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North Korea has fired several artillery shells into South Korea
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South Korean navy ships patrol off Yeonpyeong Island near the western maritime border between the two Koreas December 6, 2010. The Japanese, South Korean and U.S. foreign ministers meet on Monday to plot strategy toward an increasingly provocative North Korea in the face of China's reluctance to try to rein in its sometime ally.
Residents of Yeonpyeong island, who fled from last week's deadly bombardment by North Korea, scuffles with riot policemen as they march toward for City Hall during a rally demanding the government quickly provide them with residences, in Incheon, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010.
South Korea's Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik releases a statement to the nation during the live broadcast regarding the government's resettlement measures for residents of Yeonpyeong Island, at the Integrated Government Complex in Seoul December 6, 2010. The South Korean government will use 30 billion won ($26 million) from emergency funds this year to aid the resettlement of displaced residents of Yeonpyeong Island which was hit by a North Korean artillery attack last month, as well as restore damaged structures on the island, according to Kim's statement, Yonhap news agency reported on Monday.
Dec 6, 2010
1,000 N.KOREANS JAILED
'No watching' S.Korea films
SEOUL - MORE than 1,000 North Koreans have been jailed for secretly watching South Korean TV shows and films as the communist regime battles an inflow of foreign culture, a Seoul-based defector group said on Monday.
North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity said some 1,200 people are in jail in the north-western city of Kaechon for the offence. It cited a source in the prison, which has a total 3,000 inmates.
Access to foreign pop culture is strictly banned for ordinary people in the isolated nation, with violators facing hefty fines or jail terms.
But a growing stream of pirated DVDs and music CDs smuggled from China, the North's neighbour and major trade partner, has made the capitalist South's pop culture increasingly popular, the group said on its website.
'The prison official said it was the first time the number of people jailed solely for watching the South's TV dramas has gone over 1,000... now the prison is overcrowded with such prisoners,' the group said.
The group, citing another source in the North, said Pyongyang created a special police unit in January to crack down on those with 'rotten spirit'. Those who are caught are usually jailed for between two and five years and face harsher treatment in prison than other offenders, it said. -- AFP
US pilots check documents while flying over the Japan Alps during the 2011 Keen Sword C-130 media flight, on December 6, 2010.
Japanese (L) and US (R) air force personnel pose for a photo session after the 2011 Keen Sword C-130 media flight at the US Yokota airbase in Tokyo, on December 6, 2010. Japan and the US launched their biggest ever joint military exercise December 3 in a strident display of firepower featuring tens of thousands of personnel, hundreds of aircraft and 60 warships.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C), South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan (R) and Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (L) bow their heads for a moment of silence in honor of those who died during North Korea's artillery shells attack on Yeonpyeong Island while at the U.S. State Department in Washington, December 6, 2010.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the U.S. State Department in Washington December 6, 2010. Clinton on Monday opened what she said was a "landmark" meeting with her Japanese and South Korean counterparts, saying all three shared grave concerns over "provocative attacks from North Korea." Clinton said that she hoped China would send a clear and unmistakable signal to North Korea that it must end what she called its provocative actions.
South Korean marines patrol on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. South Korean troops pushed ahead with naval firing drills Monday, a day after North Korea warned the exercises would aggravate tensions between the rivals following the North's deadly shelling of the front-line South Korean island.
USNS Tippecanoe (C) refuels Japan Maritime Self Defence Force destroyers Ikazuchi (R) and Kongo during their military manoeuvres known as Keen Sword 2011, in the Pacific Ocean December 5, 2010. U.S. and Japanese forces began military manoeuvres last Friday, heaping pressure on North Korea which U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said posed an "immediate threat" to the region and a long-term threat to the world. Picture taken December 5, 2010.
Japan Maritime Self Defence Force destroyer Ikazuchi (L) sails alongside the USS George Washington during their military manoeuvres known as Keen Sword 2011, in the Pacific Ocean December 5, 2010. U.S. and Japanese forces began military manoeuvres last Friday, heaping pressure on North Korea which U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said posed an "immediate threat" to the region and a long-term threat to the world. Picture taken December 5, 2010.
South Korean soldiers (C) look on as anti-war activists hold placards during a rally denouncing a live fire exercise by the South Korean military outside the Defense Ministry in Seoul on December 6, 2010.
Its easy for people to say "no war" when they themselves have not encounter what war had done to the earlier generations.
Such idealist woudl actually prolong the conflict and create more issue then solving them.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, right, talks with Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin during cabinet meeting at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Lee called for five islands near the disputed sea border with North Korea to be turned into "military fortresses.
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