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China must be 'fairer' in dealing with two Koreas: S.Korea
Seoul (AFP) Nov 28, 2010 - China must take "a fairer and more responsible stance" in its dealings with North and South Korea, Seoul's president told a visiting senior Chinese official Sunday, according to his office. Lee, at a meeting with State Councillor Dai Bingguo, "requested China to make a contribution to achieving peace on the Korean peninsula with a fairer and more responsible stance in its relations with the two Koreas", the presidential office said in a statement. China, the North's sole major ally, has failed so far to join other world powers in condemning last week's deadly North Korean bombardment of a South Korean border island. The shelling, the first of a civilian area in the South since the 1950-53 war, killed two civilians and two marines and set numerous homes ablaze. Dai "conveyed a message from the Chinese leadership and Lee also conveyed his own message to the Chinese leadership", the statement said.

Lee said Seoul "has tolerated the North's constant provocations since the Korean War but would respond strongly if the North makes a additional provocation", it added. The South Korean leader described the North's disclosure this month of a uranium enrichment programme and its attack on civilians as "a serious change of course". China expressed condolences and regret at the South's casualties and promised to try to prevent further escalation, the statement said. Dai travelled to Seoul Saturday on a previously unscheduled trip with Beijing's chief nuclear negotiator Wu Dawei. He earlier met Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan to discuss the attack and stalled six-nation talks on ending the North's nuclear programmes. China had earlier indefinitely postponed a trip by its foreign minister planned to start last Friday.
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Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea (AFP) Nov 28, 2010
South Korea's ruling party called Sunday for incentives to encourage settlement on five islands near North Korea, after hundreds fled a deadly artillery bombardment last week.

"If (we are) pushed back from Yeonpyeong and the other four islands, the entire southern half of the Korean peninsula will also be pushed back," said Grand National Party floor leader Kim Moo-Sung.

All but an estimated 20 or so of around 1,500 Yeonpyeong residents fled their island after the North rained down artillery shells and rockets last Tuesday.

Two civilians and two marines were killed on the garrison and fishing island, 18 other people were hurt, homes were shattered and forests set ablaze.

The defence ministry asked journalists on Sunday to leave Yeonpyeong by the end of the day, citing fears of "provocative action" as a naval exercise gets under way.

"At this stage, it is unpredictable what kind of a provocative action North Korea will take, using the South Korean-US joint drills as a justification," the defence ministry said in a statement.

"So we ask journalists on Yeonpyeong island to leave today," it said, adding it cannot guarantee their safety if they stay on.

Yonhap news agency estimated there are about 400 journalists on Yeonpyeong.

South Korea and the United States started a large-scale naval drill further south in the Yellow Sea on Sunday as a show of strength against the North.

The sound of distant firing from the North Korean mainland sparked a brief panic on the island earlier Sunday, with people ordered into bunkers for 40 minutes.

The council administering the island, in a preliminary assessment, put the cost of damage at around five billion won (4.34 million dollars).

Hundreds also fled other border islands for fear of attack.

Kim said a bill to be submitted to parliament Monday would provide further state aid for modernised housing, school fees and supplements to farmers' and fishermen's incomes.

"We must defend the five islands with everything we've got," he said in comments quoted by Yonhap news agency.

"The country has a duty to protect the residents so that they may be able to safely make a living by fishing."

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S.Korea asks reporters to leave border island amid tensions
Seoul (AFP) Nov 28, 2010 - South Korean officials asked journalists on a border island shelled by North Korea last week to leave by the end of Sunday, citing fears of "provocative action" as a naval exercise gets under way.

"At this stage, it is unpredictable what kind of a provocative action North Korea will take, using the South Korean-US joint drills as a justification," the defence ministry said in a statement.

"So we ask journalists on Yeonpyeong island to leave today," it said, adding it cannot guarantee their safety if they stay on.

Yonhap news agency estimated there are about 400 journalists on Yeonpyeong, where two civilians and two marines were killed by the North's bombardment last Tuesday.

Most residents have fled.

South Korea and the United States on Sunday started a large-scale naval drill further south in the Yellow Sea as a show of strength against the North.

The sound of distant firing from the North Korean mainland sparked a brief panic on the island earlier Sunday, with people ordered into bunkers for 40 minutes.



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China called Sunday for an emergency meeting in early December of envoys to the six-nation talks on North Korean nuclear disarmament amid high tensions on the Korean peninsula. It was China's most detailed response yet to the crisis sparked by North Korea's shelling of an island held by the South and came as retaliatory US-South Korean naval exercises criticised by Beijing got underway. ... read more







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