Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) and Ecuador’s Rafael Correa wave June 25, 2010, in Otavalo, Ecuador, at the end of the ALBA summit. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has warned of US military engagement in secret missions in North Korea and Iran while world focuses on the World Cup. “They put a bomb in a South Korean ship, and the Yankees did it to try to start a war between the two... 

South Korean activists protest Israeli President Shimon Peres’s visit to Seoul, June 10, 2010. Israeli President Shimon Peres has received a chilly welcome in South Korea from dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters denouncing the visit by the “killer.” The activists gathered outside the Israeli embassy in Seoul on Thursday to protest Israel’s fatal attack on a Gaza aid convoy... 

North Korea vowed Saturday to launch an all-out attack against South Korean loudspeakers and other propaganda facilities along their heavily fortified border, warning it can even turn Seoul into a “sea of flame.” In 2004, the rival Koreas ended decades of propaganda campaigns as relations warmed following a landmark summit in 2000. However, South Korea resumed radio broadcasts to the North... 

South Korean soldiers check fences set up along the demilitarized zone between South and North Korea, in Yanggu, north of Seoul, South Korea Monday, May 24, 2010. South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae-young said Seoul would resume psychological warfare against the North that had been suspended in 2004 during a period of warming relations. South Korea won U.S. support Monday for slashing trade to North... 

In this Wednesday May 19, 2010, photo navy soldiers stand guard near the wreckage of the South Korean naval vessel Cheonan, which was sunken on March 26 near the maritime border with North Korea, at the Second Fleet Command of Navy in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Evidence overwhelmingly proves North Korea fired a torpedo that sank a South Korean warship in March, killing 46 sailors, investigators said... 

The salvaged South Korean 1,200-tonne corvette Cheonan North Korea must face international consequences for torpedoing a South Korean warship, Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, warned on Friday. As international diplomatic negotiations began over how to punish Pyongyang for the sinking of the 1,200 tonne warship Cheonan, Mrs Clinton’s remarks heaped further pressure on China to back... 

Korean poster depicting US being crushed by North Korea Russian Defense Ministry reports circulating in the Kremlin this evening are warning that that the United States has ordered 3 of its aircraft carrier battle groups belonging to its Northern Pacific Third Fleet Naval forces to “COCKED PISTOL” alert status over growing war fears originating on the Korean Peninsula. The “COCKED PISTOL”... 

North Korean Poster A grim report circulating in the Kremlin today written by Russia’s Northern Fleet is reporting that the United States has ordered a complete media blackout over North Korea’s torpedoing of the giant Deepwater Horizon oil platform owned by the World’s largest offshore drilling contractor Transocean that was built and financed by South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co.... 

A South Korean navy ship sank in the Yellow Sea near North Korea early Saturday, and the navy shot at an unidentified ship toward the north, according to reports quoting South Korean government officials. Yonhap News Agency quoted navy officials saying Friday that a ship carrying 104 crew members sank off the Seoul-controlled island of Baengnyeong in a flashpoint maritime border area between the... 

Dogs in a case are waiting to be slaughtered at Moran Market in Seongnam, east of Seoul. Moran Market is the largest dog meat market in South Korea. (click to enlarge) Abuse of Dogs Still Rampant in S. Korea, China. A shocking case of animal abuse in Seoul’s largest dog meat market, revealed recently, has left many people in South Korea and China horrified and angry. The abuse of hundreds of... 

US officials today rejected the latest North Korean call to sign a peace treaty, saying that they are “not going to pay North Korea to come back to the six-party talks.” North Korea abandoned the talks in early 2009 after the US pressed an additional round of condemnations against them through the UN Security Council. Shortly thereafter, North Korea successfully tested a nuclear weapon. North... 

North Korea accused Washington of seeking to “provoke a second Korean War” as the regime prepared to hold maritime military exercises off the eastern coast. U.S. and regional authorities were watching closely for signs that North Korea might fire short- or mid-range missiles during the June 25 to July 10 timeframe cited in a no-sail ban for military drills sent to Japan’s Coast Guard. North...