N.Korea, China sign new economic cooperation accord (AFP)

This undated picture, released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on June 21, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspecting a radish at a training facility in the communist state. North Korea signed a new accord on economic and technical cooperation with China on Thursday, state media said, as the impoverished communist country struggles to recharge its faltering economy.(AFP/KCNA via KNS/File)AFP - North Korea signed a new accord on economic and technical cooperation with China on Thursday, state media said as the impoverished communist country struggles to recharge its faltering economy.
North Korean FM visits Myanmar amid nuke concerns (AP)
AP - North Korea's foreign minister visited Myanmar on Thursday for high-level talks that come on the heels of a U.S. warning against any cooperation between the two nations on nuclear technology.
US: Drills sent 'clear message' to NKorea (AP)

South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally against South Korea's joint military exercises with the United States near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. North Korea renewed its long-standing demand Wednesday that Washington abandon its 'hostile policy' toward Pyongyang as the U.S. and South Korea held a fourth day of joint military drills. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - For four days, U.S. and South Korean troops fired artillery into the skies and dropped anti-submarine bombs on underwater targets — dramatic exercises meant to warn North Korea not to strike again.
N.Korea leader moves secret fund to son: report (AFP)

North Korea's ailing leader Kim Jong-Il, seen here in June 2010, is transferring his secret personal wealth to his youngest son and likely successor, a Seoul-based radio station has said.(AFP/ KCNA via KNS/Kcna)AFP - North Korea's ailing leader Kim Jong-Il is transferring his secret personal wealth to his youngest son and likely successor, a Seoul-based radio station has said.
S.Korea, US end naval drills (AFP)

US aircraft fly in formation over the USS George Washington aircraft carrier. A full-scale US and South Korean military exercise designed to deter North Korea has ended without incident, despite Pyongyang's threats of possible nuclear retaliation.(AFP/US Navy/File/Charles Oki)AFP - A full-scale US and South Korean military exercise designed to deter North Korea ended without incident Wednesday despite Pyongyang's threats of possible nuclear retaliation.
North Korea, don't mess with South, US signals to Kim Jong-Il (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The United States and South Korea today concluded four days of highly publicized military exercises with a volley of shots against carefully submerged practice targets and the sense of accomplishing what they set out to do: intimidate North Korea.
Jolie raises concern at plight of repatriated N.Koreans (AFP)

Actress Angelina Jolie, pictured on July 27, took time out Wednesday from her promotional movie tour of South Korea to investigate the fate of repatriated North Korean refugees.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)AFP - Actress Angelina Jolie took time out Wednesday from her promotional movie tour of South Korea to investigate the fate of repatriated North Korean refugees.
US sure it can use Japanese bases in any NKorea conflict (AFP)

A US Marines' CH-46E helicopter taking off from the US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Japan. A senior US defense official said Tuesday he was confident the United States would be allowed to use bases in Japan to launch military action in the event of conflict with North Korea.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - A senior US defense official said Tuesday he was confident the United States would be allowed to use bases in Japan to launch military action in the event of conflict with North Korea.
China sends S.Korean POW back to N.Korea (AFP)

A South Korean protester tears a poster of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il with his teeth during a rally against China's repatriation of South Korean POWs to North Korea. China has reportedly repatriated an 81-year-old former South Korean prisoner of war who had fled North Korea decades after being captured.(AFP/File/Wang Jun-Young)AFP - China has repatriated an 81-year-old former South Korean prisoner of war who had fled North Korea decades after being captured, a newspaper report and an activist said Tuesday.
US lawmaker: Time for Korea peace treaty (AFP)

Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich urged the United States to work for a formal peace treaty between North Korea and South Korea, 57 years after the armistice that left the neighbors technically at war(AFP/Chris Kleponis)AFP - The United States must work for a formal peace treaty between North Korea and South Korea, 57 years after the armistice that left the neighbors technically at war, a US lawmaker urged Monday.
South Korea keeps wary eye on North Korea during war games (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - American and South Korean ships and planes fired on imaginary North Korean submarines Monday as four days of joint exercises reached the half-way mark with no sign of North Korea doing anything to spoil the war games – yet.
Students to march near border to remember Korean War (AFP)

This 20 September 1950 photo shows United Nations troops fighting in the streets of Seoul, Korea. North Korea invaded South Korea on 25 June 1950, marking the beginning of the Korean War. Hundreds of young people were gathering Monday for a AFP - Hundreds of young people were gathering Monday for a "peace march" near the South Korean border with North Korea, to mark the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of war on the peninsula.
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