朝
鲜炮击韩国一小岛造成人员伤亡的事件发生五天后，美国与韩国为展示其实力开始在黄海举行大规模军事演习，而中国官员推动在朝鲜与世界其它国家之间重新展开外交对话。
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韩国军舰驶离延坪岛
延坪岛上的局势仍十分紧张。该岛距朝鲜海岸仅有6英里(约10公里)，靠近两国有争议的海上边界。岛上居民周日暂时躲入防空洞，韩国国防部后来命令所有记者撤离延坪岛，理由是岛上的安全形势不宜逗留。
朝鲜最重要的支持者中国不断受到来自美国、韩国以及其它国家的施压，它们要求中国制止平壤方面的挑衅行为。另外，今年初韩国一艘舰艇被鱼雷击沉，导致韩国46名海军丧生，此事也被归咎于朝鲜所为。
周日下午，中国政府朝鲜半岛事务特别代表武大伟说，当前朝鲜半岛局势“令人担忧”，呼吁中国、日本、俄罗斯、美国以及朝鲜和韩国各方代表下月在北京进行“紧急磋商”。
据韩国总统发言人透露，武大伟与中国其他高官周末访问了朝鲜，向在韩国方面因延坪岛炮战所造成的伤亡表示了哀悼和慰问。发言人Hong Sang-pyo还说，韩中双方承诺要加强两国合作。
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参加军演的韩国士兵
李明博还提醒说，韩国会对朝鲜的任何进一步寻衅行为进行“强力回应”。中国对朝鲜半岛的不稳定局势十分担忧，并谋求防止朝鲜政府垮台。朝鲜政府眼下正进行政治权力的交接，金正日(Kim Jong Il)准备将权力移交给自己的一个儿子。
韩国外交部在一份声明中表示，韩国“注意到”了中国的建议，但鉴于朝鲜最近的挑衅行为，对重启六方会谈应“慎重考虑”。多年来，旨在抑制朝鲜发展核武器野心的六方会谈一直处于时断时续的状态。
韩国一位官员说，总统李明博周日早间对戴秉国说，现在与朝鲜进行削减核武器的谈判“并不合适”。
日本政府表示，将“谨慎”考虑中国的建议，并将与美国及韩国就如何以最恰当的方式推动事态发展进行磋商。
平壤方面最近承认了其多年来一再公开否认的生产高浓缩铀的项目。这种铀可被用来制造原子武器。
上周日上午，美国乔治华盛顿号（George Washington）航母与其航空联队及其他美国军舰与韩国六艘海军舰艇联合进行为期四天的军事演习，以显示美国所说的其致力于“通过震慑维护地区稳定”的承诺。
上周五，中国对此次军演表达了调门相对较低的抗议，说中方反对任何一方未经允许在“中国专属经济区”内采取任何军事行动。依据国际公约，专属经济区一般指从测算领海基线量起200海里、在领海之外并邻近领海的区域。
中国此次的反应与7月份相比似乎较为缓和，当时对美国和韩国举行类似军演的反应颇为激烈，因此美韩两国决定将黄海的既定军事演习移至韩国和日本之间的海域。
美国说，此次海上军演从本质上来说是“防御性质的”，是在23日朝鲜炮袭之前就已计划好的。
上周末，朝鲜试图将23日炮袭事件的责任推向韩国和美国，说朝鲜开火是对韩国向朝鲜所属海域发射炮弹的回应。
首尔方面说其当时正在进行常规军事演习，并未向朝鲜开火。延坪岛是韩国一个海军军事基地所在地，同时上面也有很多渔业和养殖村庄。此次炮袭导致两名韩国海军陆战队队员和两名平民丧生。
平壤方面说对平民丧生感到“遗憾”，但韩国利用平民在其军事基地周围形成“人体盾牌”是不对的。从20世纪50年代朝鲜战争前人们就一直生活在该岛上。
在延坪岛上，文职官员和志愿者正在为房子在23日炮袭中被毁的居民建造15个临时住所。
同时，行政和军事当局也为朝鲜发动另一轮袭击做好了防御准备。
延坪岛行政长官Choi Cheol-young周日早间说，我们做好了迎接攻击的准备，已经清理了防护掩体。
周日上午晚些时候，延坪岛响起了警报，当局下令所有人进入防护掩体。原因尚不明确，但早些时候听到了爆炸声。那天上午没有炮弹或高射炮袭击该岛。
警报响起后约15分钟，当局发出解除警报信号。之后不久，每天来自港口城市仁川的渡船到达并卸下了新的补给品，该岛的食物和其他供给品几乎耗尽。
一些红十字会志愿者和警察登陆该岛，几十名记者和一些居民乘船返回陆地。
约三小时后，韩国军方下令在岛上滞留的约150名记者乘坐晚间到达的第二班船离开，大部分记者都来自韩国各大电视台。
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The U.S. and South Korea started large-scale naval drills in the Yellow Sea in a show of strength five days after a deadly North Korean artillery attack on a small South Korean island, as Chinese officials pushed to restart diplomatic dialogue between Pyongyang and the outside world.
North Korea -- which fired more than 150 artillery shells onto Yeonpyeong Island and its surrounding waters, killing four people on Tuesday -- on Sunday condemned the naval drills as 'reckless war maneuvers' and said it would launch a 'merciless military counterattack' if there is any intrusion into what it views as its territorial waters.
Tensions remained high on Yeonpyeong, which lies just six miles, or about 10 kilometers, from the coast of North Korea near the two countries' disputed maritime border. People on the island were sent into bomb shelters briefly on Sunday and South Korea's defense ministry later ordered all journalists to leave the island, saying it was unsafe for them to stay.
China, North Korea's most important backer, has come under increasing pressure from Washington, Seoul and other capitals to curb provocative acts by Pyongyang, which also has been blamed for a torpedo attack that sank a South Korean warship and killed 46 sailors earlier this year.
On Sunday afternoon, China's special representative for Korean affairs, Wu Dawei, said the situation on the Korean peninsula was 'worrying' and called for 'emergency consultations' in Beijing next month involving representatives from China, Japan, Russia and the U.S., as well as from North and South Korea.
Mr. Wu and other senior Chinese officials visited Seoul over the weekend and, according to a spokesman for South Korea's president, delivered condolences for the loss of life in the attack on Yeonpyeong. The spokesman, Hong Sang-pyo also said both sides pledged to strengthen cooperation between Beijing and Seoul.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak delivered an unusually blunt message to Chinese state councilor Dai Bingguo in a meeting Sunday, calling on Beijing to take a 'more fair and responsible position' on Korean issues and to play 'a new international role that is in line' with post-Cold War realities, Mr. Hong said.
President Lee also warned the Chinese that South Korea would 'react strongly' to any further belligerent acts by North Korea. China fears instability on the Korean peninsula and has sought to prevent the collapse of North Korea, which is undergoing a political transition, as leader Kim Jong Il prepares to pass the reins of power to one of his sons.
South Korea's foreign ministry said in a statement that Seoul would 'take note of' China's suggestion, but that any resumption of talks among the six nations -- which have met on-and-off for years in an effort to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions -- should be 'very carefully considered' in light of Pyongang's recent provocations.
A South Korean official said that President Lee on Sunday morning told Mr. Dai it isn't the 'right time' for disarmament talks with the North.
In Tokyo, Japan's government said it would be 'cautious' in considering the Chinese proposal, and would consult with Washington and Seoul about how best to proceed.
Pyongyang recently admitted it has a program to produce highly enriched uranium -- which can be used to produce atomic weapons -- after years of repeated public denials.
On Sunday morning, the U.S. carrier George Washington, along with its air wing and other U.S. warships, joined six South Korean naval vessels for four days of maneuvers intended to show what the U.S. said was its commitment to 'regional stability through deterrence.'
China on Friday issued a relatively muted protest to the drills, saying Beijing opposes any intrusion by military forces into its 'exclusive economic zone,' which under international law generally extends 200 nautical miles from a country's coast.
Those comments appeared softer than its reaction in July to similar exercises, which was so vociferous that the U.S. and South Korea decided to move the planned maneuvers from the Yellow Sea to the ocean between Korea and Japan.
The U.S. said the naval drills are 'defensive' in nature and had been planned before last Tuesday's artillery barrage by the North.
Over the weekend, North Korea has sought to shift the blame for Tuesday's bombardment onto Seoul and Washington, saying it was responding to the South firing artillery into waters it considers territory of the North.
Seoul has said it was conducting routine drills and not firing toward North Korea. Yeonpyeong Island is home to a South Korean marine base as well as to fishing and farming villages. Two marines and two civilians were killed in the attack.
Pyongyang said that the loss of civilian life was 'regrettable,' but that Seoul was at fault for using civilians to create a 'human shield' around the South's military positions. People have lived on the island since before the Korean War of the 1950s.
On Yeonpyeong Island, civilian officials and volunteers worked to construct 15 temporary homes for residents whose houses were destroyed in Tuesday's attack.
Civilian and military authorities also were bracing for another barrage from the North.
'We're getting ready for possible aggression, cleaning up the bunkers,' Choi Cheol-young, the island's administrator, said early Sunday.
In the late morning, the island's sirens went off and authorities ordered everyone to the bunkers. It wasn't clear why, though booms were heard earlier. No shells or flak fell on the island during the morning.
About 15 minutes after sounding the alarm, authorities gave an all-clear signal. A short time later, the daily ferry from the port city of Incheon arrived and dropped off new supplies for the island, which was running low on food and other provisions.
A few Red Cross volunteers and police disembarked for the island, while dozens of journalists and a few residents got on the boat for the return trip to the mainland.
About three hours later, the military ordered the approximately 150 journalists who remained on the island, most from South Korean TV networks, to leave on a second boat that arrived in the evening.
Gordon Fairclough / Evan Ramstad
North Korea -- which fired more than 150 artillery shells onto Yeonpyeong Island and its surrounding waters, killing four people on Tuesday -- on Sunday condemned the naval drills as 'reckless war maneuvers' and said it would launch a 'merciless military counterattack' if there is any intrusion into what it views as its territorial waters.
Tensions remained high on Yeonpyeong, which lies just six miles, or about 10 kilometers, from the coast of North Korea near the two countries' disputed maritime border. People on the island were sent into bomb shelters briefly on Sunday and South Korea's defense ministry later ordered all journalists to leave the island, saying it was unsafe for them to stay.
China, North Korea's most important backer, has come under increasing pressure from Washington, Seoul and other capitals to curb provocative acts by Pyongyang, which also has been blamed for a torpedo attack that sank a South Korean warship and killed 46 sailors earlier this year.
On Sunday afternoon, China's special representative for Korean affairs, Wu Dawei, said the situation on the Korean peninsula was 'worrying' and called for 'emergency consultations' in Beijing next month involving representatives from China, Japan, Russia and the U.S., as well as from North and South Korea.
Mr. Wu and other senior Chinese officials visited Seoul over the weekend and, according to a spokesman for South Korea's president, delivered condolences for the loss of life in the attack on Yeonpyeong. The spokesman, Hong Sang-pyo also said both sides pledged to strengthen cooperation between Beijing and Seoul.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak delivered an unusually blunt message to Chinese state councilor Dai Bingguo in a meeting Sunday, calling on Beijing to take a 'more fair and responsible position' on Korean issues and to play 'a new international role that is in line' with post-Cold War realities, Mr. Hong said.
President Lee also warned the Chinese that South Korea would 'react strongly' to any further belligerent acts by North Korea. China fears instability on the Korean peninsula and has sought to prevent the collapse of North Korea, which is undergoing a political transition, as leader Kim Jong Il prepares to pass the reins of power to one of his sons.
South Korea's foreign ministry said in a statement that Seoul would 'take note of' China's suggestion, but that any resumption of talks among the six nations -- which have met on-and-off for years in an effort to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions -- should be 'very carefully considered' in light of Pyongang's recent provocations.
A South Korean official said that President Lee on Sunday morning told Mr. Dai it isn't the 'right time' for disarmament talks with the North.
In Tokyo, Japan's government said it would be 'cautious' in considering the Chinese proposal, and would consult with Washington and Seoul about how best to proceed.
Pyongyang recently admitted it has a program to produce highly enriched uranium -- which can be used to produce atomic weapons -- after years of repeated public denials.
On Sunday morning, the U.S. carrier George Washington, along with its air wing and other U.S. warships, joined six South Korean naval vessels for four days of maneuvers intended to show what the U.S. said was its commitment to 'regional stability through deterrence.'
China on Friday issued a relatively muted protest to the drills, saying Beijing opposes any intrusion by military forces into its 'exclusive economic zone,' which under international law generally extends 200 nautical miles from a country's coast.
Those comments appeared softer than its reaction in July to similar exercises, which was so vociferous that the U.S. and South Korea decided to move the planned maneuvers from the Yellow Sea to the ocean between Korea and Japan.
The U.S. said the naval drills are 'defensive' in nature and had been planned before last Tuesday's artillery barrage by the North.
Over the weekend, North Korea has sought to shift the blame for Tuesday's bombardment onto Seoul and Washington, saying it was responding to the South firing artillery into waters it considers territory of the North.
Seoul has said it was conducting routine drills and not firing toward North Korea. Yeonpyeong Island is home to a South Korean marine base as well as to fishing and farming villages. Two marines and two civilians were killed in the attack.
Pyongyang said that the loss of civilian life was 'regrettable,' but that Seoul was at fault for using civilians to create a 'human shield' around the South's military positions. People have lived on the island since before the Korean War of the 1950s.
On Yeonpyeong Island, civilian officials and volunteers worked to construct 15 temporary homes for residents whose houses were destroyed in Tuesday's attack.
Civilian and military authorities also were bracing for another barrage from the North.
'We're getting ready for possible aggression, cleaning up the bunkers,' Choi Cheol-young, the island's administrator, said early Sunday.
In the late morning, the island's sirens went off and authorities ordered everyone to the bunkers. It wasn't clear why, though booms were heard earlier. No shells or flak fell on the island during the morning.
About 15 minutes after sounding the alarm, authorities gave an all-clear signal. A short time later, the daily ferry from the port city of Incheon arrived and dropped off new supplies for the island, which was running low on food and other provisions.
A few Red Cross volunteers and police disembarked for the island, while dozens of journalists and a few residents got on the boat for the return trip to the mainland.
About three hours later, the military ordered the approximately 150 journalists who remained on the island, most from South Korean TV networks, to leave on a second boat that arrived in the evening.
Gordon Fairclough / Evan Ramstad
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