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    The US and South Korea Play War Games Again

    For the second time since a South Korean warship was sunk this spring, tens of thousands of US and South Korean troops are engaged in war games . South Korea calls it defensive. North Korea says it's preparation for an invasion and threatens a "merciless counterblow."

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    For the second time since a South Korean warship was sunk this spring, tens of thousands of US and South Korean troops are engaged in war games. South Korea calls it defensive. North Korea says it's preparation for an invasion and threatens a "merciless counterblow." Leon Sigal is director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project at the Social Science Research Council in New York.

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    The 14th Amendment, Citizenship and the Children of Illegal Immigrants
    1. 0:00The US and South Korea Play War Games AgainYou’re reading this
    2. 0:00General Petraeus Says Afghanistan War Strategy Is On Track
    3. 0:00Illegal Immigration, the 14th Amendment and the Republican Party
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