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NORTH KOREA BOMBS ISLAND AND THE U.S. SENDS AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER FOR WAR GAMES STARTING SUNDAY LASTING 4 DAYS

NOV 24 2010

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South Korea Wednesday pulled the bodies of two civilians from wreckage left by North Korea's bombardment of a border island, fuelling calls for revenge on what one newspaper called a "mad dog" regime.

The United States and South Korea announced a joint naval show of force including a US aircraft carrier to deter the North, which killed a total of four people in its first shelling attack on civilians since the 1950-53 war.

Coastguards searching shattered buildings on Yeonpyeong island found the bodies of the two elderly building workers a day after two marines were confirmed dead and 18 other people injured.

Pressure rose on Beijing to rein in its wayward ally Pyongyang, which again asserted that Seoul had provoked the clash.

South Korea, after decrying an "inhumane atrocity" against defenceless civilians, said it was suspending promised flood aid to North Korea. It has already called off talks on reuniting families split since the war.

The bombardment of Yeonpyeong, which lies near the disputed inter-Korean Yellow Sea border, sent panicked civilians fleeing and fuelled anxiety about North Korea's intentions days after a new nuclear programme came to light.

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan called on China to use its "significant influence over North Korea" to reduce tensions.

A White House statement said President Barack Obama telephoned his counterpart Lee Myung-Bak to declare that the United States "stands shoulder to shoulder" with South Korea, which is home to 28,500 US troops.

The four-day joint naval exercise will start Sunday in the Yellow Sea, and involve a strike group headed by the carrier USS George Washington, US Forces Korea said.

It said the drill was planned well before the "unprovoked artillery attack" but it demonstrated the US "commitment to regional stability through deterrence".

Outraged Seoul newspapers urged the government to hit back.

"A club is the only medicine for a mad dog," Dong-A Ilbo said, calling the shelling a "war crime" that demanded a military riposte.

South Korea said it would deploy more artillery on Yeonpyeong after officials announced that the North had fired up to 170 shells, of which 80 hit the island burning down 19 homes and other buildings and setting forests and fields ablaze.

Local officials who visited the island released graphic photos of scorched and ruined buildings, with debris littering the streets.

At least 700 people have fled Yeonpyeong, which is home to more than 1,500 civilians and a permanent military base.

The attack "targeted our land and attacked civilians", President Lee was quoted by his spokesman as saying as he ordered military reinforcements for five frontline islands.

"The number of victims may be small but the meaning is far bigger."

Defence Minister Kim Tae-Young pledged to revise the code of engagement to ensure troops respond more strongly in any future clash. On Tuesday the South fired 80 rounds back at the North's coastal artillery batteries.

China -- North Korea's main ally and economic prop -- has expressed concern but not publicly criticised the North. Its media have given generally sympathetic coverage to Pyongyang's version of events.

The North criticised the South for scrapping the planned talks on family reunions. It repeated claims that Seoul provoked the artillery attack by firing into the North's territory.

The firing came after North Korea's disclosure of an apparently operational uranium enrichment plant -- a potential way of building a nuclear bomb.

It also comes as North Korea prepares for an eventual succession from Kim Jong-Il to his youngest son Jong-Un.

"We judged that after revealing the new uranium enrichment facility on November 12, North Korea made the artillery attack to give Kim Jong-Un the status of a strong leader," minister Kim told parliament.

China is under mounting pressure to intervene, despite its reluctance to do anything to destabilise the regime in Pyongyang.

"We should ask China, which has significant influence over North Korea, to make efforts to jointly restrain North Korean actions," Kan said.

Australia called the "outrageously provocative" shelling a threat to the entire region's stability and Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said: "I believe it's important now for China to bring all of its influence to bear on North Korea."

Tensions have been high since the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship in March, which Seoul blamed on a North Korean torpedo attack. Pyongyang rejects the charge.

 

 

 

 

 

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