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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Tuesday fired dozens of artillery shells at a South Korean island, setting buildings on fire and prompting a return of fire by the South, Seoul's military and media reports said.

A witness said residents of the island of Yeonpyeong, off the west coast of the peninsula near a disputed maritime border, had been evacuated.

Yonhap news agency said four South Korean soldiers had been wounded in the shelling, the biggest attack in years.

YTN television quoted a witness as saying 60 to 70 houses were on fire after the shelling and TV footage showed plumes of smoke coming from the island. It said a South Korean fighter jet had been deployed to the west coast after the shelling.

"Houses and mountains are on fire and people are evacuating. You can't see very well because of plumes of smoke," a witness on the island told YTN.

"People are frightened to death and shelling continues as we speak," the witness said.

News of the exchange of fire sent the won tumbling in offshore markets with the 1-month won down in NDF trading.

The impact was felt internationally, with U.S. 10-year Treasury futures rising and the Japanese yen falling.

South Korea's military confirmed the exchange of firing, without providing more details.

The attack comes just as a U.S. envoy is traveling to the region after revelations that the North is moving ahead with uranium enrichment, a possible second path to manufacture material for atomic weapons.

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I don't....get it.....why is North Korea such a fucking asshole?



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JOKA_ said:

I don't....get it.....why is North Korea such a fucking asshole?


compensation for their short stature and other things that go along with being tiny people.



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I'm highly pissed right now and I'm so glad my friend flew back today from Korea... I really wish stof didn't ban himself he's living there now I wonder whats the word on him.



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gone to have to wipe these a--holes out at some point. there nutz.



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This thing is really  blowing up. I hope the world hasn't destroyed itself as I go to sleep now.



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JOKA_ said:

I don't....get it.....why is North Korea such a fucking asshole?


"Brinksmanship"

A war between the two would be insane for both sides.

By showing they are willing to risk war like this they can show themselves to be "more insane" and therefore get themselves a better deal.

It's the same reason they showed someone from the US their super cool awesome new nuclear facility a few days ago that was up there with anything anywhere else in the world and could eaisly enrich uranium for bombs.



Goddamn stop wasting resources in Afghanistan and freaking invade N.Korea, NATO! Shove democracy down their throats and break the barrier between North and South Korea like the Berlin wall. Seriously, they're the biggest threat to the world right now.



Cirio said:

Goddamn stop wasting resources in Afghanistan and freaking invade N.Korea, NATO! Shove democracy down their throats and break the barrier between North and South Korea like the Berlin wall. Seriously, they're the biggest threat to the world right now.


A war in Korea would be no different then a war in Afghanistan.

Well except SUPER pissing off the chinese.

North Korea borders China, NATO probably couldn't invade if they wanted to.


Think if China sent a bunch of troops to mexico to help with their druglord problem.

This one is all on China.



Kasz216 said:
Cirio said:

Goddamn stop wasting resources in Afghanistan and freaking invade N.Korea, NATO! Shove democracy down their throats and break the barrier between North and South Korea like the Berlin wall. Seriously, they're the biggest threat to the world right now.


A war in Korea would be no different then a war in Afghanistan.

Well except SUPER pissing off the chinese.

North Korea borders China, NATO probably couldn't invade if they wanted to.


Think if China sent a bunch of troops to mexico to help with their druglord problem.

This one is all on China.

If the druglords held a coup, established a vindictive ruler, acquired weapons that kill many people around the world, and in a position to start another giant war. I don't think people would be too surprised if China, or any other country for that matter, stepped in a bit to help in any way.



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