Two Fires Varies Along The Maritime Border Koreas
Two Fires Varies Along The Maritime Border Koreas
North Korea Tuesday fired dozens of artillery shells on a South Korean island in one of the heaviest bombing in the South since the Korean War ended in 1953.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who has led a hard line with the reclusive North since taking office three years ago, said a response would be after the attack on the island of Yeonpyeong, only 120 km (75 miles) west of the capital Seoul.
The two Koreas are technically still at war in the Korean War ended only with a ceasefire – and the tension surged in the first years after Seoul accused the North to torpedo one of its warships , killing 46 sailors, because. “Houses and mountains were on fire and people were evacuated. You can not see very well the plumes of smoke,” a witness told the island’s YTN television.
“People are afraid of death and gunfire is continuing at this time.”YTN said at least 200 bullets struck North Korea’s Yeonpyeong, which is divided peninsula on the west coast near the maritime border disputes.
Most of the shells landed on a South Korean military. South Korean military said a soldier was killed and three seriously injured during the attack.
South Korea military returned fire and sent a hunting region. YTN showed pictures of smoke plumes flowing from the island and quoted witnesses as saying the fires were burning out of control. He said that many of the projectiles had landed at a military base on the island, about 3 km (1.8 miles) south of the maritime border dispute.
Witness said residents were evacuated during the bombing, which lasted about an hour and then stopped abruptly. News from the exchange of fire sent me falling to the offshore market has won the 1 month to about four percent NDF trading.
Futures USA in 10 years has increased the Treasury and the Japanese yen fell.
In addition, already shaken the world market to disrupt the Irish debt problems and concerns of riskier markets. South Korea’s central bank said it will keep for an emergency meeting to assess the potential impact of market bombings. The attack comes as the U.S. envoy is to visit the area after revelations that the North is in the process of uranium enrichment, a second possible path produces material for nuclear weapons.
