2 days ago North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits a food factory producing pickled vegetables, part of the 534 military unit, at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this undated picture released by North Korea's official news agency KCNA on July 8, 2010. KCNA did not state expressly the date the picture was taken.

1 week ago A North Korean soldier looks at the southern side at the border village of Panmunjom, in South Korea, Wednesday, June 30, 2010. South Korea's Defense Ministry is seeking a sharp increase in next year's budget to improve its fighting capability due to tensions over the deadly sinking of a warship blamed on North Korea, an official said Wednesday.

1 month ago The North Korean village of Gijungdong near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas is seen in this picture taken from a South Korean observation post in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul June 2, 2010. South Koreans voted in regional elections on Wednesday, a barometer of support for conservative President Lee Myung-bak as he tries to push through business-friendly reforms, with the North Korea standoff a key campaign issue while liberal oppositions has blamed Lee for provoking tension between two Koreas and not keeping his presidential election promises.

1 month ago The Kaesong inter-Korean industrial complex is seen with a North Korean guard post (bottom R) near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in this picture taken from a South Korean observation post in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul June 2, 2010. South Koreans voted in regional elections on Wednesday, a barometer of support for conservative President Lee Myung-bak as he tries to push through business-friendly reforms, with the North Korea standoff a key campaign issue while liberal oppositions has blamed Lee for provoking tension between two Koreas and not keeping his presidential election promises.

1 month ago North Korean soldiers on a North Korean patrol boat as seen along the Yalu river near Dandong in northeastern China's Liaoning province on Saturday, May 29, 2010. Top South Korean military commanders in Seoul discuss how to counter North Korean provocations as the leaders of South Korea, China and Japan head to the South Korean southern island of Jeju for a summit expected to focus on the sinking of a warship blamed on North Korea.

1 month ago North Korean soldiers ride on a motorbike on the river banks of Sinuiju in North Korea, seen from along the Yalu river near Dandong in northeastern China's Liaoning province, Friday, May 28, 2010. Beijing's apparent tolerance of North Korean provocations is predicated on its overweening aversion to any steps that could seriously destabilize the regime in Pyongyang and bring chaos and refugees to its northeastern border.

1 month ago A North Korean helicopter flies over a Ferris wheel on the river bank of Sinuiju in North Korea seen from along the Yalu River near Dandong, northeastern China's Liaoning province, Thursday, May 27, 2010. Rising tensions over North Korea's alleged sinking of a South Korean warship are providing an unwelcome reality check for Pyongyang's chief ally, China.

1 month ago A giant North Korean flag atop a 160-meter (533-foot) tower fly in North Korea as pictured from Dora Observation Post in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) near the border village of Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 26, 2010. North Korea has threatened to ban cross-border traffic and destroy South Korean propaganda loudspeakers, a day after it declared it would cut all ties with Seoul for blaming the regime for a deadly warship sinking.

1 month ago North Korean soldiers stand guard at a check point on a road linking the Kaesong inter-Korean industrial complex with the North on May 26, 2010. North Korea warned it would block South Korean access to a joint industrial estate in its territory if Seoul goes ahead with its plan to resume cross-border propaganda broadcasts.

1 month ago A North Korean soldier holds a pair of binoculars on the north side of the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Paju north of Seoul, May 19, 2010. South Korea will formally blame North Korea for sinking one of its navy ships in March, killing 46 sailors, local media and the Washington Post reported.
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