North Korea fires artillery, seizes fishing boat
Top news: North Korea fired 110 rounds of artillery near its disputed sea border with South Korea on Monday, shortly after the conclusion of a massive South Korean military drill. South Korean authorities considered the firing, which fell harmlessly into the water, to be part of a retaliatory military drill by the North. Pyongyang had promised to respond to the south's drills with "strong physical retaliation."
On Sunday, North Korea seized a South Korean squidding boat which is believed to have entered the North's exclusive economic zone. There were four South Korean and three Chinese crew members on board, who are now being towed to the eastern port of Songjin for interrogation.
In response to the sinking of the warship Cheonan in March, the South has conducted its largest ever anti-submarine drills, including more than 4,500 troops and two dozen ships. The five-day drills ended today.
Gulf spill: BP's costs for responding to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have now exceeded $6 billion. Tests indicate that the cement plug placed in the broken well haw now hardened.
On Sunday, North Korea seized a South Korean squidding boat which is believed to have entered the North's exclusive economic zone. There were four South Korean and three Chinese crew members on board, who are now being towed to the eastern port of Songjin for interrogation.
In response to the sinking of the warship Cheonan in March, the South has conducted its largest ever anti-submarine drills, including more than 4,500 troops and two dozen ships. The five-day drills ended today.
Gulf spill: BP's costs for responding to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have now exceeded $6 billion. Tests indicate that the cement plug placed in the broken well haw now hardened.
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