The Obama administration has imposed financial sanctions on a North Korean firm accused of involvement in the country’s missile programs.

The state Board of Education has approved unanimously a plan to toss out scores for standardized tests at four elementary schools where cheating was discovered.

The state Board of Funeral Service has sanctioned a Marietta funeral home and suspended two of its funeral directors. One of the reasons cited in the report for the sanctions against Hanley-Shelton Funeral home was a corpse left unrefrigerated for five months.

One of Michael Vick’s lawyers has withdrawn from his bankruptcy case. Peter Ginsberg says in court papers filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Newport News that his withdrawal is in the suspended NFL star’s best interests.

In news around the world, reaction to North Korea’s nuclear bomb detonation has been swift, and severe. But, as with past rogue actions by the North Koreans, harsh words are hard to turn into actions. ABC News’ Terry McCarthy has more from the South Korean capital of Seoul.