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North Korea has fired several artillery shells into South Korea

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (C) comforts marines injured by a North Korean artillery attack, at a military hospital in Seongnam, south of Seoul, November 26, 2010.​
 

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Obama administration has been ignoring North Korea since taking office. The artillery shelling and 2000 centrifuges in operation to enrich uranium by North Korea merely wanted attention from the US, South Korea and the West to get them to return to the 6th party talk with more bargaining chips.

Although North Korea has the numbers advantage in military might but South Korea has the superiority in military advancement weaponary which is an edge over the North. However, half of South Korea GDP are located in and around Seoul which is about 50 km away from the DMZ border. Therefore, South Korea cannot afford a full force confrontation with the North.
Besides, North Korea has nothing to lose (One third of the population is in the Army and the rest are mostly poor peasants).


just a few life is gone ...making $ more important then making war ....:wink:
 

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Fresh 'Artillery fire' heard near South Korea island
Artillery fire has been heard off the South Korea's Yeonpyeong island - the scene of shelling by North Korea earlier this week.
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
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 Photo: REUTERS
6:53AM GMT 26 Nov 2010

South Korea's military said two explosions were heard on Friday and it was checking the source of the sounds.

The two blasts were heard off Yeonpyeong island near the disputed border in the Yellow Sea, a Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman told AFP.
 

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A South Korean activist holds a placard during a protest in Seoul on November 26, 2010, denouncing North Korea's attack on Yeonpyeong island on November 23. North Korea appears to have staged an artillery firing exercise on November 26, a Seoul defence ministry spokesman said, three days after the North's deadly shelling hit a South Korean island​
 

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South Korean activists burn a North Korean national flag and anti-North Korea placards during a protest in Seoul on November 26, 2010, denouncing North Korea's attack on Yeonpyeong island on November 23.​
 

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US General Walter Sharp (L), commander of the US Forces in Korea, inspects damaged areas of Yeonpyeong island on November 26, 2010 with South Korean officers three days after North Korea shelled the island, killing four people. North Korea, after its artillery attack on the South Korean island on November 23, warned on November 26 in its state media that plans for a US-South Korean naval exercise bring the peninsula 'closer to the brink of war'.​
 

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A former member (front) of South Korea's UDT (Underwater Demolition Team) clenches his fist as he shouts slogans with fellow former UDT personnel during a rally in front of the Defense Ministry in Seoul November 27, 2010. The former UDT personnel, trained in sabotage and infiltration into North Korea, protested against North Korea and against the government for ignoring their sacrifices on spy missions, demanding compensation for their tough training. The signs read "Repairing the reputation of the UDT".​
 

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Former South Korean UDT (Underwater Demolition Team) personnel fight with riot police while using fire extinguishers, during a protest in front of the Defense Ministry in Seoul, November 27, 2010​
 

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The mother of a South Korean marine, who was killed in a North Korean artillery barrage on the South Korean border island Yeonpyeong, mourns during a funeral service at a military hospital on November 27, 2010 in Seongnam, South Korea.​
 

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South Korean Marines carry a flag-draped casket containing the remains of one of the two marines killed in a North Korean artillery barrage on the South Korean border island Yeonpyeong during a funeral service at a military hospital on November 27, 2010 in Seongnam, South Korea.​
 

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Former South Korean UDT (Underwater Demolition Team) personnel are covered with fire extinguisher powder after a scuffle with riot policemen during a rally in Seoul, November 27, 2010.​
 

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Retired South Korean Marines burn a North Korean flag and portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) and his son Kim Jong-un (L) during an anti-North Korea rally in central Seoul November 27, 2010. South Korea's Marine commander on Saturday vowed "thousand -fold" retaliation after a North Korean attack that killed two servicemen as protesters demanded tougher action by the government against its reclusive neighbour.​
 

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flag and portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his son Kim Jong-un during an anti-North Korea rally in central Seoul November 27, 2010.​
 

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South Korean Marines patrol along the seashore on Yeonpyeong Island on November 28, 2010 five days after the North stunned the world by launching a barrage of shells and rockets at the island, killing two marines and two civilians.​
 

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Joint exercises between the U.S. and South Korean militaries have begun in the Yellow Sea, west of the Korean peninsula, an official from U.S. Forces Korea said on Sunday.​
 

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South Korean naval sailors (bottom L) stand on its floating base as the sun rises off Yeonpyeong Island November 28, 2010.

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SEOUL - THE United States and South Korea on Sunday mounted a major show of naval strength to deter North Korea following its deadly shelling attack, despite Pyongyang's warning of unpredictable consequences.
The four-day exercise involving around a dozen warships including a US aircraft carrier began at 7am, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.
Washington insists that the drill - which has been criticised by Beijing - is defensive in nature and was planned long before last week's attack, but says it is intended to send a message of deterrence to the North.
The drill involving at least 11 major warships and thousands of service personnel was taking place off South Korea's southwest coast, far from the flashpoint inter-Korean border, according to coordinates given by Seoul officials.
Pyongyang has warned that the new war games mean the peninsula 'is inching closer to the brink of war'. It regularly uses such rhetoric and it was unclear whether it would try to disrupt the drill in any way. -- AFP
 
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