Attack is North Korean bid for attention

U.S. to Send Carrier for Joint Exercises Off Korea
President Obama and South Korea’s president agreed Tuesday night to hold joint military exercises as a first response to North Korea’s deadly shelling of a South Korean military installation,

SKorea reports 2 civilian deaths in NKorea clash
INCHEON, South Korea – South Korea found the burned bodies Wednesday of two islanders killed in a North Korean artillery attack, marking the first civilian deaths in the incident and dramatically escalating the tensions in the region's latest crisis.

Obama pledges US to defend its ally South Korea
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged the United States would stand "shoulder to shoulder" with South Korea after what the White House branded a provocative, outrageous attack by North Korea on its neighbor.

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