| Dec
8 | - President Lee Myung-bak
orders his cabinet to set up plans to supply medicine to
North Korea without any precondition to help fight an
outbreak of the H1N1 flu.
- U.S. Special
Representative for North Korean Policy Stephen Bosworth
visits North Korea December 8-10.
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| Dec 9 | - North Korea's
Ministry of Public Health announces that there are nine
confirmed H1N1 cases in Sinuiju and Pyongyang.
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| Dec 10 |
- The South's liaison officer at Panmunjeom tells the
North of its intent to provide H1N1 flu medicine.
- North Korea notifies the South of its intent to accept
the H1N1 flu medicine.
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| Dec
11 | - Thai authorities at Don
Muang airport detain a Georgia-registered cargo aircraft
carrying weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles,
surface-to-air missile launchers, anti-tank rockets and
ammunition produced in North Korea.
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| Dec 12 | - A North-South
joint inspection team tours foreign industrial complexes
December 12-22.
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| Dec18 |
- The South delivers H1N1 flu
medicine to the North through Gaeseong.
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| Dec 21 | - North
Korean Navy Command spokesperson issues a statement
declaring the North has established a peace-time maritime
firing range in the Yellow Sea, and warns ships to stay
clear of the zone.
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| Dec
23 | - Seven North Koreans are
repatriated.
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| Dec 29 |
- The [North] Korean Central News
Agency reports that an American citizen has been detained
for having entered the North illegally on December 24.
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