South Korea Mourns Marines Killed in Bombing
Associated Press SEONGNAM, South Korea—South Korea’s marine commander vowed revenge at a funeral Saturday for two marines killed in a North Korean bombardment, as the country prepared military exercises with the U.S. that have enraged the North and concerned China. The commander, Maj. Gen. You Nak-jun, said the retaliation would be “thousand-fold” as dignitaries and relatives laid white flowers at a funeral altar following Tuesday’s attack on a South Korean island, which also killed two civilians in one of the worst artillery attacks on the country’s territory since the 1950-53 Korean War. As protesters in Seoul demanded their government take sterner action against North Korea, the…
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