Korea Times: Credit card `run’ triggers chaos

It had all the trappings of a major bank run except that few were withdrawing their money, and the lines that formed were outside credit card companies.Hundreds, if not thousands, thronged to credit card firms Tuesday to get their cards reissued or cancelled. [more…]

the guardian: North Korea increases tensions with South by issuing threat over factories

US plays down prospect of war on the peninsula as Pyongyang follows ‘state of war’ declaration with more sabre-rattling [more…]