to turn ire

北朝鮮ではぐつぐつと「怒り」が煮えたぎっている感じです。

ireはanger、それもwrathと置き換えて良いような、great angerのことです。思わず「怨」という漢字を連想しました。（UG）

After threats against U.S., North Korea turns ire to South

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- "Troubling and counterproductive" rhetoric from North Korea is inflaming tensions on the Korean peninsula, but ultimately, "we will judge North Korea by its actions, not its words," the U.S. envoy to North Korea said Friday.
In its latest bout of saber-rattling, North Korea on Friday warned of the possibility of "strong physical counter-measures" against South Korea after the United Nations imposed tougher sanctions against the North earlier this week.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/25/world/asia/north-korea-threat-south/index.html?hpt=hp_t3