The Koreas agree to give cooperation another go – A house of horrors is torn down – Kenya investigates the huge fire at its main International Airport on an ominous anniversary – And Mr. Shark goes to New York City. 

North Korea vowed to reopen the Kaesong Industrial Park, a joint venture with the South.  And Seoul agreed to restart talks on 14 August.  The process has been slow, but Kaesong is a moneymaker for both sides of the border:  Hundreds of employed industrial workers for the North, cheap labor for the 109 small-to-medium sized manufacturers from the South.

The Cleveland house of horrors where 3 young women were imprisoned for ten years has been torn down.  One of them, Michelle Knight, actually went to the house to watch its demolition.  Ariel Castro’s house was destroyed as part of the deal in which he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life plus 1,000 years.

A Lion Air passenger plane crashed into a cow upon landing in eastern Indonesia, and skidded off the runway.  No one was seriously hurt, but the cow didn’t survive the late night encounter with a 30,000 pound Boeing 737.  Indonesia has one of the world’s worst air safety records.

Authorities in Kenya are investigating the massive fire that engulfed much of Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.  Despite the frightening scene, no one was killed.  International travelers are still stranded while another building is converted into a temporary terminal, and some domestic and cargo flights resumed operations.  The fire happened on the anniversary of the 1998 US Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, but local officials say there’s no reason to suspect terrorism at this point.

The rail company in the deadly train explosion in Quebec, Canada has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US and Canada.  Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway claims debts owed to more than 200 creditors.  The company’s oil tanker train careened down a grade, derailed, and exploded in the town of Lac-Megantic, killing 47 people are wiping out half the central business district.

The Czech Republic will hold early elections, possibly as soon as October.  This is after the cabinet of President Milos Zeman lost a confidence vote, extending the political instability that has undermined the country since a corruption scandal forced the collapse of the previous government in June.  Zeman is the Czech Republic’s first popularly elected president but does not have a parliamentary majority.

A UK Independence Party politician has said he “sincerely regrets” causing any offence when he, on camera, referred to countries receiving government aid as “Bongo Bongo Land”.  Godfrey Bloom, a member of the European Parliament, then went on to accuse foreign aid recipients of spending the money on Ray Ban sunglasses and Ferrari cars.  The UKIP then banned its members from using the phrase “Bongo Bongo Land”.  That’s right, they actually needed to be told not to say that.  The comments and aftermath would seem to confirm criticism that the UKIP is made up of racists and blithering idiots.

New York transit authorities are confirming a 4-foot long shark took a ride on the N Train to Queens.  And because it was New York City, people then had fun posing with it, and dressing it up with its own transit pass, cigarette, and can of Red Bull.  Not sure how it got there, but there is speculation it might have been a bit of viral marketing for a cable TV channel’s “Shark Week” programming.