North Korea: At 'Brink of War' with South Korea
source: http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20101126/korean-peninsula-close-to-war-101126/
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'Using a burst of artillery fire to signal its fury with South Korea and its U.S. allies, North Korea warned the conditions brewing in the Korea peninsula have pushed it to the "brink of war."
The flash of artillery fire could be heard in Yeonpyeong, the same island that North Korea attacked earlier in the week when four people died and buildings were set ablaze.
Only a few dozen South Koreans have stayed behind on Yeonpyeong, which lies only 11 kilometres from the shores of North Korea. They ran to shelters after seeing the faraway flash of artillery on Friday.
The Friday artillery fire did not hit any South Korean targets, though it was launched while U.S. Gen. Walter Sharp was touring the part of Yeonpyeong that came under attack.
The commander of the 28,000 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea called out the North Korean regime for violating the armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953.
"We at the United Nations Command will investigate this completely and call on North Korea to stop any future attacks," Sharp said Friday.
But in North Korea, the Pyongyang government was insistent that the U.S. was an aggressor, by stating an intention to take part in joint military drills with South Korea in disputed waters.
A North Korean military official bragged about the Tuesday attack in which the military "precisely aimed and hit the enemy artillery base".'
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New attacks, threats of war... sounds like war is a much more possible outcome with each passing day.
'Using a burst of artillery fire to signal its fury with South Korea and its U.S. allies, North Korea warned the conditions brewing in the Korea peninsula have pushed it to the "brink of war."
The flash of artillery fire could be heard in Yeonpyeong, the same island that North Korea attacked earlier in the week when four people died and buildings were set ablaze.
Only a few dozen South Koreans have stayed behind on Yeonpyeong, which lies only 11 kilometres from the shores of North Korea. They ran to shelters after seeing the faraway flash of artillery on Friday.
The Friday artillery fire did not hit any South Korean targets, though it was launched while U.S. Gen. Walter Sharp was touring the part of Yeonpyeong that came under attack.
The commander of the 28,000 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea called out the North Korean regime for violating the armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953.
"We at the United Nations Command will investigate this completely and call on North Korea to stop any future attacks," Sharp said Friday.
But in North Korea, the Pyongyang government was insistent that the U.S. was an aggressor, by stating an intention to take part in joint military drills with South Korea in disputed waters.
A North Korean military official bragged about the Tuesday attack in which the military "precisely aimed and hit the enemy artillery base".'
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New attacks, threats of war... sounds like war is a much more possible outcome with each passing day.
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