Border disputes involving North and South Korea, Russia, China and Japan have led to some tense episodes in the Asia-Pacific region.
A North Korean vessel attacked a Russian border police ship in what was the latest dramatic standoff along the tense, sometimes disputed borders of Northeast Asia.
Russian border guards then reportedly detained the attacking ship, as well as another North Korea ship and 11 motorboats, accusing them of poaching within Russia's exclusive economic zone This picture taken on August 30, 2011 shows fishermen going out in their boats as the cruise ship Mangyongbong prepares to dock at Mount Kumgang port in the first-ever cruise from Rason in North Korea. North Korean fishing vessels have been involved in a number of international incidents in the Sea of Japan, known to both Koreas as the East Sea.
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