International investigators have blamed a North Korean submarine for the attack.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

South Korean authorities have been careful to avoid explicitly labeling the release as a "water attack."

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Secretary Clinton said the Chinese understand the gravity of the situation on the Korean peninsula, where tensions have risen sharply following the March 26 torpedo attack that sank a South Korean warship, killing 46 sailors.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

The Pentagon views the land mines deployed in Korea as the major deterrent to a North Korean attack on South Korea, where some 37, 000 American soldiers are stationed.

CNN: U.S. agrees to soften stance on land-mine ban

He did report to duty to a U.S. Army Base in Japan (ironic again, since U.S. bases are there to protect Japan from North Korean attack) where he was court-martialed (in his sixties, he wore again his private uniform), spent time in the stockade, and dishonorably discharged.

FORBES: Viewing North Korea from Japan's Perspective

Prosecutors in South Korea say North Korean hackers were behind an attack that paralysed a leading bank last month.

BBC: North Korea 'behind South Korean bank cyber hack'