South Korea fires warning shots, capital on alert
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea's navy fired warning shots to drive away a North Korean fishing boat at a maritime border on Wednesday, the second incident in six days, jangling nerves in Seoul ahead of next week's G20 summit. The South Korean capital, about 100 km (60 miles) south of the demilitarized zone, is on heightened alert ahead of the summit over concerns Pyongyang may try to create an incident to embarrass its rival. Washington has pressed Beijing to use its influence over the North not to create an incident in the run up to the meeting, and the South Korean President Lee Myung-bak told reporters in Seoul the North was one of the summit's main…
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