North Korea has fired several artillery shells into South Korea

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North Korean defectors and anti-North Korea activists release balloons to float over the border that contain $1000 in $1 notes and 200,000 anti-North Korean leaflets during a rally in Paju, about 55km (34 miles) north of Seoul, November 30, 2010. Balloons carrying anti-North Korea leaflets were released toward the north at Imjingak pavilion, near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas.​

 

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wahlaneh...
flying condoms?!

 

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Former North Korean defectors and anti-North Korea activists protest prior to burning a North Korean flag and portraits of North Korean leaders during an anti-North Korea rally in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul, November 30, 2010. The protestors released balloons carrying anti-North Korea leaflets towards the north at Imjingak pavilion, near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas​

 

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One dollar banknotes and anti-North Korea leaflets are seen in a bag as former North Korean defectors and anti-North Korea activists prepare to release balloons to float over the border during a rally in Paju, about 55km (34 miles) north of Seoul, November 30, 2010. Balloons carrying 200,000 anti-North Korea leaflets and $1,000 in $1 notes were released toward the north at Imjingak pavilion, near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas.​

 

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Paramilitary policemen stand guard outside the North Korean embassy in Beijing November 30, 2010. Some Chinese officials do not regard North Korea as a useful ally and would not intervene if the reclusive state collapsed, according to leaked U.S. State Department cables published by several newspapers.​

 

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Loaded trucks line up while waiting to cross the Friendship Bridge, linking China and North Korea, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, China Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. China quickened its diplomatic efforts to ease tensions between North and South Korea, calling for an emergency meeting of envoys to North Korean nuclear disarmament talks.​

 

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U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornets are seen on the U.S. Navy's USS George Washington aircraft carrier amidst foggy conditions during joint military drills between the U.S. and South Korea in the West Sea November 30, 2010. The nuclear-powered USS George Washington, which has 75 warplanes and a crew of more than 6,000, is taking part in around-the-clock drills in waters west of the Korean peninsula but well south of the sea border disputed by the North.​

 

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Former South Korean spy soldiers who were trained to infiltrate into North Korea gather after they disembarked on Yeonpyeong island near the western maritime border between the two Koreas November 30, 2010. The ex-soldiers arrived on the island to help with reconstruction.​

 

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Journalists who were on Yeonpyeong island disembark from a ferry after arriving at a port in Incheon, west of Seoul November 30, 2010.​

 

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South Korean marines check journalists to prevent them from carrying remnants of North Korean artillery shells before they board a ship leaving Yeonpyeong island near the western maritime border between the two Koreas November 30, 2010.​

 

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Crew members work on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington during a joint naval exercise with South Korea in the Yellow Sea, west of the Korean peninsula, on November 30, 2010. Meanwhile, nuclear-armed North Korea boasted on November 30 about the sophistication of its new uranium enrichment plant, a facility which has raised fears the regime wants to make more fuel for atom bombs.​

 

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A crew member guides an E-2C Hawkeye as it lands on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington during a joint Naval exercise with South Korea in the Yellow Sea, west of the Korean peninsula, on November 30, 2010.​

 

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China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Hong Lei gestures for questions at a press briefing in Beijing on November 30, 2010. China has urged the United States to 'properly handle' issues related to the leaking of secret diplomatic cables through the WikiLeaks website after the leaked cables contained allegations that China turned a blind eye to illicit North Korean missile parts exports and that the top Chinese leadership was behind cyberattacks on US web search giant Google and US targets.​

 

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Nov 30, 2010
WIKILEAKS RELEASE OF US CABLES
MFA expresses 'concern'
By Hannah Koh

According to material released by WikiLeaks, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew (left) called North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (right) a "flabby old chap" who "prances around stadiums seeking adulation". -- PHOTOS: AP/JOYCE FANG​

THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has expressed 'deep concerns' about the flood of United States (US) cables released on Sunday by whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks.
In a statement to the press, the MFA said that it was critical to protect the confidentiality of diplomatic and official correspondence, and slammed WikiLeaks' actions as 'damaging'.
'In particular, the selective release of documents, especially when taken out of context, will only serve to sow confusion and fail to provide a complete picture of the important issues that were being discussed amongst leaders in the strictest of confidentiality,' said the MFA.
According to AFP, a cable from Singapore revealed that Minister Mentor (MM) Lee Kuan Yew called North Koreans 'psychopathic types, with a 'flabby old chap' for a leader who prances around stadiums seeking adulation', in reference to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
The quote was taken from a classified document detailing a conversation between MM Lee and US deputy secretary of state James B. Steinberg in May last year.
Sunday's release of US cables, records of conversations and diplomatic memos between world leaders by WikiLeaks has led to condemnation by governments around the world.

 

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China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Hong Lei gestures for questions at a press briefing in Beijing on November 30, 2010. China said it was 'imperative' to hold negotiations over the Korean peninsula crisis and urged other parties to 'take seriously' Beijing's proposals for a six-nation meeting in December.​

 

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SEOUL: There is reportedly a "high possibility" that North Korea could attack South Korea again before its ailing leader Kim Jong-il hands over power to his youngest son Kim Jong-un, according to Seoul's intelligence chief.

"There is a high possibility that the North will make another attack," Won Seihoon, director of South Korea's National Intelligence Service, said.

He also said that phone-tap intelligence last August had indicated a possible attack off South Korea's west coast, months before last week's shelling by North Korea of a South Korean island that killed four people.

Won's warning came as the US and Seoul rejected China's request to hold an emergency six-party talks with North Korea, which could have seen Pyongyang receiving economic aid in exchange for nuclear disarmament. On Wednesday, a four-day joint exercise between Seoul and the US, designed as a show of force to the North, came to an end.

Read more: N Korea may attack again before power shift: Seoul - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...t-Seoul/articleshow/7026493.cms#ixzz16upl4o8S

 

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South Korean soldiers take part in a military exercise at a training field near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, about 80 km (50 miles) south of Seoul, December 2, 2010.​

 

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IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2010 - A South Korean Marine base housing its K-9 self-propelled guns burns after it was hit by North Korean artillery shells on Yeonpyeong island in this November 23, 2010 picture that is released November 26, 2010. North Korea fired dozens of artillery shells at a South Korean island, killing two South Korean soldiers and two civilians and setting houses ablaze in the heaviest attack on its neighbor since the Korean War ended in 1953. Picture taken November 23, 2010.

Soldiers check a K10 Ammunition Resupply Vehicle at a South Korean marine corps base on Yeonpyeong island, near the western maritime border between the two Koreas December 2, 2010. North Korea could carry out shelling attacks against mainland South Korea before the year-end, the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper said on Thursday, citing an unnamed source knowledgeable about the North who had spoken with a North Korean official.
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Two South Korean naval patrol ships (R) are seen anchored to their floating base as the sun rises off Yeonpyeong Island December 3, 2010. U.S. and Japanese forces began military manoeuvres on Friday, heaping pressure on North Korea which U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said posed an "immediate threat" to the region and a long-term threat to the world.​