| DMZ | Site of tension between the Koreas |
| COLDWAR | Over 40 years of tension between the USA and the USSR. (4,3) |
| ASIAN | From one of the Koreas |
| DETENTES | Lessenings of tension between nations |
| DETENTE | Lessening of tension between countries |
| FAREAST | Area of Asia including China, the Koreas and Japan (3,4) |
| IOC | Org. that has endorsed a joint march by the Koreas in Sydney |
| DANUBE | A dam on which river caused increased political tension between Hungary and Slovakia in the early 1990s? (6) |
| WAR | Down Term coined by George Orwell, which came to define the postwar tension between east and west (4,3) |
| COLD | Term coined by George Orwell, which came to define the postwar tension between east and west (4,3) |
| NATO | Alliance whose joint exercise resulted in tension between Greece and Turkey |
| FAMILYSTRESSES | Tensions between relatives (6,8) |
| UN | International body holding closed-door consultations on escalating tensions between India and Pakistan following a terror attack.(abbrv) (2) |
| IPL | Cricket league officially suspended in 2025 due to escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.(abbrv) (3) |
| BCCI | Organization that arranged a special train for IPL players to Delhi amidst rising tensions between India and Pakistan.(abbrv) (4) |
| SEOUL | South Korea's 2002 World Cup hopes were finally dashed in the semi-finals by Germany at the stadium in this city (though they had become the first Asian team to reach the final four) |
| LEE | South Korea's Hyung-Taik ___, who made it to the fourth round of the U.S. Open in his first major to |
| SEAT | One of 150,000 in North Korea's Rungrado 1st of May Stadium (largest in the world) |
| YALU | Part of North Korea's boundary |
| AHN | South Korea's star player in the World Cup |
