Here's an interesting story of a Russian self-styled militia group who waged war against police in a remote region near China. They did this because of alleged brutality and corruption amongst police, including against the members of the group. It's quite a crazy and tragic story but they had the support of many members of the public.

In a startling attack yesterday, North Korea bombarded a South Korean island, killing 2 Marines and 2 civilians, raising significant fears of a war. Unlike their previous provocations, this was a direct attack on South Korean soil, and may cause the South to retaliate directly. On the other hand, the sinking of a South Korean warship with the death of 46 crewmen by most presumably, North Korea didn't cause war to break out so if the North backs down then maybe Seoul will not try to push things. This is unfortunate because North Korea seems to have this trend of making threats and carrying out provocations a lot, whether to get attention or aid. Even worse, is that in the past they've carried out much deadlier attacks, even on civilian targets, and Seoul and the West have been reluctant to do much. The North is a true rogue regime, that doesn't care about other countries or its own people, and it's very unfortunate that it has remained in power until now.