Balloons Of Korea

Amid growing military tensions between North Korea and South Korea, Seoul mobilised troops and police early on Thursday after a resident of Ansan, 22 miles south-west of the South Korean capital, reported that 40 to 50 flying objects resembling parachutes had fallen on a mountain the previous night. Upon inspection, the objects were identified as helium balloons released by children at a nearby school.
Tensions on the Korean peninsular have been high since the sinking of the South Korea's warship earlier this year. Seoul has said that the ship was torpedoed by North Korean vessels
Earlier this month, an explosion Yeonpyeong Island, near the sea border with North Korea, along with the discovery of a diving suit on the island's shoreline, also sparked an alert.
A joint military and police investigation found that the diving suit was abandoned by a fisherman and the explosion was not suspicious.

Colourful Winter

Russia’s far eastern Amur region has received yellow-coloured snowfall as shown in the inset. High winds in Mongolia mixed clouds with dust winds in Mongolia mixed clouds with dust and sand, crossed northern China and dumped the unique yellow coloured snow in the Russian region, RIA Novosti news agency reported. “This type of precipitation is not harmful to the residents of the area and no additional analysis will be done,” Elena Pechkina, a regional meteorologist was quoted as saying by the agency. The meteorologist said this type of snow was not rare. However, it usually falls in the region in the end of March or early April. In South Korea, however, where the phenomenon took place in 2006, people had been warned that the yellow snow could pose health hazards.

Deadly Sins

Australia is the most sinful nation on Earth, a study has claimed as the country ranked first overall in the seven deadly sins, which include lust, greed and pride.
"Australia has been ranked first overall in a study of the seven deadly sins, according to Courier Mail that quoted the BBC's Focus magazine. While the US topped the table for gluttony, South Korea topped the list for lust. Iceland ranked number one for both pride and sloth, and Mexico topped the list for greed. The article, which argues that people are "bad" by nature has found social data to compare nations under the seven categories.

Korean fireworks

People in Poyongyang, North Korea were witness to a spectacular Fireworks show on friday. The show was held to commemorate the 64th founding anniversary of the Worker's Party in Korea. The party was founded on 9 October 1945.