Tensions On The Korean Peninsula Continue

The South Korean Navy amphibious landing ship ROKS Dokdo is underway in the Sea of Japan with the guided-missile destroyers USS Lassen and USS Chung-Hoon, July 27, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam K. Thomas

Seoul To Release Full Study On Ship Sinking -- Wall Street Journal

SEOUL—South Korea's defense ministry next week will release the full results of its investigation into the sinking a South Korean warship in a book-length document, a step officials hope will quell the doubts and criticisms that civic activists in Seoul have raised about their work.

The conclusion will be the same as a preliminary report issued on May 20, which said a North Korean torpedo on March 26 sank the 1,200-ton patrol boat Cheonan, causing the deaths of 46 South Korean sailors. But the new document will explain in far more detail how 74 military and civilian investigators, chiefly from South Korea but with the help of the U.S., U.K., Australia and Sweden, reached their findings.

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More News On The Growing of Tensions On The Korean Peninsula

South Korea, U.S. Begin Military Exercises -- Global Security Neswire
U.S., S. Korea launch joint military exercises amid threats from N. Korea -- Washington Post
U.S. and South Korea Begin War Drills -- New York Times
U.S.-South Korea Military Exercise Riles North -- New America
US, South Korea Begin Massive Military Exercise -- Voice of America
U.S., South Korea Launch Massive New Military Exercises -- Radio Free Europe
US joins South Korea in war games -- BBC

South Korea president calls for reunification tax -- Reuters
South Korean President Lee Myung-back calls for 'unification tax' -- the Australian
Little enthusiasm for Lee’s unification tax proposal -- Joong Ang daily
S. Korean president proposes three-stage reunification with DPRK -- Xinhuanet
Seoul proposes Korean unification tax -- Financial Times
South Korea proposes three-stage reunification with Communist North -- RIA Novosti

North Korea Signs Up for Twitter -- FOX News
North Korea makes Twitter debut -- The Guardian
Welcome To Twitter, North Korea -- Time magazine

Defectors shed light on N. Korea, despite dangers -- Korea Times
South Korea sends mixed message with war games, unification tax -- Christian Science Monitor
North Korea succession watch: A new contender? -- Brian Fung, Passport/Foreign Policy