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North, South Korea trade charges after clash
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SEOUL, South Korea--Hours after North Korea sank a South Korean
patrol boat Saturday, the president of South Korea and the commander
of U.S. forces in the country accused North Korea of violating the
armistice that ended the Korean war.
A defiant North said the South fired first.
The 21-minute confrontation in the Yellow Sea was the worst border
clash in recent years on the world's last Cold War frontier, killing
four sailors and wounding 19. It dealt a new blow to Korean
reconci...
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