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With the Chinese government jumping in to protect North Korea from international fallout over the sinking of the Cheonan, it should come as no real surprise that the two allies have united in their disdain for planned US-South Korean military exercises.

July 15th (BBC News) - North Korean officials have begun a rare meeting with members of the American-led United Nations Command.

July 13, 2010 (Reuters) - North Korea abruptly called off talks set for Tuesday with the U.S.-led United Nations Command that oversees the Korean War truce, failing to show up for the first meeting to discuss the sinking of a South Korean warship.

July 9th (AP) - North Korea on Friday proposed military talks with the United States next week to discuss the sinking of a South Korean warship which Washington blames on the North.

May 28th (BBC News) - China "will not protect" whoever sank a South Korean warship in March, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has said.

May 27th (BBC News) - North Korea has announced it will scrap an agreement aimed at preventing accidental naval clashes with South Korea, amid rising tensions over the sinking of a South Korean warship.

May 26th (BBC News) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the international community must respond in the growing crisis over the sinking of a South Korean warship.

Now that DPRK involvement in the sinking of the Cheonan is beyond the shadow of a doubt, the crisis has entered a new phase in which one misstep can trigger military conflict.

May 25, 2010 (RIA Novosti) - The United States and South Korea will hold joint military drills to practice the interception of submarines "in the near future," Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said on Monday.

May 21st (VOA News) - South Korea is talking tough a day after it revealed what it views as irrefutable evidence North Korea sank one of its navy ships. North Korea has threatened war over any retaliation, and says it wants to send a team to inspect the evidence.