-to-air missile launchers were stationed at the defence ministry in Tokyo before dawn, a ministry spokesman said.
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North Korea warns foreigners to leave South

The latest in a ratcheting-up of rhetoric, and hopefully nothing more.

North Korea threatens Hawaii, Guam →
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The threats are the latest in a series of rhetorical flare-ups from Pyongyang since the United States and South Korean forces began joint military drills earlier this month, as US B-52 bombers flew over the Korean peninsula.
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