| August
3 | - A commander of the North's
West Front-line Army Unit calls the US-ROK joint military
exercises an act of aggression and threatens to take
military measures against the joint drills conducted near
Baekryung Island, Daecheong Island and Yeonpyeong
Island.
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| August 5 | - Gaeseong Industrial District Management
Committee and North Korea agree to increase the minimum wage
by 5.5%. (57,881 USD → 60,775 USD)
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| August 8 | - North Korea
seizes a South Korean fishing boat, Daeseung.
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| August 9 |
- North Korea fires artillery shells in the Yellow
Sea.
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| August 10 | - The ROK government expresses its regret
over the North Korea's military actions in the Yellow Sea
and states that the firing of artillery shells violates the
ceasefire agreement and the non- aggression pact signed
between the South and North.
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| August 11 | - The ROK
government asks North Korea to return all Daeseung Ship's
crew members.
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| August 15 |
- In a Presidential address on
Liberation Day, President Lee Myung-bak proposes
establishing three communities for unification to manage the
divided Korean peninsula and to achieve peaceful
unification. He also says unification tax needs to be given
serious consideration as part of the process of preparing
for unification.
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| Aug 15 |
- 27 Former US President Carter
visits Pyongyang and brings Mr. Gomes back to the United
States.
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| August 26 |
- The ROK government expresses its
desire to provide assistance to North Korea based on
humanitarianism and brotherly affection to help out North
Koreans suffering from severe damage caused by heavy
rain.
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