War and Conflict Journal

Interesting article on Time.com regarding American naval assets in the Pacific targeting China and Beijing’s growing military presence in the Pacific.  And, considering several incidents between American and Chinese naval vessels in 2009, the Tomahawk and Special Forces-carrying Ohio-class submarines appearing in the Pacific and Indian Oceans on July 4 (Good touch there, Pentagon planners!) this quiet, yet visible show of American naval power is a good reminder to the Beijing regime not to take America lightly.  It is also a good message to American friends in the Pacific and East Asia that U.S. naval power is in the neighborhood.

Worth reading at

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2002378,00.html?xid=rss-fullnation-yahoo#ixzz0tCs7qvvG

In a possible sign that North Korea is more willing to work with the international community on several pressing issues, Pyongyang released four South Korean fishermen and their boat, which the North seized on July 30, after the fishing boat strayed into Northern waters.

Earlier this month, the Communist North freed two American journalists after a visit from former President Bill Clinton, and later  freed a South Korean worker after more than four months of captivity. On Friday the two Koreas agreed to resume reunions of families divided by the Korean War (1950-1953).

See also:

http://warandconflictjournal.com/2009/07/north-korea-captures-south-korean-fishing-boat//