North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he would boost national defenses to cope with what he called an unprecedented U.S.-led confrontation.
North Korea claimed Wednesday to have successfully placed a spy satellite into orbit with its third launch attempt this year.
Cannonballs, a sword blade and a wagon wheel are among the artifacts found in the Congaree River.
South Korean and U.S. troops have been conducting live-fire exercises.
The Silent Shark exercise comes as the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan completed a port visit to Busan this month.
South Korea's air force says the drill involved a B-52 bomber from the United States and fighter jets from South Korea and Japan.
Two officials who spoke to The Associated Press said Pvt. Travis King is facing charges including desertion and possessing sexual images of a child.
By Lolita C. Baldor
The spouse of a mariner on board the vessel placed a distress call that the yacht needed assistance.
“It is purposeful, sometimes tedious work,” a Navy representative said of the effort to clear the site of contaminants from the aircraft crash.
North Korea is calling the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group in South Korea a provocation.
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