. >>> south koreans on friday marked the second anniversary of north korea's shelling0gz of yeonpyeong island that killed four people. a ceremony to remember the two soldiers and two civilians was held on the island in the yellow sea. nhk world has more. >> reporter: about 100 people took part in the ceremony with many offering flowers at a monument dedicated to the fallen. the shelling bombed 40 houses. it's been two years since the island came under a shelling attack. the south korean government decided to permanently preserve these three houses that were directly hit. it also built a museum where people can learn about the incident. an exhibit displays photographs of shells and footage of the attack to coincide with the anniversary. >> translator: i didn't suffer any direct damage, but the memories of the attack still haunt me. >> translator: north korean officials had threatened it would attack the island again with if the south went ahead with the memorial services. the south korean military staged a drill at the exact hour when the island was bombed in a show of defips and to pre

drill at the exact hour when the north bombed the island in a show of defiance and to prepare -- yeonpyeong island in south korea. >>> government leaders in the philippines and vietnam are complaining about china's latest attack in territorial dispute. showed disputed islands on to china. philippine officials say the dot on the map helps the composition in the sea. they demanded the chinese to leave the dotted line. taiwanese officials have their own reason to protest. they say a picture in it shows it as it's in china. a spokesperson for the chinese foreign ministry brushed off the complaints. >> translator: leaders of the countries concerned should act rationally and commonly. >> the spokesperson stressed the chinese government's position that taiwan is part of china. >>> conservationers mourned a few months ago when they heard about the death of a giant tortoise named george. they believe he was the last of his kind. now they say george may not have been so lonesome after all. he belonged to a subspecies related to one of the galapagos islands. they believed the species became extinct wh