South Korea’s planned naval drill near North Korea’s disputed sea border has been endangered of tough corporal reprisal by the latter’s military.

South Korea has accused North Korea for the death of its forty-six seamen as a result of a South Korean ship sinking and thus naval drills have been arranged for five days in the Yellow Sea by South Korea.

But North Korean authorities have denied this allegation and asked South Korea to direct their own investigators to enquire in this matter and while the military also cautioned South Korea’s civilian ships not to come close to the maritime border.

The two countries have fought three gory wars along the maritime boundary, the latest being in November of 2009. North Korea not acknowledging the border, that was drawn unilaterally by United Nations after the Korean War ended in 1953, has always triggered bad relations between the two nations.

In the meanwhile, North Korea has been asked by United States to withhold any further threats and other provocative steps against South Korea. The naval drills by South Korea have been taken as a sign of non-tolerance towards any stimulating step by North Korea.

Iran's Ahmadinejad survives blast near motorcade

Sources in the office of Iranian President have confirmed that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad very fortunately saved from an attack with a homemade explosive device on Wednesday while on his visit Hamadan. Some others were hurt while the President escaped unhurt when his motorcade was attacked when he was on his way to the airport to address on local sports.

Though none have claimed the responsibility of the attack till now, one arrest has been made. Various television reports have come up with different versions- one said an attacker hurled a bomb on the President’s convoy before being captive while another has reported a car with journalists and presidential staff being hit by a bomb.

The President, after the attack, addressed at the stadium in Hamadan making no reference to the attack. He is said to have made many foes both in the domestic conservative Islamic circles as well as in countries abroad.

Though, of now, the news of the attack has been taken calmly by the oil market, people are awaiting for confirmed news regarding the nature and cause of attack and only then will their real reaction be brought forth.