Metro-reality.com, SEOUL: South Korea (Korea), Wednesday (11/11), sending two more warships to guard the Yellow Sea border in dispute with North Korea, said military sources, a day after a naval clash that led to tension in the peninsula.

The sources told the AFP patrol ships 1800 tons dead weight that would “strengthen supervision” along the sea border by Seoul to place a naval patrol boat on fire North Korea, Tuesday in a shootout.

The defense ministry said it could not comment on operational matters.

Military sources quoted by the newspapers say North Korea a sailor was killed and three others injured in a brief firefight, but said Tuesday that, just a week before U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Seoul as part of a trip to Asia.

White House spokesperson called on North Korea no longer perform the actions further “that can increase tension”. However, Washington announced it agreed to an invitation to send an envoy to Pyongyang in an effort to bring North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the U.S. envoy to North Korea that, Stephen Bosworth will probably visit the country before the end of this year.

South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae-Young ordered the commanders of the army, marine, and air along the border with North Korea improves surveillance and response to any provocation immediately.

Seoul says North Korea ship ignored five warnings to back off and then fired into a South Korean ship fired warning. One or two South Korean ships were then returned fire.

The officials could not confirm casualties but said North Korea had no South Korean casualties, although a South Korean ship was attacked 15 times.

Cross-border tensions rise over a year and the international community condemned North Korea for carrying out missile tests, resigned from the nuclear disarmament talks that followed the six pilot countries and the second atomic bomb. UN will tighten sanctions against North Korea’s response to the action.

North Korea said it was now ready to rejoin six-nation talks if the talks with U.S. went well. Washington insists that negotiations aimed only to bring Pyongyang back to six-nation forum that also includes South Korea, Japan, China, and Japan.

Around 300 activists demonstrating in Seoul, burning portraits of North Korea leader Kim Jong Il as a protest against the naval clash.


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