John Bolton, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, has drawn fire from some prominent civil society groups in his own country for using threatening language against the world body and its senior officials.   more »

U.S. military and economic might in South Korea are being called into question this week as villagers launched a hunger strike to protest a U.S. military base expansion that would force them from their lands and farmers' unions demonstrated in Seoul against a proposed free trade agreement.   more »