A South Korean student walks next to diagrams of North Korean missiles system on display at a South Korean observation post in Paju near the border village of the Panmunjom, South Korea, Friday, June 19, 2009. The United States has deployed anti-missile defenses around Hawaii amid reports that North Korea may fire its most advanced ballistic missile toward the U.S. islands early next month, adding to already high tensions in the region. AP Photo logo AP Photo 7 months ago

A South Korean student walks next to diagrams of North Korean missiles system on display at a South Korean observation post in Paju near the border village of the Panmunjom, South Korea, Friday, June 19, 2009. The United States has deployed anti-missile defenses around Hawaii amid reports that North Korea may fire its most advanced ballistic missile toward the U.S. islands early next month, adding to already high tensions in the region.

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  1. Policemen surround a pick-up which was carrying rice to a plaza where farmers were gathering to hold a rally near the parliament in Seoul December 23, 2009. Dozens of farmers rallied on Wednesday to demand the government resolve problems of excess stock of rice and the steep decline of the price of rice. They also demanded the government to send the surplus of rice to North Korea to help starving North Korean people.
  2. A South Korean military police walks by a directional sign showing distances to North Korea's capital Pyongyang and that for South's capital Seoul at the Imjingang railway station in Paju, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) of Panmunjom, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009. North and South Korea plan to open modernized military hot lines next week to help facilitate border crossings to a joint industrial complex in the North by southern officials and workers, an official said Tuesday.
  3. Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) during their meeting at the latter's official residence in Tokyo December 22, 2009. Jalili on Monday denied Tehran was linked to weapons seized in Thailand this month from a plane travelling from North Korea, after reports that their final destination might have been Iran.
  4. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Songjin Steel Complex which, KCNA said, completed "the Juche iron production system" in Kimchaek, northeast of Pyongyang in this undated picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency December 20, 2009.
  5. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Songjin Steel Complex which, KCNA said, completed "the Juche iron production system" in Kimchaek, northeast of Pyongyang in this undated picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency December 20, 2009. KCNA did not state expressly the date the picture was taken.
  6. In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center, inspects Songjin Steel Complex in North Hamgyong province, North Korea.
  7. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex in Chungjin, northeast of Pyongyang in this undated picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency December 19, 2009. The banner reads, "Let's become military first revolutionary combatant who has spiritual strength of life-and-death!".
  8. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex in Chungjin, northeast of Pyongyang in this undated picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency December 19, 2009.
  9. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il (2nd L) visits Chungjin Mine Metal College in Chungjin, northeast of Pyongyang in this undated picture released by North Korea's official KCNA news agency December 19, 2009.
  10. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il visits the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex in Chungjin, northeast of Pyongyang in this undated picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency December 19, 2009. The banner reads, "let's produce more steel by completion of independent metallurgy!".
  11. North Korean Red Cross officer Park Yong-il (L) and South Korean Unification Ministry officer Kim Young-il exchange documents of delivery of anti-viral medicine offered from the South, in Kaesong, North Korea, December 18, 2009. North Korea on Friday accepted a batch of medicine from the South to combat a swine flu outbreak, the first shipment of humanitarian aid from its neighbour in about two years.
  12. In this photo released by South Korea Unification Ministry, South Korean officials, right, talk with a North Korean officer, left, about Influenza medicine Tamiflu and Relenza after the medicine arrived in Kaesong, North Korea, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. North Korea made a rare expression of gratitude Friday after South Korea sent swine flu medicine, an official said, a day after Pyongyang threatened retaliation over naval drills near their disputed sea border.
  13. In this photo released by South Korea Unification Ministry, North Korean officials unload the boxes of Influenza medicine Tamiflu and Relenza from South Korea trucks after they arrived in North Korean city of Kaesong, North Korea, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. North Korea made a rare expression of gratitude Friday after South Korea sent swine flu medicine, an official said, a day after Pyongyang threatened retaliation over naval drills near their disputed sea border.
  14. In this photo released by South Korea Unification Ministry, a North Korean official checks a box containing Influenza medicine Tamiflu and Relenza from South Korea upon arrival in Kaesong, North Korea, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. North Korea made a rare expression of gratitude Friday after South Korea sent swine flu medicine, an official said, a day after Pyongyang threatened retaliation over naval drills near their disputed sea border.
  15. A North Korean custom officer checks anti-viral medicine offered from the South, in Kaesong, North Korea, December 18, 2009. North Korea on Friday accepted a batch of medicine from the South to combat a swine flu outbreak, the first shipment of humanitarian aid from its neighbour in about two years.
  16. North Koreans work to unload anti-viral medicine offered from the South, in Kaesong, North Korea, December 18, 2009. North Korea on Friday accepted a batch of medicine from the South to combat a swine flu outbreak, the first shipment of humanitarian aid from its neighbour in about two years.

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