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# North Korea attack: US and South Korea prepare war games in Yellow Sea
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## The US and South Korea are to stage fresh war games in the Yellow Sea in
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the coming days in a show of force against the North Korean regime, as
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diplomatic and military tension remained high on the Korean peninsula.
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By Peter Foster in Beijing 6:02PM GMT 24 Nov 2010
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The announcement of the war games came as the death toll from Tuesday's
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bombardment of a South Korean island rose to four after the bodies of two
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construction workers were found in the shelled-out remains of a house.
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The decision to send the nuclear-powered USS Washington, with its 75 warplanes
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and 6,000-strong crew, immediately angered North Korea and is likely to
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unnerve China which objected strenuously to similar US plans earlier this
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year.
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North Korea, which has blamed [South Korean][2] live-fire naval exercises for
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its bombardment of Yeonpyeong Island, warned on Wednesday that South Korea was
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worsening ties with its "reckless military provocations" and its decision to
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cut off humanitarian aid.
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In a statement the North's official KCNA news agency said South Korea was
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"driving the situation to the brink of war by pursuing its policy of
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confrontation with the DPRK ([North Korea][3])".
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The USS Washington left Yokosuka US Naval Base south of Tokyo on Wednesday
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morning and will begin the joint exercises on Sunday to demonstrate the US
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"commitment to regional stability through deterrence", according to the US
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Forces Korea (USFK).
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## Related Articles
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* [North Korea threatens more attacks][4]
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25 Nov 2010
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* [US sends nuclear aircraft carrier to South Korea][5]
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24 Nov 2010
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* [Obama pledges to defend US ally South Korea][6]
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24 Nov 2010
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* [North Korea attacks South][7]
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24 Nov 2010
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* [Why North Korean strike will not trigger world war three][8]
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23 Nov 2010
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* [South Korea and US to hold joint military exercises][9]
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24 Nov 2010
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The decision to deploy the USS Washington so close to the Chinese coast is
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reminiscent of a crisis in 1996 when former President Bill Clinton sent a
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carrier group through the Taiwan Strait after Beijing test-fired missiles into
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the channel between the mainland and Taiwan.
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The US postponed plans for similar exercises last August after Beijing reacted
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furiously to its announcement that it was sending the USS Washington to the
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Yellow Sea, with one Chinese general describing the move as a "flagrant
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provocation".
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China has refused to issue an outright condemnation of Tuesday's attack but
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was coming under increasing pressure from the US and Japan to be more
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proactive in using its influence to curb Pyongyang's belligerence.
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Stephen Bosworth, the US special envoy on North Korea, left Beijing yesterday
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[Wed] after further talks with his Chinese counterparts which he described as
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"useful".
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In a statement before departing however, Mr Bosworth made little attempt to
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hide US differences with China over how to handle North Korea, calling on
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Beijing to condemn Pyongyang's actions.
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Japan also publicly echoed the US's private calls for China to be more
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forceful in using its economic and political leverage to make North Korea
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adhere to the norms of international behaviour.
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The mood remained tense and angry in South Korea on Wednesday, with a few
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small demonstrations in the capital Seoul, although the majority of people
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went about their ordinary business.
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Many kept a close eye on their televisions, however, which showed exhausted
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survivors of the attack arriving in the port of Incheon to be greeted by
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tearful family members and giving first-hand accounts of their terror when the
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shells began to land.
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"I heard the sound of artillery, and I felt that something was flying over my
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head," said Lim Jung-eun, a 36 year-old housewife who escaped Yeonpyeong
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island with her three children, one of whom, a 9-month-old baby girl, she
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carried on her back. "Then the mountain caught on fire."
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Despite pressure from South Korea's media which called for stronger
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retaliation against the North, Lee Myung-bak, the South Korean president, has
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responded to widespread diplomatic calls for calm with a pledge not to
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escalate the crisis.
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## [North Korea][3]
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* ### [News »][15]
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* ### [World News »][16]
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* ### [Asia »][17]
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* ### [South Korea »][2]
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* ### [Peter Foster »][18]
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