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South Korea: South Korean President Angered by 'Inhumane' Attack.

Thai Press Reports

| December 01, 2010 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Thai News Services. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Section: General News - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak Monday apologized for not protecting South Korean civilians from North Korea's artillery attack on an inhabited island, which he labeled an inhumane crime.

The president says North Korea will be made to the pay the price for any further provocation.

Mr. Lee called for national unity in a country split between hardliners demanding immediate punishment and liberals worried that an escalation of tensions could plunge the peninsula into a war.

Such a conflict could result in North Korea firing artillery onto the crowded capital, Seoul, imperiling the South's vibrant economy.

The president …

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