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S. Korean president calls for thorough measures against N. Korea
SEOUL, Nov. 27 Kyodo -
South Korean President Lee Myung Bak told the military Saturday to thoroughly
prepare for any additional provocations by North Korea as South Korean and U.S.
troops were set to begin a four-day joint naval exercise on Sunday, Yonhap News
Agency reported.
''There is a possibility North Korea may take provocative actions during the
(joint) exercise, so make complete preparations based on cooperation between
South Korean and U.S. forces to counter any provocation,'' the president was
quoted as saying at a meeting with his security-related ministers and
officials.
The meeting was held earlier Saturday to review measures following North
Korea's bombardment of the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong near the disputed
Yellow Sea border this week, killing two marines and two civilians.
The joint naval exercise in the Yellow Sea will be participated in by the U.S.
Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington.
Earlier Saturday, in a nationally televised funeral, South Koreans mourned the
deaths of the two marines amid calls for retaliation against the North.
The joint funeral at a military hospital in the city of Seongnam, just south
of Seoul, drew some 500 officials including the Prime Minister Kim Hwang Sik,
military commanders, politicians, foreign envoys, war veterans and civilians
angered by Tuesday's clash.
''We will pay back North Korea 100 times, 1,000 times for atrociously killing
and wounding our soldiers, who were the pride of the Marines,'' Marine Corps
commander Yoo Nak Jun said in a eulogy, according to Yonhap.
Staff Sgt. Han Min-soo said in a eulogy that if North Korea ever attacks the
marines again, ''it will taste dreadful fear.''
The joint naval exercise will take place off South Korea's west coast town of
Taean, about 100 kilometers south of the island that was attacked Tuesday.
North Korea on Saturday, through its official media, criticized the planned
exercise and signaled retaliation.
''If the U.S. brings its carrier to the West Sea of Korea at last, no one can
predict the ensuing consequences,'' the Korean Central News Agency said in a
commentary.
The warning comes after North Korea's army delegation to the inter-Korean truce
village of Panmunjeom said Thursday the army will launch a ''second and third
strong physical retaliatory blow'' against South Korea unless it stops drills
targeting North Korea.
North Korea says its attack on Yeonpyeong was in response to Seoul's firing
shells earlier Tuesday into what the North claims as its territorial waters.
''The counter-shelling...was a resolute and proper retaliation against the
reckless military provocation of the enemy,'' the commentary said.
==Kyodo
South Korean President Lee Myung Bak told the military Saturday to thoroughly
prepare for any additional provocations by North Korea as South Korean and U.S.
troops were set to begin a four-day joint naval exercise on Sunday, Yonhap News
Agency reported.
''There is a possibility North Korea may take provocative actions during the
(joint) exercise, so make complete preparations based on cooperation between
South Korean and U.S. forces to counter any provocation,'' the president was
quoted as saying at a meeting with his security-related ministers and
officials.
The meeting was held earlier Saturday to review measures following North
Korea's bombardment of the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong near the disputed
Yellow Sea border this week, killing two marines and two civilians.
The joint naval exercise in the Yellow Sea will be participated in by the U.S.
Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington.
Earlier Saturday, in a nationally televised funeral, South Koreans mourned the
deaths of the two marines amid calls for retaliation against the North.
The joint funeral at a military hospital in the city of Seongnam, just south
of Seoul, drew some 500 officials including the Prime Minister Kim Hwang Sik,
military commanders, politicians, foreign envoys, war veterans and civilians
angered by Tuesday's clash.
''We will pay back North Korea 100 times, 1,000 times for atrociously killing
and wounding our soldiers, who were the pride of the Marines,'' Marine Corps
commander Yoo Nak Jun said in a eulogy, according to Yonhap.
Staff Sgt. Han Min-soo said in a eulogy that if North Korea ever attacks the
marines again, ''it will taste dreadful fear.''
The joint naval exercise will take place off South Korea's west coast town of
Taean, about 100 kilometers south of the island that was attacked Tuesday.
North Korea on Saturday, through its official media, criticized the planned
exercise and signaled retaliation.
''If the U.S. brings its carrier to the West Sea of Korea at last, no one can
predict the ensuing consequences,'' the Korean Central News Agency said in a
commentary.
The warning comes after North Korea's army delegation to the inter-Korean truce
village of Panmunjeom said Thursday the army will launch a ''second and third
strong physical retaliatory blow'' against South Korea unless it stops drills
targeting North Korea.
North Korea says its attack on Yeonpyeong was in response to Seoul's firing
shells earlier Tuesday into what the North claims as its territorial waters.
''The counter-shelling...was a resolute and proper retaliation against the
reckless military provocation of the enemy,'' the commentary said.
==Kyodo