US, Sokor start drill; China calls for talks
11/29/2010Yeonpyeong Island — The United States and South Korean navies staged a potent show of force against North Korea yesterday, as China called for emergency talks about the crisis on the divided peninsula.
Tensions remained high after the North’s deadly bombardment last week.
People on the South Korean border island hit by shells and rockets scurried to bunkers after hearing explosions — apparently a firing drill miles away on the North’s mainland.
China, the isolated North’s sole major ally, proposed “emergency consultations” in Beijing early next month among chief envoys to the stalled six-nation talks on the North’s nuclear disarmament.
Its top envoy on North Korea, Wu Dawei, speaking in Beijing, stressed the proposal did not constitute a formal resumption of the negotiations. But he said he hoped they would lead to such a resumption soon.
South Korea, which is pressing Beijing to be more even-handed in the standoff, reacted cautiously as did Japan. The United States and Russia are the other members of the talks along with the North itself..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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