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[AlexMogil]

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AM0TZ20101123

North Korea artillery fire hits South island

SEOUL | Tue Nov 23, 2010 1:22am EST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Tuesday fired dozens of artillery shells at a South Korean island, setting buildings on fire and prompting a return fire by the South, Seoul's military and media reports said.

Seoul's YTN television quoted a witness as saying 60 to 70 houses were on fire after the shelling.

The military confirmed the exchange of firing, without providing more details.

Best Korea? Come on guys.

 

[Hellsing321]

Well fuck...

 

[RBH]

Oh boy....

 

[hyduK]

This better not fuck with GSL.

 

[antonz]

latest report is Fighter Jets scrambling in South Korea now. I imagine they are going artillery hunting

 

[-COOLIO-]

why?

 

[Yo Gotti]

It begins?

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Uh oh.

 

[BertramCooper]

Well this isn't good.

 

[a Master Ninja]

Uh-oh.

This better not fuck with GSL.

:lol

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Uh, really? This could suck.

 

[ZeroRay]

Shit...

 

[Branduil]

North Korea is Dumbest Korea.

This can only end badly.

 

[Zombie James]

What provoked this? :/

 

[Eteric Rice]

And so it begins?

 

[wolfmat]

Is BoA okay?

 

[whitehawk]

Uh oh. This is going to be big news isn't it.

 

[Ignis Fatuus]

Best Korea is here to spread its bestestness.

Don't worry guys, neither side can afford an all out war so there will be some blustering and hilarious denials from the North before everyone goes back to sulking

Decades pass but nothing changes.

 

[gdt]

This is not good.

 

[Lard]

Guess I'll be ESL teaching in Taiwan.

 

[Willectro]

Nuclear Launch Detected

 

[Talon]

Some good old hard balancing.

 

[Hootie]

Damn.

 

[BertramCooper]

What provoked this? :/

Just Kim Jong-il being a miserable little shit, no doubt.

 

[maniac-kun]

Fuck.

 

[jamieson87]

Here we go.

 

[dream]

A friend of mine is actually teaching English in South Korea and was amused by the fact that I heard about this before she did.

 

[El Sloth]

Damn, those crazy fuckers. Shit is going to hit fan...

 

[Foob]

poop

 

[duckroll]

Erm, this is not good.

 

[Art Teitlebaum]

Need more information to evaluate all of this.

But I bet it all can be reduced to stupid provocation, most likely by even more stupid military officials.
We'll have to wait and see...

 

[DoomGyver]

Oh dear, here we go..

 

[cnizzle06]

Nuclear Launch Detected

Wait, what?

 

[speedpop]

Will much come out of this or is this just another firefight that will settle itself down for a while?

 

[the_log_ride]

This can't be good.

 

[Wanace]

Awwww, shit.

I'm just across the sea in China, hope nothing changes here. Best wishes to those in Korea, I still have lots of friends there!

 

[El Sloth]

Wait, what?

Starcraft reference.

 

[Socreges]

This is bad. But probably won't get much worse. Prepare for confusing allegations and maybe a bit of sabre-rattling.

Btw,

This western maritime border has been the scene of numerous clashes between the two Koreas in the past.

The island is also disputed territory.

 

[TheVampire]

Eh nothing will probably come of this.
Maybe some harsh words but I doubt full out fighting.

 

[TheKaeptain]

It was an accident.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Wait, what?

I think he's referring to a thing that happens in that game Defcon.

Edit: or Starcraft

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Just Kim Jong-il being a miserable little shit, no doubt.

Nah, if anything, its Kim Il-Aun trying to assert his control over the military in an extraordinarily stupid way.

 

[Gattsu25]

Wait, what?

Pop culture reference

 

[spermatic cord]

 

[TacticalFox88]

Well, looks like the US is headed for having THREE Wars.

 

[Complex Shadow]

this can only end badly.

 

[Sai-kun]

 

[Zombie James]

Sounds like this isn't a new event?

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/11/23/world/asia/AP-AS-Koreas-Tension.html?_r=1&hp

North and South Korea have fought three bloody skirmishes near the maritime border in recent years, most recently in November 2009.

 

[Bossniak]

Damn.

 

[Hato-kun]

Dear God, save the K-Pop.