Article: South Korea will stop calling North Korea its main enemy

BO-MI LIM, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
01-28-2005
Dateline: SEOUL, South Korea
South Korea's Defense Ministry said Friday it will no longer call North Korea its "main enemy" in defense guidelines _ a symbolic change apparently aimed at ratcheting down tension between the decades-old archrivals.

The decision _ subject to approval by the full Cabinet next week _ follows years of South Korean efforts to ease a military confrontation and foster reconciliation with communist North Korea.

South Korea began calling North Korea a "main enemy" 10 years ago, after North Korea threatened to turn Seoul into a "sea of fire" amid an international dispute over its nuclear weapons program.

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