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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barack obama" data-source="post: 8817564" data-attributes="member: 106093">November 23rd, North Korea fired scores  of artillery shells at the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong, killing at  least four (two soldiers, two civilians), wounding 18 more, destroying  several houses, and setting numerous fires in one of the most serious  clashes between the two countries in decades. North Korea claimed it was  a response to earlier shells fired by South Korea - which the South  acknowledged had been fired, but as an exercise, and not into North  Korean territory. 70,000 South Korean troops were beginning an annual  nationwide military drill called "Safeguarding the Nation" in the area,  near the spot where a South Korean naval vessel was sunk in March,  killing 46 sailors - which Seoul also blamed on North Korea. This attack  coupled with recent revelations about the North's nuclear capabilities  and escalating threats and counter-threats have raised tensions around  the region - even as athletes from both Koreas continue to compete on a  world stage, against each other and other nations, in the Asian Games in  China. <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/koreas_11_24/k01_26069193.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />This picture taken on November 23, 2010  by a South Korean tourist shows huge plumes of smoke rising from  Yeonpyeong island in the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea on November  23, 2010. North Korea fired dozens of artillery shells onto a South  Korean island on November 23, 2010, killing four people, setting homes  ablaze and triggering an exchange of fire as the South's military went  on top alert. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/koreas_11_24/k02_26063427.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />A  picture of smoke rising at Yeonpyeong Island after it was hit by dozens  of artillery shells fired by North Korea, is shown on a mobile phone of  a resident of the island November 23, 2010. (REUTERS/Kyodo) <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/koreas_11_24/k03_26069451.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />A  resident attempts to extinguish a house fire during North Korea's  artillery shelling of Yeonpyeong Island November 24, 2010.  (REUTERS/Yonhap)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/koreas_11_24/k04_26070249.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Smoke billows from a brushfire on a mountain on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Yonhap) <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/koreas_11_24/k05_26075029.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Fire fighters extinguish a fire on Yeonpyeong  island in the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea on November 24, 2010  after North Korea fired dozens of artillery shells the day before.  (Incheon Fire and Safety/AFP/Getty Images)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/koreas_11_24/k06_26061463.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Smoke billows from multiple locations on Yeonpyeong  island near the border between North Korea and South Korea on Tuesday,  Nov. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Yonhap)<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/koreas_11_24/k07_26076503.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Destroyed houses are seen on Yeonpyeong Island,  South Korea, following artillery exchange between North and South Korea  on November 24, 2010. (Korea Pool/Getty Images) <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/koreas_11_24/k08_26075181.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />An aerial view shows destroyed houses on Yeonpyeong  island, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010, one day after North  Korea's artillery attack on the island. <img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/koreas_11_24/k09_26073507.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />This  handout picture taken and released on November 24, 2010 by the Ongjin  County Office shows the badly damaged interior of a house on Yeonpyeong  island in the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea a day after North Korea  fired dozens of artillery shells.<img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/koreas_11_24/k10_26070991.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Destroyed  houses on Yeonpyeong island in the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea  after North Korea fired artillery shells at the island, seen on November  23, 2010.</blockquote>

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